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Photo of "Cracked Wing" isn't!
As if we didn't already know.
Look on the right side of the bottom photo of the payload bay.
from:http://wuwf.org/space/spaceback.htm
also:http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/835360/posts
chuck
Look on the right side of the bottom photo of the payload bay.
from:http://wuwf.org/space/spaceback.htm
Bogus
NASA: E-Mailed Columbia Image is Bogus
A photograph circulating through e-mail that claims to be a photo of a crack in Columbia’s wing is neither of the wing nor a crack, NASA says. There have been reports that Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon shot a picture of a cracked wing from the orbiter. It’s impossible to get an image of the wing from the shuttle’s flight deck or the research module in the payload bay. The image was grabbed from a video shot on Columbia’s final mission. It shows a view from Spacehab, the research module, which held all the experiments in the payload bay. It has two viewports in the roof. During the mission, the orbiter was oriented at various angles so the astronauts could get particular views for their experiments.
The image in the photo shows part of the Spacehab and the Earth beyond. In the lower center part of the photo, there’s a cable held down with tape, NASA spokesman Bill Johnson said. It appears to look like a crack in low-resolution versions of the photo. The other "cracks" on the right are actually creases or seams in a blanket on the Spacehab. No crack or wing is visible in the large image NASA released.
NASA: E-Mailed Columbia Image is Bogus
A photograph circulating through e-mail that claims to be a photo of a crack in Columbia’s wing is neither of the wing nor a crack, NASA says. There have been reports that Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon shot a picture of a cracked wing from the orbiter. It’s impossible to get an image of the wing from the shuttle’s flight deck or the research module in the payload bay. The image was grabbed from a video shot on Columbia’s final mission. It shows a view from Spacehab, the research module, which held all the experiments in the payload bay. It has two viewports in the roof. During the mission, the orbiter was oriented at various angles so the astronauts could get particular views for their experiments.
The image in the photo shows part of the Spacehab and the Earth beyond. In the lower center part of the photo, there’s a cable held down with tape, NASA spokesman Bill Johnson said. It appears to look like a crack in low-resolution versions of the photo. The other "cracks" on the right are actually creases or seams in a blanket on the Spacehab. No crack or wing is visible in the large image NASA released.
chuck
They've even gone and reengineered the old photos of the shuttle to make us think that isn't actually the wing! 
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