STS-121 Update Thread: Part Two

[earth_bound_misfit]

Looks like the trucks and vans don't want to get too close. <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>

 

[shuttle2moon]

thanks for the updates for those of us who only had video...work frowns on having TV on...lol..

 

[SpaceKiwi]

I hope the crew will do a walk-round of the vehicle. I'd love to see a camera get in there and take a look at that gap-filler by the wheel-well. Or rather, where it used to be. <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>

 

[captsolo]

Welcome home Discovery! <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" />

 

[SpaceKiwi]

Did you notice how quiet it got after Kelly shut down the APU's? Those suckers are noisy! <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>

 

[rfoshaug]

You could actually hear them stop! Nice! <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff9900">----------------------------------</font></p><p><font color="#ff9900">My minds have many opinions</font></p> </div>

 

[subzero788]

How long till the crew exits?

 

[ozspace]

Back to the hanger, clean the windshield, change the plugs and oil, then back out for December!<br /><br />Welcome home Discovery and congratulations to the crew and everyone who put so much work into such a clean mission!<br /><br />Let's hope they have the foam issues under control and we can move on to finishing the shuttle program on a high, ready for Moon, Mars and beyond!

 

[fragrance]

Glad to know that Discovery back home safe and sound.<br /><br />Cheers!<img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" />

 

[superluminal]

<br /><br />Nice job indeed Nasa team.<br /><br />You're all the best. <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>

 

[alokmohan]

Amidst anxiety it comes back.<br />

 

[cosmictraveler]

Now lets finish the space station, it's only 10 years behind schedule! Great job BTW on this mission. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>It does not require many words to speak the truth. Chief Joseph</p> </div>

 

[barrykirk]

Fabulous mission!!! From start to finish. Great job NASA! As a taxpayer, I say thank you.

 

[bender13]

It was a great job by NASA. I'm really looking forward to the more ambitious launch schedule and the ISS to be finally completed.

 

[summoner]

Nicely done people, bravo on a wonderful mission. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:271px;background-color:#FFF;border:1pxsolid#999"><tr><td colspan="2"><div style="height:35px"><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/htmlSticker1/language/www/US/MT/Three_Forks.gif" alt="" height="35" width="271" style="border:0px" /></div>

 

[l3p3r]

Fantastic to see everything pan out well and as expected. Excellent job NASA! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[mattblack]

To all the detractors, naysayers, chicken-littles, Shuttle & Nasa-bashers, some of the media (stand up, BBC!!) and all the flat-Earth, negative ninnies....<br /><br />NYAH, NYAH, NYAH-NYAH, NYAHHHH!!!! (sound of big raspberry)<br /><br />WELL DONE everyone at Nasa and the crew of Discovery. <br /><br />WELL DONE!!! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p>One Percent of Federal Funding For Space: America <strong><em><u>CAN</u></em></strong> Afford it!!  LEO is a <strong><em>Prison</em></strong> -- It's time for a <em><strong>JAILBREAK</strong></em>!!</p> </div>

 

[alokmohan]

Is shuttle danger proof?I mean foam and all that wii be taken care.

 

[earth_bound_misfit]

Hey Newsie, are you a pilot? You sure seem to know quite a lot and are very interested in aviation. <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>

 

[earth_bound_misfit]

"Is shuttle danger proof?I mean foam and all that wii be taken care."<br /><br />Well nothing's a 100% with such a complex machine and doing such dangerous work. That said, it seems the Engineers have certainly got a handle on this now, especially after tanking and then de-tanking and the delays on the pad. <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>

 

[shuttle2moon]

Exactly. The shuttle is and should be treated as an experimental aircraft.....we were lulled into a false sense of security bc we didn't take this view.<br /><br />I mean, come on...what other Aircraft flies at over ten times the speed of sound?

 

[shuttle2moon]

Thanks, SG.<br /><img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /><br />

 

[CalliArcale]

Many congratulations to NASA and Shuttle_Guy on a successful flight!<br /><br />With the safe landing of Discovery and her crew, I am un-stickifying this thread. <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>

 

[jschaef5]

Great mission. Now lets get the show on the road. 4 launches a year! <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[steve82]

I heard the bird poop survived entry.