Space Forum / Shuttle / November 2005

When these orbiters finally fly, they will have been on the ground for
almost four years. Is anything being done to make sure that lack of
flying time hasn't made the orbiters "stale" or "rusty" or subject to
problems?

Cause of foam loss eludes NASA
Agency hopes for May launch of shuttle
BY TODD HALVORSON
FLORIDA TODAY

The way to reduce the Number of Shuttle flights is to reduce the number of
logistics missions.
The options for alternative logistics transport are:
European ATV "Jules Verne"

There have been manyu discussions, trial balloons etc about the future
of the shuttle. Would it fly only twice a year for MPLM and crew
exchanges, woudl it fly 6 times a year ? Would it go to Hubble, would it
complete the station, partial completion ?

My furnace didn't start this morning. So I called a tech to fix it. We
chatted a bit and he told me he once contracted to Martin at KSC. He was
called in to fix the boiler for a huge, building-filling, washing
machine that did nothing but wash the parachute from the space shuttle ...

http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051120/NEWS02/511200320/1007
"Flying the shuttles 19 more times, as planned, will cost at least $22
billion. The nation's long-term spending plan provides NASA with about
$17 billion for the shuttles"

What will we find?
Will it be 'the secrets' to our existence
The explanations for our minds?
Will we find 'the riches'

Oh wait a minute, that was a silly dream. They only announced
another Apollo program, and forgot to say ...'for'... what.
Never mind.
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** 22 November **
Space Shuttle Program Media Update.
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There should be more guys like this in NASA management:
< http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/2005/11/prcb_update_et.html>

Create a super agency by merging NASA,Japanese Space Agency, Russian Space
Agency ,European Space Agency, Chinese, and anyone else (India, Korea) with
space capability into the Global Space Administration. Independent of their
respective governments they would design and build a ...

The labelling of shuttle missions involves the abbreviation "STS" plus a
number. This number does not chronologically increase from flight to
flight but varies in a remarkable way.
Could anyone please explain the concept of numbering the missions to me?

I would like to ask another question. If we use space shuttle or any
other space vehicles that has a nuclear propulsion or ion thruster, it
may send people to mars but do take a long time. BUT there will be no
gravity inside the space shuttle and if people is exposed to a no

Are there any photos of the full-scale mock-up for Russia's Clipper shuttle?
Thanks.

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