Space Forum / Shuttle / December 2005

I recall reading somewhere about a GPC fault on the first ALT flight.  
But I'm not sure and was chatting about this with a friend.  A search
turned up nothing, perhaps we are old and have bad memories?  Or the
correct report is sitting nearby hiding in plain sight?

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There is the possibility of life on Mars.  Should we send a SSTP
(Single Stage To the Planets) to Mars not knowing what kind of
reception awaits?
Take a close look at this picture from the Spirit Rover Sol 633

December 15, 2005
NASA budget option: Retire Atlantis
BY JOHN KELLY
FLORIDA TODAY

we have the current CEV launch schedule/mission planning document out
to 2018 up at
usspacenews.com
later today we will post some NASA charts about the new "Little Joe 2"

Space Shuttle STS-114 - HIGHLIGHTS DAY 4 (343Kbps)
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Space Shuttle STS-114 - HIGHLIGHTS DAY 3 (150Kbps)

** 22 December **
International Space Station Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev send their holiday greetings down to Earth.
Play Video http://space44.sp.funpic.de/video/iss/replay5.php
Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev tour of the ...

Dec. 22, 2005
Dean Acosta/David Mould
Headquarters, Washington
(202) 358-1400/1898

Dec. 15, 2005
Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington
(202) 358-3749

In another thead, there is the rumour that NASA would retire Atlantis
and keep the fleet at 2.
Lets assume that the government confirms the retirement of one shuttle.
Are there technical reasons to select Atlantis as the one to retire ?

Going on shortly, there will be press reports on it -- keep an eye open.
Any special questions need asking of Gerstenmaier?

All money allocated to NASA should be reallocated by Presidential edict to
replenish the New Orleans victim recovery effort.  Late reports are all
existing funds have been exhausted and the corpses will remain insitu to
decompose without the benefit of burial.  What a dispicable way ...

Looked at Space.com's coverage of DreamChaser as
<http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/051123_spacedev_dreamchaser.html>
It looks sweet, but what's the perfomance of the hybrids, how does
side-mount affect the stack (no ice, though...), what's their TPS, and

We have a story from the source about the ET PAL Ramp decision and the
current road block to it.
usspacenews.com
Cheers!

Fate of The Shuttle Program
December 6, 2005
As you read this management and technical
side meetings are taking place at NASA's