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Joel Katzowitz
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posted 11-25-2014 07:56 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Joel Katzowitz   Click Here to Email Joel Katzowitz     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I have a fragment of HRSI tile that was removed from space shuttle Discovery after its maiden flight. STS-41D launched on Aug. 30, 1984 and landed at Edwards Air Force Base on Sept. 5, 1984. The scrap paperwork accompanying the fragment was initiated on Sept. 6, 1984. I've got two questions:
  1. Would the post processing, including tile inspection and replacement, have actually started the day after the landing?

  2. Would the tile replacement work have taken place at Edwards?
Thanks for any scheduling insight.

SpaceAholic
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posted 11-25-2014 08:02 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for SpaceAholic   Click Here to Email SpaceAholic     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Accomplished at the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) at Kennedy vice Edwards.

Rick Mulheirn
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posted 11-25-2014 08:03 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Rick Mulheirn   Click Here to Email Rick Mulheirn     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I suspect both would have taken place back at KSC.

Robert Pearlman
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posted 11-25-2014 08:13 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
At least preliminary post-flight tile inspections began at Edwards Air Force Base in support of the ferry flight back to the Kennedy Space Center.

It seems at least plausible that the paperwork may have begun at Edwards during a first inspection, to then be continued once the shuttle was back in Florida.

Joel Katzowitz
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posted 11-25-2014 11:06 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Joel Katzowitz   Click Here to Email Joel Katzowitz     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Additional research indicated the orbiter was returned to KSC on Sept. 10. According to my paperwork the tile was actually replaced on Sept. 24 so now it all makes sense.

Thank you all for responding.

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