STS-120/10A Mission thread (post launch)

[bobblebob]

Yeah very fast. How fast is the shuttle travelling from touchdown to the drag shoot deploying?

 

[Testing]

I believe touchdown is about 220 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[usn_skwerl]

195kts optimally <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[rybanis]

Congrats on the great landing!<br /><br />Now looking forward to the next mission! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[holmec]

One more mission down.........several to go.<br /><br />good job NASA/Shuttle team! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#0000ff"><em>"SCE to AUX" - John Aaron, curiosity pays off</em></font></p> </div>

 

[3488]

Excellent stuff.<br /><br />Great to see Discovery back safe.<br /><br />Well done to all involved. <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /><br /><br />Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[bobblebob]

Great mission, and thanks to shuttle_guy and everyone else who has contributed throughout the thread in answering mine and others questions

 

[bobblebob]

FRR for the next mission is next week <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /> Nasa quickly getting through these missions <br /><br />Why do Nasa plan to retire Atlantis. Is it in worse shape than the other shuttles? Seems silly to only have 2 operating shuttles when another one is still up to the job

 

[bobblebob]

Having a slight go at the media in the Post Landing Conference. About time!

 

[rybanis]

What do you mean? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[bobblebob]

One of the Nasa guys (cant remember which) was saying Nasa are in a no win situation. Whenever they have a long debate about a particular issue (e.g the RCC tiles on Discovery) the media moan that it isnt safe to fly, how they have been made to wait for a conference and the other usual crap they come out with. Equally if they didnt have debates and just launched regardless, the media would be all over Nasa for not thinking about the crew safety.

 

[rybanis]

Ah, understood. Yes, it is about time somebody spoke up about that. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[Testing]

Did anyone ask how long it will take to analyze the FOD sample? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[bobblebob]

Sorry i had it on in the background so wasnt paying full attention. Although during landing they did say that would be one of the first things off the shuttle so the technical people can analyse it straight away.<br /><br />I cant imagine it would take too long to find out what is it

 

[Testing]

Depends on having the equipment at KSC, they may have to take it Marshal, I don't know. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[earth_bound_misfit]

Another great mission, though bit of a shame that those problems popped up with the solar arrays <img src="/images/icons/frown.gif" /><br /><br />My hat's off to all involved, including you SG! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p> </p><p>----------------------------------------------------------------- </p><p>Wanna see this site looking like the old SDC uplink?</p><p>Go here to see how: <strong>SDC Eye saver </strong>  </p> </div>

 

[SpaceKiwi]

Yes, great job on STS-120 and well-done to SG, erioladastra, and any others on the payroll that stop by these threads.<br /><br />Can anyone update me on the Crew Press Conference? I believe it's due at the bottom of the hour, though I guess that a fluid situation with the crew commitments.<br /><br />Thanks. <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>

 

[earth_bound_misfit]

It's on now <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p> </p><p>----------------------------------------------------------------- </p><p>Wanna see this site looking like the old SDC uplink?</p><p>Go here to see how: <strong>SDC Eye saver </strong>  </p> </div>

 

[SpaceKiwi]

Thanks e_b_m, managed to catch it on the interweb, so all good.<br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <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>

 

[superluminal]

Excellent mission. <br />I'm looking forward to the upcoming space works. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><br /><strong><font size="3" color="#3366ff">Columbia and Challenger </font></strong></p><p><strong><font size="3" color="#3366ff">Starships of Heroes</font></strong></p> </div>

 

[CalliArcale]

It appears that this thread has passed the post limit threshold. Actually, it crossed it sometime yesterday, but I wasn't paying enough attention to the thread length. <img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" /> I'm going to lock this thread. If folks still want to discuss STS-120, go ahead and open a new thread; otherwise, since the mission is over, I'm not going to automatically open a new one. Odds are, everything's been said anyway. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> <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>