Space Forum / Shuttle / September 2004

I'm trying to get documentation of the 2005 shuttle launch opportunities
versus the lighting and other cutouts. Anybody able to help?
Jim

...Those out there in Florida in the middle of that mess, please let
us know your status if possible.
                OM

if two space shuttles could be up at once?
AFTER 9-11-2004 THIS IS THE ONLY THING THAT WILL BE HERE ON
EARTH lat 39.85119269   long  -121.16994   GOD BLESS AMERICA
who said people can't fly.

Here's a larger photo of the VAB damage from Yahoo News:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/040907/480/flpc10609072036
http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040907/capt.flpc10609072036.hurrican
e_frances_flpc106.jpg
- Rusty Barton

Now that the European Space Agency will be buying Soyuz rockets, do any of
you eggheads in here think might start developing a manned space program in
the next couple decades?  It would be a nice feather in the cap for the EU
(And yes I know the two aren't officially connected).

What are the rough chances of an RTLS abort being necessary on any given
launch?  What are a pilot's chances of being able to manually fly an RLTS?
Do they simulate it in training?  How much better are the computers' chances?
The "popular wisdom" is that even a computer-controlled ...

http://www.floridatoday.com/blogs/centralbrevard/2004/09/kennedy-space-center-sh
uttles-fate.htm
"Kennedy Space Center: Shuttles' fate unknown"
_Florida Today_ - Sunday, September 05, 2004
The fate of NASA's multibillion-dollar space shuttle fleet remains an

Of course the 1st time we went we used 'big ol honkin Roman Candle'
technology, but the Shuttle was supposed to be the pickup truck reusable
type thing, even though it hasn't always lived up to the hype.
I'm thinking there are two different parts of this;

I can't find this article on my news server at the moment, so this will
have to do for now:

I am selling a functional MSK panel and a few other NASA mission panels
on ebay.  Starting price is $200.  No takers so far.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040908/ap_on_sc/nasa_s
huttle_flight&e=5
Now add in the costs to fix the VAB storm damage and probable underlying
trouble of alunminum panels on steel structure built in haste some 40 years

On August 27th, after four months in orbit, NASA's Gravity Probe B
satellite began its year-long hunt for signs of a subtle space-time
vortex around Earth predicted by Einstein's theory of relativity. The
search isn't going to be easy, but for scientists involved, one of the

Alan Erskine new email address is nalaeniksre@bigpond.com

The New York Times is reporting that the VAB also may have
roof problems after Hurricane Frances:
    A team of about 30 technicians climbed to the roof on Tuesday
    to assess the damage, but quickly decided to get off.

Away from family and friends, essentially working 24/7 with no time off/
how does this work in general terms
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