Space Forum / Shuttle / October 2005

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/10/04/shuttle.damage.ap/index.html
"What probably happened is that during modifications to the tank at
Michoud, technicians inadvertently damaged the section that ended up
coming off, while working on nearby areas, Wayne Hale said. "This

The Expedition 12 crew has been successfully launched from the
Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Unless US policy changes, this will be the last American to
visit the International Space Station.

Shuttle piggybacking on an external foam insulated tank is conceptually
wrong, since foam always have tendency to peel during lift-off. To find
a reason why foam is shedding from the external tank, NASA has to
consider that tank is a FLEXIBLE body filed

The closer to 2010 we get the more likely the shuttle will be grounded
early and permanetely. serious issues occuring near the end wouldnt
allow time for fixing or much use of the repair. lets say that 2.5
years before the end a serious trouble is uncovered that will require

Everybody knows the Moon is nothing more than a burned out cinder.  The
only coceivable reason for another project is to establish Moon-based WMDs,
where they would remain invincible from the enemies of the United States
and where they would be omnipotent against them.

I'm getting hints that looming problems with ET analysis --
unrelated to Katrina -- are leading NASA managers to
worry that they won't be able to get Discovery back into space
until the fall of 2006. Anybody else getting such 'straws in the

   Will it be possible to put the CEV in lunar orbit, without the lunar
lander, using only the SRB and the liquid upperstage?
Ray

"The Shanghai Morning Post reported earlier this month that the
mission could take place as early as this month or October, "
http://www.physorg.com/news6379.html
And now reports of large meteors coming in about the same time.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/10/04/tech/main913700.shtml
excerpt:
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Oct. 5, 2005
(AP) Workers may have accidentally cut or crushed the section of foam that

"Evaluation of Ice and Frost Accumulation on the Space Shuttle External Tank"
R.E. Rhodes and S.W. Walker
Proceedings of the Thirteenth Space Congress
April 7-9, 1976

- the Russian "Apollo"
- It's reuseable
- It's uncomplicated
- It's got a large and nice orbit module

       Is it possible that the Republician party in the US supports and has
always supported human spaceflight and NASA more than the Democratic party
in the US despite the fact that going to the moon was JFKs idea?  I am a
registered democrat, a huge supporter of NASA and human ...

Bruce Buckingham/Jessica Rye
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.               Sept. 30, 2005
(Phone: 321/867-2468/6185)
CONTRACT RELEASE: CO5-y

How long for the CEV? If the shuttle never flew again, the 5 billion a
year budget would be freed up to design and build the replacement.
With a shuttle derived CEV and heavy lifter, just how long till we
could fly again?

The first move to fixing a problem is admitting you have it:)
I have hopes this might lead to a early ending of the shuttle!