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Bird droppings survive space launch Wed Jul 5, 5:29 PM ET



HOUSTON - NASA's rocket scientists have a new appreciation for the
out-of-this-world power of bird droppings. The orbiting space shuttle
Discovery sported some whitish splotches on its black right wing edge
that NASA officials said appeared to be bird droppings.

Shuttle lead flight director Tony Ceccacci said he saw the same
splotches on the identical part of the shuttle about three weeks ago
when Discovery was on the launch pad and laughed when pictures beamed
back from space Wednesday showed they were still there.

That means these bird droppings withstood regular Florida
thunderstorms, a mighty Fourth of July launch during which 300,000
gallons of water is sprayed at the shuttle's main engines, and a burst
upward through Earth's atmosphere. During that launch Discovery went
from zero to 17,500 mph in just under 9 minutes.

And still the bird droppings remained in place. Mostly.

Some of the droppings may have shaken off during liftoff, Ceccacci
guessed. He figures the rest will burn up during landing, when the
shuttle's edges get as hot as 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

Rob Fergus, science coordinator for Audubon At Home, a division of the
National Audubon Society, sometimes gets calls from people asking how
to remove bird excrement from their cars.

"Usually they can hose it off," he said. "Apparently that doesn't work
with the space shuttle. Maybe they need a bigger hose or Lloyd Davies."


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