The songs focused on the anger and backlash that the expectations of Frogstomp brought upon the band. In 2003, following the release of Diorama, the band announced a hiatus, during which time members recorded with side projects the Dissociatives, the Mess Hall, and Tambalane. NASA officials warned of the dangers of handling debris, as it could have been contaminated by propellants. Paul Mac (from Itch-E and Scratch-E) and Jim Moginie (from Midnight Oil) both on piano also collaborated with the band.

Frogstomp was described as similar to Nirvana and Pearl Jam; Erlewine noted that it followed in "the alternative rock tradition" of those bands. During the performance, Johns spray-painted "PG 4 PM" ( Peter Garrett for Prime Minister) on a stage wall, paying tribute to that band's frontman, who was at that time a Federal Member of Parliament and Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. In writing Young Modern, Johns tried to make the music sound very simple despite a complex musical structure.Similarly, Mojow's colour palette, which includes restrained black and white tones, pays tribute to the origins of blow-up furniture, while bringing the strident colours of the '90s into contemporary spaces. If the earlier trend could not possibly be too colourful, these days it's showing its grown-up side. In June 2007, Silverchair and fellow rock group Powderfinger announced the Across the Great Divide Tour. On January 29, William Readdy, the Associate Administrator for Space Flight, agreed to DoD imaging of the orbiter, but on the condition that it would not interfere with flight operations; ultimately, the orbiter was not imaged by the DoD during the flight.

In 2004, NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe canceled a planned servicing of the Hubble Space Telescope and decided that future missions would all rendezvous with the ISS to ensure the safety of the crew. In contrast with previous US spacecraft, which had used ablative heat shields, the reusability of the orbiter required a multi-use heat shield. seconds, the foam struck the reinforced carbon-carbon (RCC) panels on Columbia 's left wing at relative velocity of 625 to 840 feet per second (426 to 573 mph; 686 to 922 km/h). The band originally intended to take a 12-month break, but in the end they decided to devote their time to making music. In the same year, the Vietnam-born designer Quasar Khanh introduced an inflatable furniture range named Aerospace, which included blow-up chairs, sofas, tables and even lamps, all in the groovy design of the '60s.

The autopilot was switched to manual control and reset to automatic mode at 9:00:03; this would have required the input of either Husband or McCool, indicating that they were still conscious and able to perform functions at the time. Freak Show saw the band show more of their own musical style rather than copying others, [116] and thus received more prai

At a Mission Management Team on January 31, the day before Columbia reentered the atmosphere, the Launch Integration Office voiced Ham's intention to review on-board footage to view the missing foam, but concerns of crew safety were not discussed. In a 1994 interview with Melbourne magazine Buzz, the band claimed the name derived from a radio request for " Sliver" by Nirvana and " Berlin Chair" by You Am I being mixed up as Silver Chair. II-222 The SRBs separated from the ET once they had expended their fuel and fell into the Atlantic Ocean under a parachute.

On July 12 astronauts Piers Sellers and Michael Fossum performed an EVA to test the NonOxide Adhesive eXperiment (NOAX), which applied protective sealant to samples of damaged TPS tiles.