Replies to post #71661 on Zeev's Turnips Patch-No Politics (ZEEV)

[brainlessone]

its the top of the wing! Maybe I am just blind

but you can see the tail piece sticking up.

please look again and see if I should get my eyes checked.

I think htis proves I may have the tendency to see things backwards, but maybe I am right.

I am amazed that you can find these clips so fast

in the clip it looks like the shuttle is to the right

the wing of the shuttle can not be seen really well in outline.

what surface is the spalsh being made on

[jdaasoc]

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[Larry Brubaker]

Watching that video, it looks like a large chunk hit the upper part of the leading edge of the wing but then was sucked below the wing (I saw no debris fall along the top of the wing, but a distinct splash on the underside of the wing). It seems strange that something that struck the upper portion of the leading edge of the wing would then be sucked below the wing, because a wing creates an area of low pressure on top of the wing. At least that is what a normal wing of an aircraft in normal flight does. I have no idea what the aerodynamics are of a shuttle wing during liftoff.

At any rate, watching the video, it sure looks like the object impacted the top part of the leading edge, but then was sucked below the wing.