STS-114 Post-mission discussion thread.

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Antelope Valley has been getting some pretty nasty afternoon thunderstorms over the past month. Lost power early this morning in Canyon Country and was still out when I left for work. Severe thunderstorm warning for San Berdoo County and desert till tonight. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[drwayne]

Woohoo, Galaxy. I'll join him in about - oh 1000 posts.<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>

 

[najab]

><i>Woohoo, Galaxy. I'll join him in about - oh 1000 posts. </i><p>You've still got <b><font size="-1"><font color="red">Cluster</font>/font></font></b> to go through first.</p>

 

[drwayne]

Ooops, I didn't count my zeros, it was supposed to be 10,000, which was not right either, but it was funny at the time - to me anyway - oh well, I got another post out of it...<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>

 

[najab]

Well, it is another 1000 posts if you count in hex. <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" />

 

[drwayne]

It just shows me to not trust my sense of humor before Monday staff meetings. <img src="/images/icons/smile.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>

 

[shuttle_rtf]

Is it me, or are there a hell of a lot of "opinion columns" in the papers over the last 24 hours calling for the end of the fleet (as in end it now)?<br /><br />I swear some people are like sheep. AP runs a negative story and everyone follows. Very annoying.

 

[trailrider]

"The engineer noticed something wrong, but was told the TC knew what she was doing, and to keep his mouth shut!" or words to that effect.<br /><br />And is the person who told the engineer to keeep his mouth shut still employed there? Seems like that is exactly one of the attitudes that bought us both "Challenger" and "Columbia"! <img src="/images/icons/frown.gif" /> :mad<br /><br />Ad Luna! Ad Aries! Ad Astra!

 

[shuttle_rtf]

Return To Flight Task Group Update: <br /><br />The Stafford-Covey Return to Flight Task Group will issue the full text of its final report at 11 a.m. EDT, Wednesday, Aug. 17. The leaders of the Task Group will discuss the report during a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT, Wednesday.

 

[shuttle_rtf]

Lightning....

 

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Get through today and they should be OK.<br /><br />TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO MID 90S. <br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[georgeniebling]

THAT is an awesome picture .....<br /><br />

 

[georgeniebling]

najaB,<br /><br />Am I reading you post correctly? The protocol for an engine out on the SCA (loaded with Shuttle) was to *bail out* of the aircraft? Essentially abandoning the SCA/Shuttle for an uncontrolled ... um ... landing?<br />

 

[henryhallam]

I hope the poor weather at EAFB doesn't continune much longer.. although if they delay the transfer for another few days I might get a chance to see them land!

 

[shuttle_rtf]

Anyone got an updated est. time of departure?

 

[shuttle_rtf]

>TAILCONE installation in work<br />Awaiting Plague of locusts<<br /><br /> <img src="/images/icons/shocked.gif" /> Did I miss something biblical about this area of the US?<br /><br />

 

[shuttle_rtf]

>Did you read my posts about lightening, hail, rain in the vehicle, tornadoes???????<<br /><br />Yes!!!!!!!!<br /><br />And now I'm asking if anyone has an est. time of departure. Tomorrow, day after, day after that, day after that?

 

[shuttle_rtf]

Right, thanks.

 

[CalliArcale]

<blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p>TAILCONE installation in work<br />Awaiting Plague of locusts<p><hr /></p></p></blockquote><br /><br />Well, I'm glad they're keeping their sense of humor over there. I hope you guys are too; when that bird comes back, I'm afraid you're going to seriously need that sense of humor. (Hail damage in the Mohave Desert? Wow.) <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>

 

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Many people think it never rains in the desert. Take a look at the current radar on this link. <br /><br /><br />http://www.edwards.af.mil/weather/ <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[drwayne]

I remember in some of my trips out to WSMR seeing some impressive thunderstorms.<br /><br />Of course, it so flat out there, you can see forever.<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]

So the potential exists that it might pass this way Thurday/Friday, depending on the flight path.<br /><br />Wayne <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>"1) Give no quarter; 2) Take no prisoners; 3) Sink everything."  Admiral Jackie Fisher</p> </div>

 

[CalliArcale]

<blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p>Many people think it never rains in the desert.<p><hr /></p></p></blockquote><br /><br />Oh I know it does rain. It's just not quite as common an event as in, say, Florida. That's why it's so popular for flight research; weather is usually good. And for the rain to come with such violence!<br /><br />It does almost seem like a conspiracy of nature. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> The worst possible time for it to rain, and it does. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>

 

[shuttle_rtf]

Stupid question, I'm sure...but why isn't there a hanger that they could roll Discovery into, do some processing, when ready to mate with the SCA, tow her out?

 

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Most likely you would not want to put her into an enclosed or covered space due to propellants residule after landing. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>