Atlantis Repairs on Track

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John H - 27 Apr 2007 23:34 GMT

04.27.07 - 3 p.m. EDT
In high bay 1 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center,
Fla., technicians and engineers continue repairing foam on Atlantis'
hail-damaged external fuel tank. Spray foam repairs are scheduled to begin
Monday.

Workers have begun disassembling the special scaffolding built for the foam
repair work. This will allow clearance for the removal of the shuttle's
three main engines to be inspected for flow liner contamination.

The rollout of Atlantis to the launch pad is scheduled for May 12.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html

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Brian Gaff - 28 Apr 2007 10:36 GMT

So, what exactly is the point in examining the engines now? If they seemed
to be saying there was no problem from the levels of possible contamination
before the hail delay, then why are they worried now?

OK, I guess it would satisfy curiosity, if they are attempting to figure out
the reasons etc, but I seem to recall reading that the levels were not a
problem.

Brian

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> 04.27.07 - 3 p.m. EDT
> In high bay 1 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center,
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> The rollout of Atlantis to the launch pad is scheduled for May 12.
> http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html

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hallerb@aol.com - 28 Apr 2007 19:39 GMT

> So, what exactly is the point in examining the engines now? If they seemed
> to be saying there was no problem from the levels of possible contamination
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in the past nasa has accepted such not normal discoveries and just
acceppted them as normal, two good examples were rubber o ring burn
thru and damaged shuttle tiles, this has basically forced them to look
harder at such troubles

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Brian Thorn - 28 Apr 2007 22:22 GMT

>So, what exactly is the point in examining the engines now?

Because they can. The ET repairs weren't going to allow launch before
the end of the May window anyway, and the next launch window doesn't
open until June 8, leaving time for engineers to get a nice, warm
fuzzy feeling that nothing is rattling around in Atlantis' MPS, so why
not?

Brian

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