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Space Forum / Shuttle / March 2008Rescue Mission?
How would this work if it happens during the final Space Shuttle flight in 2010? Will an extra ET be built just for this scenario and another shuttle prepped to be launched only as a rescue mission? If it never happens, all that unused hardware including the external tank should probably be sent to Johnson Space Center and displayed along with all the other unused space hardware (Saturn V rocket, etc).  SignatureAndy P. Jung Metairie, Louisiana U.S.A. (on the Western side of the now infamous 17th Street Canal) http://www.JungWorld.com/ To reply via e-mail, please visit my web site. > How would this work if it happens during the final Space Shuttle flight in > 2010? Will an extra ET be built just for this scenario and another shuttle [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > To reply via e-mail, please visit my web site. DONT send it to JSC or KSC UNLESS AND UNTILL guaranteed safe and proper disply buildings are built.... it was so sad seeing the apollo hardware, most orignally flight qualified let out to rot, with birds building nests > How would this work if it happens during the final Space Shuttle flight in > 2010? Will an extra ET be built just for this scenario and another shuttle > prepped to be launched only as a rescue mission? If it never happens, all > that unused hardware including the external tank should probably be sent > to Johnson Space Center and displayed along with all the other unused > space hardware (Saturn V rocket, etc). There is one extra ET reserved for te rescue mission. SignatureGreg Moore SQL Server DBA Consulting Remote and Onsite available! Email: sql (at) greenms.com http://www.greenms.com/sqlserver.html The tank already has been made I understand, and yet there has been some talk of flying one more mission if there are no more mishaps in order to get some of the still stranded hardware up there. Myself I doubt this will happen, more likely the left over stack will be safed and put on show, probably in a dedicated building of some kind. Brian SignatureBrian Gaff....Note, this account does not accept Bcc: email. graphics are great, but the blind can't hear them Email: briang1@blueyonder.co.uk ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ > How would this work if it happens during the final Space Shuttle flight in > 2010? Will an extra ET be built just for this scenario and another shuttle > prepped to be launched only as a rescue mission? If it never happens, all > that unused hardware including the external tank should probably be sent > to Johnson Space Center and displayed along with all the other unused > space hardware (Saturn V rocket, etc). > The tank already has been made I understand, and yet there has been some > talk of flying one more mission if there are no more mishaps in order to get [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > -- > Brian Gaff shuttle will fly untill new manned launcher is ready to go, as long as there are no more accidents >The tank already has been made I understand, No, not yet. They're still building tanks for this years' flights, which is why STS-125 and STS-126 are likely to be delayed. STS-124 has been delayed a few days, but that is probably as much to do with avoiding launching on Memorial Day weekend and deconflicting with the Mars Phoenix landing as with Tank delays. Brian >>The tank already has been made I understand, > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Brian Huh, I thought the final STS-300 mission was going to use a tank that is in storage (a SLWT I think?) SignatureGreg Moore SQL Server DBA Consulting Remote and Onsite available! Email: sql (at) greenms.com http://www.greenms.com/sqlserver.html On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:00:06 -0400, "Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" <mooregr_deleteth1s@greenms.com> wrote: >>>The tank already has been made I understand, >> >> No, not yet. They're still building tanks for this years' flights, >> which is why STS-125 and STS-126 are likely to be delayed. >Huh, I thought the final STS-300 mission was going to use a tank that is in >storage (a SLWT I think?) No, it will be ET-138. Here's a list of all the Tanks from Columbia onward... ET-93 (STS-107) ET-94 ET-95 (Never built) ET-96 (STS-91, first SLWT) ET-97 (STS-88) ET-98 (STS-95) ET-99 (STS-93) ET-100 (STS-96) ET-101 (STS-103) ET-102 (STS-101) ET-103 (STS-106) ET-104 (STS-92) ET-105 (STS-97) ET-106 (STS-98) ET-107 (STS-102) ET-108 (STS-100) ET-109 (STS-104) ET-110 (STS-105) ET-111 (STS-108) ET-112 (STS-109) ET-113 (STS-111) ET-114 (STS-110) ET-115 (STS-112) ET-116 (STS-113) ET-117 (STS-118) ET-118 (STS-115) ET-119 (STS-121) ET-120 (STS-120) ET-121 (STS-114) ET-122 ET-123 (STS-116) ET-124 (STS-117) ET-125 (STS-122) ET-126 (STS-123) ET-127 (planned for STS-125) ET-128 (planned for STS-124) ET-129 (planned for STS-126) ET-130 (planned for STS-119) ET-131 (planned for STS-127) ET-132 (planned for STS-128) ET-133 (planned for STS-129) ET-134 (planned for STS-130) ET-135 (planned for STS-131) ET-136 (planned for STS-132) ET-137 (planned for STS-133) ET-138 (backup) ET-94 and ET-122 are not scheduled to fly. ET-94, the last LWT, was the foam test article post-Columbia. ET-122 was damaged during Hurricane Katrina. Both are still at Michoud. |
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