Space Forum / Shuttle / August 2005

If the shuttle fleet were grounded (as they are) - and a Progress flight was
(for some reason) unable to deliver it's payload, how long could the ISS
crew survive before things became critical?

Did anybody think about the tile damage and the suspense it created? If I
were NASA, I would create the same FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt) if I
would like funding for a new spacecraft....
;-)

Hi folks, I heard a fair chunk of the EVA yesterday, and I was struck by how
retro the whole thing seemed after the Shuttle evas with their helmet
cameras and robot arms etc.
So we have really bodged fixings for all sorts of clutter fitted to the

"Pete Lynn" <pete@peterlynnkites.com> :

Task group panelists blast space shuttle management
BY WILLIAM HARWOOD (CBS News space consultant)
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts114/050817rtftg/
August 17, 2005

So, what are the chances now of being able to finish
ISS before having to ditch ISS?
JazzMan

I sent this note to Peter Pae at the LA Times, I -THINK- he was the guy who
telephoned me yesterday about an article he was working on... Will update as
needed.
Jim O

You know, even now, after all these years, we still seem to have no
agreement as to the best way to do things in this area. What has been
learned?
I suppose the main drive now maybe should be, get the cost of what we can do

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The $100-billion International Space Station could
end up on the scrap heap if NASA's shuttle flights do not return to
normal soon, scientists say.
NASA said on Thursday its next shuttle flight would not be until March,

Since I can't find a number easily: about how many times is the average
SRB casing reused, and do they try and reuse pairs together?

My wife just called franticlly saying that the SCA was flying over my house
at 5 minutes ago (5:10 CDT). I live in Hughes Springs, Texas. Barksdale AFB
is about 60-75 miles away.
Alas, the video camera was not ready, and the digital camera was hard to

I noticed that a Great Circle from Edwards to Houston passes roughly
over Phoenix.  This gives me at least some hope that I may be able to
spot it.  Even if it is 30 miles downrange when it passes by, that puts
it an an altitude of ~2 degrees (10K feet, right?).  Of course, I'm

11:32 AM EDT -- carrier a/c w/ Discovery just took off,
bound for Altus AFB in SE Oklahoma.

To the Moon and Mars. What will become of this goal?
Complexity science makes predicting the future and effectiveness
of this goal exceedingly simple. And if you read through you
might see why I have such contempt for this plan.

update windows media streams:
replay: http://space-tv.6x.to
** 18 AUGUST **
- spacewalk on the International Space Station