Space Forum / Shuttle / July 2006

"Fireworks" Mr. Griffin???
"We establish days, weeks, months in advance the criteria
that we have to meet in order to be able to launch. If we
don't meet them, we stand down," meaning the shuttle doesn't

NASA TV is going on and on about the 'excitement' on the part of the
crew and KSC personnel about the launch...  They don't seem to realize
that this is a product of how sick and distorted the whole process is.
D.

There appears to be something falling past Discovery's nose just after
Tower Clear in this photo...
"http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/track-image.cfm?mediaid=29329&mr=l"
The object is casting a shadow on the hull just forward of the round

So shuttle lifts off normally foam loss noted about the time a ascent
abort is called. Shuttle for whatever reason must reenter immediately.
Perhaps a low fuel sensor failure? were flying with that problem still
questionable.

Don't take chances. Don't launch.
And I'm no expert.

Well, on the observation by a journalist that its fairly close to areas that
have been a concern,  and what will it hit etc, it seems to me that they are
not yet clear on what they called transport mechanism  but what they really
mean is where could it hit the orbiter.

So here we have a great experiment, Humans cannot make foam stick to the
tank, but birds can make their excrement stick to RCC?
Maybe the birds need to get the contract?

CNN just announced that the launch was scrubbed because of weather for
today (July 1, 2006). They reached the 9 minute hold and waited as
long as they could.
-- David

So, what is this mysterious piece of T shaped fabric about 6 foot in length
drifting away from the orbiter a short time after tank separation, then?
Thin pieces of ice, or something more vital?
Did they ever work hout how that blanket came undone on the last trip?

Pluto / New Horizons Launch
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Pluto / New Horizons Post Launch News Conference
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N° 23-2006 - Paris, 4  July 2006
ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter on his way to his new home in space
As the Shuttle returns to flight and prepares the way for the resumption of
International Space Station assembly, a European astronaut is - for the

STS-121 MCC Status Report #01
STS-121
Report #01
2 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 4, 2006

This occured to me while watching the NASA TV satellite coverage today.
There are four (4) programming channels for NASA TV now that they have
switched to digital multicasting on AMC 6.   Why do all four channels show
the same programming during missions?  Why not show downlink ...

From your cousins over the pond.
Nothing else much happened today did it?
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The crew has sent down video of the mystery object that astronaut Mike
Fossum saw floating away from the shuttle while he was doing routine
filming of external-tank separation. NASA says preliminary analysis
indicates that the object is ice.