And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I'm not sure if it was routine and on every flight, but there were times they'd roll over like that for a camera farther out to take pictures of the critical heat shield to make sure they hadn't lost too many tiles.
After Columbia, they did a flip on approach to the ISS in order to do an inspection of the tiles. That's likely where/when this picture was taken. If they weren't going to ISS, they'd use the camera on the boom to inspect as much as possible.
I'm not sure if it was routine and on every flight, but there were times they'd roll over like that for a camera farther out to take pictures of the critical heat shield to make sure they hadn't lost too many tiles.
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DeleteI meant to add, but we don't know who or what took that picture.
After Columbia, they did a flip on approach to the ISS in order to do an inspection of the tiles. That's likely where/when this picture was taken.
DeleteIf they weren't going to ISS, they'd use the camera on the boom to inspect as much as possible.
Anyone else hear the Blue Danube Waltz looking at this?
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