Space Forum / Shuttle / March 2006

Station walks suspended
Agency worried astronauts could lose connection, float off into void
BY CHRIS KRIDLER
FLORIDA TODAY

If the next orbiter is going to be a scaled-up Apollo capsule, it will come
down by parachute, during its final stage of descent.
Given that it is feasible to make a ballistic rentry fairly accurately in
so far as targeting its landing point, much like a warhead is targeted, it

After Columbia several people here suggested some solutions to
the ET foam problem. Most convincing I considered the idea of a
upper layer by fiber enforced foam or a fiber net clued on the foam.
I think its a matter "of course" that someone in NASA thought about

I was just wondering, if stood on relatively flat ground on the Moon and
Mars, how far away the horizon would be?
Brian

" In January, workers did not lock down space shuttle Endeavour's nose
wheel landing gear while transferring it between floor jacks, causing
the orbiter to pitch forward. No serious damage was done. Later,

03.20.06
Tracy Young
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(321) 867-2468

there used to be serious, thought-provoking content here. The hell
happened?!?

Although I really like this site I call your attention to this
article... Anyone see a obvious problem with it:)
Astrobiology, Mars and Back Contaminations
March 13, 2006

Good Evening all,
I'm doing my degree project on the Space Shuttle, i'm writing the code (make
believe code) to simulate certain systems aboard the space shuttle and how
they would react in certain circumstances, i.e. if a certain part of the

The Terrestial Planet Finder gets the axe, now...
(Basic translation)
"Don't even THINK about it, we want someone to play golf on Mars by 2030,
damn it!".

From the description on the press conference video, these seem pretty crude
devices, relying on the resistance of wire in cryogenic submesion to
generate the wet signal.
It does rather amaze me that so many launchers still use such devices, and

Anyone aware of a book of cryogenic organic syntheses? Also, what is the
current method of producing cryogenic hydrogen?

I guess someone has noticed this...
Why are these squares yellow-orange there during the integration
and checkout on the pad?
Then from the launch day images, you see they are now gone, there are

More time needed to replace faulty ET fuel sensor
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11825869/
Leaked to MSNBC by NASA person on condition of anonymity
NASA to announce at 4 PM Eastern time

It is very unlikely that foam shed from external tank on jan 16, 2003
actually impacted the Columbia's left wing during sts-107s ascent
with enough force to cause a breach, or make the rcc fail, as stated by
the caibs foam impact theory. The caibs foam impact theory lacked