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[i]The two issues that got the most discussion pertain to storm damage, or suspected storm damage, as it relates to Nicole. The first was on the liquid hydrogen tail service mast umbilical. We have a suspect electrical connector on the tail surface mast umbilical. The cable carries some information that is used to confirm a subset of the launch commit criteria on day of launch. We do have redundant signals that are used to confirm those launch commit criteria, but the team is trying to restore us back to a normal baseline through some work tonight out the launch pad. The other open item and the action that pertains to the meeting today and is going to cause us to get back together for a launch minus one day review has to do with some room temperature vulcanization or RTV material that has been de-laminated from the eastern side of the Orion spacecraft where the launch abort system's aerodynamic shell, called the ogive[/i] [pronounced oh-jive], [i]meets up with the crew module adapter. This RTV material de-laminated during the storm. We need to just spend a little more time to review our flight rationale headed into this launch attempt specifically as it pertains to liberation of any remaining RTV and debris transport, so we're gonna get back together tomorrow. ... The amount of RTV that came off of Orion at the base of the ogive and at the top of the crew module adapter was an area about 10 feet in length and was centered on what we call the the 270 degree location relative to the Orion structure. That was basically the windward side when the storm blew through. It is a very, very thin layer of RTV. It's about 0.21 inches in thickness.[/i]
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