**The most comprehensive collection of Shuttle, Ares, Orion and ISS related presentations and mission documentation, plus expansive daily processing documentation and updates are available to download on L2<\/em><\/font> **<\/em><\/font><\/font><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n Special STS-118 L2 Section now live, filled with documentation, processing memos, mission notes, videos, handbooks, checklists, and our very special live updates of actual live NASA mission notes direct from mission control, allowing you to follow the mission at the same time as NASA, along with real NASA\/USA engineers helping update and explain status live. All totally unavailable anywhere else on the net.<\/p>\n **LIVE: FLIGHT DAY SPECIFIC COVERAGE**<\/font><\/em> (Including links to all NASA Video \u2013 press conferences and mission milestones \u2013 for free).<\/p>\n **CLICK HERE FOR ALL NINE ARTICLES ON ENDEAVOUR\u2019S TPS Damage**<\/font><\/p>\n Article:<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n Space Technology (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/p>\n The damage, caused when a piece of foam liberated at T+58 seconds from the 17 inch LOX feedline on Endeavour\u2019s External Tank <\/font>(ET), has been the subject of evaluations for the past number of days.<\/p>\n Initial analysis pointed towards Endeavour being safe to come home without any requirement of a repair, with the evaluations \u2013 including mock-up testing at the Arc Jet Facility<\/font> at the Johnson Space Center \u2013 being used to confirm those findings.<\/p>\n After another day of analysis on Thursday, the key departments involved with presenting their finding to the MMT concluded that no repair was required, despite a some dissenting opinion from JSC Engineering.<\/p>\n \u2018At the just-concluded OPO (Orbiter Project Office) special meeting addressing the EVA TPS repair, managers decided to recommend not performing the TPS repair,\u2019 noted one of several memos, just ahead of the MMT.<\/p>\n \u2018A number of dissenting opinions were expressed, and there were concerns that data from one of the Arc Jet tests did not look correct (maybe a bad test setup).\u2019<\/p>\n Several large documents were presented to the MMT, which contained the findings of all related flight history, test article data, and thermal analysis of how Endeavour will perform during re-entry. <\/p>\n While there was never a threat to the crew, the evaluations rotated around the potential processing that might have to be added to Endeavour back at KSC. <\/p>\n However, concerns relating to the amount of repair that might be expected have dissipated, with the orginal estimate of 12 weeks of repairs for a worst case scenario now expected to be a case of normal tile replacement processing.<\/p>\n <\/font> <\/p>\n Over 200 engineers took part in the MMT, hooked up over phone lines, as MMT chairman John Shannon went through the data one final time. <\/p>\n \u2018We have a very broad, cross-cut of the NASA centers. I polled every one of them and it was almost unanimous to use as-is,\u2019 noted Shannon, after the MMT had concluded.<\/p>\n \u2018The one dissenting organization was JSC Engineering, who took a look at the potential benefits of doing a repair, and said they could not see a reason why that would cause additional damage to the orbiter \u2013 and that it was something that we should think about.\u2019<\/p>\n The vast amounts of analysis involved in the days of evaluations is a sign of the post-Columbia attitude of shuttle management, leaving no stone unturned.<\/p>\n When asked if he was overwhelmed by the volume of date, Shannon was clear.<\/p>\n \u2018No, I love it.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/font> L2 members<\/font>: All documentation \u2013 from which the above article has quoted snippets \u2013 is available in full in the related L2 sections, updated live.<\/em><\/p>\n **STARLIGHT: NEW STS-117 MISSION REVIEW MUSIC VIDEO**<\/font><\/em><\/font> <\/em><\/font><\/p>\n **ROCK YOU LIKE A HURRICANE: BRAND NEW STS-117 MISSION REVIEW MUSIC VIDEO \u2013 AS SEEN BY THE STS-117 CREW!!**<\/font> -. **NASASpaceflight.com Job Opportunities**<\/em><\/font> <\/font><\/em><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Several key NASA departments have officially recommended to the Mission Management Team (MMT) for STS-118 to continue as planned, with no repair on the damaged tile area on Endeavour\u2019s TPS (Thermal Protection System). 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