Space Forum / Shuttle / December 2003

one thing that has not yet mentioned (at least i could not find any
mention of this) is the opportunity of using SSO as a manned sounding
rocket ..
it fills a gap betwenn current zero G planes, current sounding rockets

From p. 3 of the book ‘A Journal for Christa,’ by Grace Corrigan:
     "Launch pad 39B was being used for the first time.
     During the fall, the crew preparing the pad for this
     liftoff sent Christa a telegram to assure her that she

[this was originally posted to sci.space.moderated, but 24 hours later it
still hasn't shown up, so even though it is OT in the shuttle newsgroup I
decided to repost it here]
And are you ready for this - it would be called the JIMO!   :-)

I found a website that has a series of pictures showing an attempt
to move the Roton Rocket to a San Diego museum by cargo helicopter.
There are 72 pictures. The event took place in May 2003.
http://www.pro-photography.net/gallery/Rotary-Rocket-Roton-ATV-move?&page=1

Spaceflight Now has pictures of the Delta 4-Heavy
launch vehicle standing alone with the service
tower rolled back.
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0312/14delta4heavy/01.html

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NASA To Embed Sensors In Shuttle Wings
Sensors To Determine Whether Leading Edges Of Wings Are Damaged
POSTED: 2:42 PM EST December 11, 2003
UPDATED: 2:48 PM EST December 11, 2003

Saddam captured alive yesterday by US troops, hiding in a cellar in Tikrit.
Woo hoo!

An article:
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/14/magazine/14POWER.html?ex=1071982800&amp;en=799
ad449b398c2d7&amp;ei=5062&amp;partner=GOOGLE>
argues that the use of simplistic data reduction tools contributed to
the destruction of the Columbia. Is the use of these data summary tools

There are pictures on Spaceflight Now, of the Delta 4-Heavy being
raised into vertical position on KSC launch pad 37B.
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0312/10delta4heavy/01.html
- Rusty Barton

to my knowledge, the often-feared abort mode Return To Launch Site (RTSL)
and the abort mode Transoceanic Abort Landing (TAL) have never been executed
on any STS mission, but only in simulations. Is that correct?
I know of the catastrophic destructions of Challenger (STS-51L) and ...

I am a teacher in the United Kingdom.
Can somebody answer my question please?
We have been watching TV film of Shuttle launches. Mainly taking about
the 'roll programme' and how it is performed and the stresses

Presidential candidate Gov. Howard Dean (D-VT) is currently answering
questions online at WashingtonPoet.com.
http://discuss.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/zforum/03/sp_politics_dean1103.htm
Here's one of interest to this group:

Hi folks, is anyone else finding the apparent inability to turn off smart
quotes in Word docs posted as text just a little annoying, with 8 thousand
and  xxx every few words? I'd have thought some clever person might have
written a converter for this??