Space Forum / Shuttle / May 2005

Seems like the engineers in charge didn't take the same classes the
drafters have to take.  Apparently there's a clearance issue for STS Ku
Band antenna and the new OBSS boom.
"Agency officials do not yet know why the clearance issue took so long

Noting on the news group that the Electron is still broken, and they hope
that either the Shuttle or a Progress will bring some spares, it had me
thinking..
In both the station and the Shuttle, what actually happens to the water in

Well folks, the gummit has ramrodded through their agenda and another
"safety and sanity be-damned" launching of their favorite,
glitch-prone, taxpayer-financed roman candle is inevitable.
According to news reports I've seen, it's already had cracks in the

http://abcnews.go.com/US/LegalCenter/wireStory?id=755097
Ex-NASA Employee Acquitted in Shuttle Case
Ex-NASA Employee Acquitted on Charges He Failed to Inspect Labor of
Shuttle Discovery Contractors

Doing my assigned reading, I ran into this note which I thought was
interesting.
-- rk
  The "Bug" Heard 'Round the World

I'm still digging around through this immense Russian language Buran
site, but there are tons of good links on this page to _very_ detailed
drawings and photos of the Buran Shuttle and Energia booster components:
http://www.buran.ru/htm/mapsite.htm

Hello, my given name is John Maxson, although in the future you'll be
better able to spot me from my 'ghost' handle. No doubt many of you
already know something about me, from my posts to sci.space.shuttle
during 2001-2004.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=753132
New NASA Boss Pushes to Replace Shuttle
New NASA Boss Pushes for Faster Shuttle Replacement, May Cut Research
to Pay for It

Msnbc.com (Oberg): How to crack weird space cases
Lone sleuth uses the Internet and his wits to solve UFO mysteries
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7822879/
By James Oberg, NBC News space analyst // Special to MSNBC

NASA is demanding that all news media who want badges for shuttle
RTF, at all NASA locations, must provide NASA security with
their Social Security Numbers. I tried providing just my public
record ID numbers, including Texas drivers license, date of birth,

Gah.  What's wrong with this picture?
<http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/050504/050404_disco
very_hmed_6a.ss_h.jpg>

I just wondered with all the talk of a new vehicle for taking people into
space, whether the SSTO ideas have all been shelved in favour of good old
multi stage conventional boosters?
Brian

Hell no,  no tudors in space, we won't go.

What kind of extra hardware is added or testing done?
How much cost does man rating add, and how long does it take to man
rate an existing design?

Why does NASA rely so much on technology first proposed during the
Nixon Administration? The core technology of the Space Shuttle is at
least 24 years old, if not older. Yes, they've updated the computer and
guidance/navigation systems. Yes, they've re-designed the SRBs (Solid