Space Forum / Shuttle / July 2006

During the last days of the last shuttle mission, flight controllers
indicated that they would call up both Edwards AFB and White Sands AFB
(Northrop field, Space Harbor) as alternates for a  Tuesday landing if
the shuttle didn't land at KSC on Monday.

Edward Kennedy says it is very rare for a survivor of satanic ritual
abuse and mind control to not have MPD.
I have been accused of being the 2nd greatest criminal in history for
surviving ritual abuse and mind control without MPD and for being an

Do the astronauts push any button, flip any switch during shuttle ascent?
I have looked some launch video from inside cockpit and don't know if the
push something or only point at it.
If do so, which ones?

Everything seems to be going just fine now, thank goodness, but I was just
curious: if something was found wrong in this stage of the flight, after
separating from ISS and before deorbit, would the Orbiter still be able to
go back to the ISS for the crew to wait for rescue there? If ...

I'm sure on this conspiracy theory laden group, you are familiar with the
'men never walked on the moon' crowd. Surely, with the lowering of the orbit
of Smart over the next few weeks, before it hits something, it might have
enough resolution to clear up the matter once and for ...

Thomas Lee Elifritz
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St. Petersburg, FL 33709-2357
Phone: (727) 541-5968

I know the highlight of every astronaut's career is to be assigned to a
mission, occupying one of possibly the 7 most sought after seats in the
world.
However astronauts are human after all, and I'm certain that a secondary

I subscribed to this magazine for 10 issues. I got the double-sized one
for STS-114, which counted as two issues, but nothing for STS-121 or
STS-115. I sent them a note and have not heard back. Is anyone else
having this problem?

Since in order to be shuttle mission commander, you have to have flown
at least one flight as pilot, and the program's in its home stretch, is
it possible to pretty accurately figure out the remaining commanders of
the last missions?

From a Brit whose support for the US has been sorely tested by (1) your
choice of leaders and (2) your persistence with the death penalty and (3)
your government's foreign policies, a huge thankyou for another aesome show
today at the Discovery launch.

Manned space will likely be gutted from NASA.
That leaves pads 39 A & B with no futher use.
I think they should be made into nice permanent exhibits.
Return 39B to the appearance of the apollo era, and stack a full model

If wikipedia is any indication, the STS-118 patch has not yet been
released. Considering this was to be Columbia's next mission, I think
it would be neat if the patch paid tribute to Columbia in some small
and subtle way. Usually patches have hidden nods, so I'll be interested

Has there being any GPC failures during the crictical ascent / descent
stages of flight ?
The only time that I know of is during the first flight during ascent.
If one fails how do you reach a majority decision with four. ?

How much maneuvering can orbiter do while descending through upper atmosphere?
Is it possible to modify descent profile by changing vehicle's attitude
slightly, like pitching up or down a bit, or forward-slipping a little?
Can thermal load distribution be modified that way? In other ...

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