Shuttle-Mir Program ?

[seth_381]

I was wondering what others thought of the Shuttle-Mir Program ? I think they were different but they were needed to help with procedures for the ISS. But also they were somewhat dangerous ( since the station wasn't aging so well :] ). Although if I were keeping up with news @ the time I'd say they're awesome since it was difference from the normal flights of being solo.

 

[ApexOfExistence]

The Mir station was a major accomplishment, but it is one of those experiments that almost seems to pale in comparison to the ISS, sending rovers to mars, sending satellites to Jupiter, Saturn, the moon, etc.

I personally do believe it was a vital step towards getting other nations involved in outer space research & exploration though.

Oh, and the iconic picture of Atlantis docked with Mir at an angle.........just classic.

 

[Molodei]

I think.. I think that the station Mir is too old but the Shuttle according to present conditions is old too. A summary budget of NASA costs 15 trillions USD, you should provide the development of cosmic building over the world for this money. Or why all the tries ? Don*t I right ? And a small tasks are out of the question. Why do you sit while a million of spasialists are waiting for your employment ? I have a propose for you. Let you employ the specialists over the world according the world decisions for contracts legally, maybe you will have a new level of technology ?
I *m tired to sit with my star ships and try to give advices, hoping for frienship. Unvisible future, in fact. :geek:

 

[seth_381]

I also love that angled picture it is really hard to find pictures from older STS missions especially the Mir/Shuttle missions.

 

[seth_381]

Shuttle/Mir Missions Short ?

I was just wondering why were shuttle/mir missions so short ? because I noticed most lasted 10 days max.

 

[MeteorWayne]

Re: Shuttle/Mir Missions Short ?

I don't know why you started another thread. This will be merged into the existing Shuttle/Mir topic. Please keep the discussions focused. Mir was deorbited 8 1/2 years ago, I don't think we need two threads...

 

[MeteorWayne]

Re: Shuttle/Mir Missions Short ?

I was just wondering why were shuttle/mir missions so short ? because I noticed most lasted 10 days max.

How long do most shuttle missions last? What was the capacity of MIR to support extra personnel?

 

[seth_381]

sorry I had thought this current topic was just ignored well if you look @ Shuttle/ISS flights today they last over ten days usually (13-15 Avg). So that is why I wondered because I haven't seen any of the missions so far to ISS with an EDO Pallet, and off topic wasn't and EDO Pallet last used on STS-107 ?

 

[JonClarke]

The Shuttle-Mir program was a fantastic achievement and a great opportunity for NASA to gain from the immense experience the Russians had gained in long duration spaceflight, space station construction and operation.

Why were the Shuttle missions so short? because they did not need to be any longer. It wasn't as if they visited Mir for construction purposes, just to exchange crews and carry some supplies.

Jon

 

[Zipi]

sorry I had thought this current topic was just ignored well if you look @ Shuttle/ISS flights today they last over ten days usually (13-15 Avg). So that is why I wondered because I haven't seen any of the missions so far to ISS with an EDO Pallet, and off topic wasn't and EDO Pallet last used on STS-107 ?

EDO pallet is not needed because the shuttle can take electricity with SSPTS from ISS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical ... fer_system

 

[seth_381]

I do know that Zipi but if you read on the wiki article the first use was on STS-118.

 

[SpaceTas]

The tightest constraint on shuttle missions is on-board power., then navigation units ....
Now shuttle can stay longer by drawing some power and air from station, but still batteries run down Fully charged batteries can last about 14 days by switching off a lot of equipment. Hence the need to have 2nd shuttle on pad for any non station missions. With the shuttle connected to the ISS problems mount up after a month or so. There was no power hook up for MIR-Shuttle.

Battery life is main reason why Soyuz escape capsules on ISS are rotated every < 6months. The US CRV (NASA uses Crew Return Vehicle not Crew Rescue Vehicle!) project was dropped because of lack of money soon after initial parachute tests.

 

[CalliArcale]

sorry I had thought this current topic was just ignored well if you look @ Shuttle/ISS flights today they last over ten days usually (13-15 Avg). So that is why I wondered because I haven't seen any of the missions so far to ISS with an EDO Pallet, and off topic wasn't and EDO Pallet last used on STS-107 ?

You are correct -- the one-and-only EDO pallet was lost on STS-107. NASA had originally intended to outfit all of the Orbiters with EDO pallets, but changed its mind, rightly figuring that for most station assembly missions, payload capacity would be more important than mission duration.