Space Forum / Shuttle / February 2006

I am beginning to wonder whether hydrogen is being used to full
advantage in our space program.
Here is my understanding of the aerospace use of LH2.
It is stored in a glass lined slosh baffled tank in it's liquid state

http://space.com/news/ft_060215_book_columbia.html
New Book Hails Lost Columbia Shuttle Astronauts
By John Kelly
FLORIDA TODAY

I got this note from Phil and am happy to pass it along.
(My only quibble is I don't call the Columbia disaster
an 'accident', neither was 'challenger' -- but 'consequences'.)
I am pleased to announce that my website http://www.sts107.info is now open

There were risk assessments for Apollo.  And, as we are all aware, various
risk assessments for Space Shuttle missions.
Has a quantitative risk assessment of a Soyuz mission been published?

If anyone is interested:
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/136149main_ET_tiger_team_report.pdf  
Page 21, Pictures of foam loss area and repair area.
Page 24, Most Probable Causes.

Yeah, I -KNOW- everybody is
supposed to be 'working toward' a
mid-May liftoff, but then why are
the working troops I talk with all so

On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 20:54:05 -0500, John Doe <jdoe@doe.org> wrote:

Since there was only one response to my earlier post...
here's a video of the STS-3 landing..correct me if I'm wrong but
doesn't the landing gear get deployed 19 seconds before touchdown?
Counting from the moment the gear doors open to touchdown, it's only 7

Uncertainties cloud shuttle schedule
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11546676/
'Ankle-biters' pile up on shuttle to-do list
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11549018/

everyone recalls the 'tragedies' of skytrains1 and 2 - challenger and
columbia.  Since the beginning of the space shuttle program many more
astronauts have died than NASCAR drivers.  The only NASCAR driver to
pass that I can think of as I write this is the late, great Dale

Susan Sarandon narrates film on Challenger disaster? You gotta depend on her
finding a way to blame Bush -- or at least, blame Reagan. Considering the
cultural background this film project sprang from, I start out suspicious of
accuracy.

Retired shuttle astronaut Mike Mullane takes readers inside NASA's bold
facade in "Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle
Astronaut," an alternately gripping, hilarious and emotionally honest
autobiography.

NewVoyageNews Wiki is looking for volunteers to write and add
information to a Space Tourism Wiki.  Looking for anyone and everyone
that has an interest in Space Tourism that can add information to the
wiki.  Topics will range from company bios, executive bios, spacecraft

February 22, 2006
KSC to assemble CEV if Lockheed Martin wins
Contract not yet awarded for NASA's next spaceship
BY JOHN KELLY

NASA aims for 8 shuttle launches in 15 months
NASA is aiming to launch eight shuttle missions in 15 months between
May and September 2007, assuming the agency can overcome continuing
external tank foam insulation problems and other challenges.