STS-114 Mission Update Thread (Part 6)

[lycan359]

<font color="yellow">Tell me, do you walk into an ICU waiting room and point at someone and say "I predict your loved one won't make it". Imagine defending such a remark with BS like:<br /><br />"I didn't say I hope or desire that your infant die, it was merely a prediction. Why in the world would that remark bother you?"</font><br /><br />Hah!<br /><br />Well, it looks like I've been defeated. Well done.

 

[shuttle_rtf]

Yeah, in jean overalls - about 20 people in the band. Was number 1 over here in about 1980.

 

[drwayne]

I remember it from some time in early graduate school, but I can not pin it closer than that.<br /><br />That is unusual, I used to annoy my ex-girl with remembering when songs came out. Maybe I am just getting old-timers.<br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /><br /><br />Wayne <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>"1) Give no quarter; 2) Take no prisoners; 3) Sink everything."  Admiral Jackie Fisher</p> </div>

 

[drwayne]

My signature line for example is from a somewhat obscure Elton John single that came out in the fall of 1981.<br /><br />I listened to music quite a bit while grading papers, doing homework etc.<br /><br />Wayne <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>"1) Give no quarter; 2) Take no prisoners; 3) Sink everything."  Admiral Jackie Fisher</p> </div>

 

[najab]

><i>[T]he "lot of hair" old woman who's been acting DJ with some awful choice of music for the crew...</i><p>Also known as Dr. Shannon Lucid.</p>

 

[lycan359]

Still mad at me Shuttle-RTF? Sounds like I really pissed you off.<br /><br />I'm not going on the "list" am I?

 

[drwayne]

Probably was posted earlier, but here it is again, re-entry timeline:<br /><br />http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts114/fdf/sts114entry.html<br /><br />Wayne <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>"1) Give no quarter; 2) Take no prisoners; 3) Sink everything."  Admiral Jackie Fisher</p> </div>

 

[lycan359]

<br />What's "OPS-3 transition"?

 

[najab]

OPS-3 is the entry and landing software for the Space Shuttle's general purpose computers.

 

[lycan359]

<br />What gets unloaded from the general purpose computer in order to make the transition to the OPS-3 software?

 

[drwayne]

http://www.theandyzone.com/launchzone/stscptr.htm<br /><br />Wayne <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>"1) Give no quarter; 2) Take no prisoners; 3) Sink everything."  Admiral Jackie Fisher</p> </div>

 

[SpaceKiwi]

My first year of Uni, I lived in a 'Hall of Residence'. It was a multi-storied co-ed building, however by some misfortune I ended up on a all-male floor. Each floor had a 'theme song' (as you do), and ours was the aforementioned <i>Come On Eileen</i>. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /><br /><br />I've been trying to remember the lead singer's name, which has escaped me for the last 10 minutes, but I can tell you he put out a solo album later on attired in a dress on the cover! I believe there were 'issues' there with him far more disturbing than Dr. Lucid using a highly suggestive song for the wake-up call! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em><font size="2" color="#ff0000">Who is this superhero?  Henry, the mild-mannered janitor ... could be!</font></em></p><p><em><font size="2">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></em></p><p><font size="5">Bring Back The Black!</font></p> </div>

 

[najab]

The computers are transitioned by swapping out the OPS-2 software (on-orbit operations) for OPS-3 (entry and landing).

 

[spacefire]

Hey I remember the part about the OPS computers during the pre-launch checklist!<br />flying the shuttle=going thorugh one big checklist. bit boring, actually, except for the view. Which wasn't very spectacular in the old Amiga sim, so I never made it through an entire launch.<br />I'm sure Shuttle_Guy would ace that sim... <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>http://asteroid-invasion.blogspot.com</p><p>http://www.solvengineer.com/asteroid-invasion.html </p><p> </p> </div>

 

[lycan359]

<br /><font color="yellow">old Amiga sim</font><br /><br />Do you happen to know what it was called?

 

[silylene old]

Lycan359 = Bigbrain.<br /><br />Get lost pest. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature" align="center"><em><font color="#0000ff">- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</font></em> </div><div class="Discussion_UserSignature" align="center"><font color="#0000ff"><em>I really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function.</em></font> </div> </div>

 

[lycan359]

<br />Excuse me?

 

[viper101]

You are being called a troll Lycan - cause you are.<br /><br />Do everyone a favour and please stay off this forum - no one is interested in your grim 'predictions'. Cnt.<br /><br />On that note - it's late and I'm headed to bed. In 7 Hours I look forward to hearing that Eileen & co are safely on the ground. <br /><br />Night all & godspeed the crew of Discovery. <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" />

 

[lycan359]

<br />Hehe. Oh I see.<br /><br /><font color="yellow">On that note - it's late and I'm headed to bed. In 7 Hours I look forward to hearing that Eileen & co are safely on the ground.</font><br /><br />That will most likely be the case.

 

[franson_space]

Funny is it? Do you laugh like a nervous twitch?

 

[lycan359]

Do I laugh like a nervous twitch?<br /><br />Hah, what?<br /><br />Anyway I was laughing at what silylene said.

 

[lycan359]

<br />Oh, Bigbrain... I get what you meant. Sorry, but that's not me. I didn't know what you were talking about until I just saw this page:<br /><br />http://uplink.space.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=suggestions&Number=297559&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=0&fpart=<br />

 

[franson_space]

I was laughing to, but laughing at you. Isn't it beddy time sweetheart?

 

[llivinglarge]

SG, if something were to go wrong (not necessarily fatal to the crew or terminal to the orbiter) during reentry, have standard and emergency procedures changed since Columbia?

 

[llivinglarge]

NO GO!