STS-121: Launch target May, 2006 - Griffin

[baktothemoon]

Hey SG, how do they patch up the foam now that they have to cut into it to get to the ECO sensors?<br />

 

[montmein69]

Is there a possibility to test the reliability of the ECO sensors at 20 K before the STS is mated on the launch pad ?<br />(I mean a Wet/ Dry answer with LH2 in the tank) <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[llivinglarge]

NASA should speed up the maintenance on LC39A... Running with only 1 function pad is really choking the shuttle launch manifest.

 

[SpaceKiwi]

Were there more than two MLP's back in the Apollo days? <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>

 

[bpcooper]

There are three MLPs and two crawlers.<br /><br />Don't forget that 10 launches went off pad A in one year. Having one pad is by no means limiting launch number! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>-Ben</p> </div>

 

[SpaceKiwi]

Oops, thanks Ben, I thought there were only as many MLP's as crawlers. <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>

 

[llivinglarge]

Hehe, the crawler-way wishes it was a two-lane street.

 

[llivinglarge]

Do all three Orbiters share a single Canadarm?<br /><br />(BTW, my prayers are with the family of the roofer that died...)

 

[strandedonearth]

Just out of curiosity, any idea where in Canada the repairs to the Canadarm are made? I assume where they were made in the first place, but where is that?

 

[SpaceKiwi]

Just think this is a great photo, and what it's all about ...<br /><br />(though it might be a smoother than expected ride if they climb aboard Atlantis) <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>

 

[steve82]

I thought MD Robotics did the arm now?

 

[Testing]

SPAR was bought out by McDonald Detwieler (MD) Robotics. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[spayss]

Kiwi:<br /><br />"Just think this is a great photo, and what it's all about ... "<br /><br />No, it's about results. The next time you screw up at work or in school, pull out a nice photo and explain that 'this is what it's all about'. I'm a taxpayer and I demand excellence and not failure and photo ops.

 

[subzero788]

This is a little off topic, but i was reading an old article from last year about the preparations for the atlantis rescue mission in the event STS 114 couldn't return. What I couldn't understand was why the rescue shuttle would carry a crew of 4. Being such a risky mission, with the same chance of the rescue shuttle being damaged in the same way as the stricken shuttle and the rush to get it ready in time, why are four crew required when the shuttle can be flown with 2?

 

[montmein69]

On 03/13<br /><<The wind tunnel testing is still in work on the pAL ramp removal. There is more testing to be done on the "Ice/Frost" ramps that were exposed to the SRB nose shock waves once the PAl ramp was removed. />><br /><br />Is the final decision to remove PAL ramp published ?<br /><br />Where are the wind tunnel tests processed ? (Michoud, KSC ?) <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[jschaef5]

s_g, are there any dates set down for when the wind tunnel tests are expected to be done by or are they just working as fast as they can? And what would be the latest that they could still be working on it to support an early July launch? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[drwayne]

T - 9<br /><br />Piece of cake.<br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /><br /><br />I spent the day before a test launch and almost all of the previous night once duplicating an intermittent issue in the software-in-the-loop simulation - ended up not flying.<br /><br />A little pressure that time...<br /><br />Wayne <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>"1) Give no quarter; 2) Take no prisoners; 3) Sink everything."  Admiral Jackie Fisher</p> </div>

 

[jschaef5]

STS-115/12A (Atlantis): 08/28/06 <br /><br />Think you can get them to land it out at Edwards? <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /><br />BTW how much does it cost NASA to not land at the cape. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[jschaef5]

Yep. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[jschaef5]

It looks like someone has dropped a light bulb on the top of the ET, no cause to worry though.<br /><br />http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/ft_060329_sts121_foam.html<br /><br />The story has a good picture of the manhole they will climb into to replace the sensors. <br /><br /><br />It sounds like workers at KSC are being over worked or something. Is it normal for all these things to be happening and is the media just picking up on every little things or is this abnormal? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[haywood]

Here's some pictures of the work around the manhole at the bottom of the ET.<br /><br />http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/search.cfm?cat=4

 

[tap_sa]

They should have just hired some skinny kid to crawl into the tank via H2 line to do the job.

 

[baktothemoon]

I hope that the remaining launches will be broadcast on the non-satellite/cable networks. I have tried to see the launches on regular TV before, but they are never on. The only ones that I saw on ordinary TV were John Glenn's flight along with STS-121. Maybe now the networks will give more priority to shuttle launches instead of believing them to be routine as they did before.<br /><br />"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." John F. Kennedy

 

[jschaef5]

I watched the return to flight launch on a big projector screen up at EAA in the NASA hanger <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> It was quite exciting. Hopefully I'll see one in person one of these times....<br /><br />and same baktothemoon, I never see them on tv. I always stream launches on NASA tv which isn't too bad of quality. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[SpaceKiwi]

<blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p>No, it's about results. The next time you screw up at work or in school, pull out a nice photo and explain that 'this is what it's all about'. I'm a taxpayer and I demand excellence and not failure and photo ops.<p><hr /></p></p></blockquote><br />Yes, it is about results, and you have seen results to the tune of over 100 successful missions.<br /><br />No, what you are seeking is perfection which, as you well know, rarely occurs in any walk of life. Why you believe the space program is somehow immune to the mistakes that are part and parcel of everyday activity on this planet is beyond me? <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>