Space Forum / Shuttle / September 2006

09.28.06
Jessica Rye
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=4076
36&in_page_id=1770
Wow

I noted when Atlantis came back, they included gps data into the mix, I
understand this is going to happen more and more soon.What I have never
really grasped about gps is how height information is obtained though.
On an alied subject, i see in the news group that they have ...

In the newsgroup alt.binaries.movies.divx somebody has uploaded a 1.1 Gb
very High Quality video (with speaker comments, unfortunately) of the
launch.
Just thought I would let you know . . .

Why don't the shuttle launch videos ever show much video of inside the
cabin?
The Soyuz launch video puts you inside the cabin from the moment the rocket
lights all the way until they are well in orbit!  And the quality of the

Unknown object seen flying below Atlantis
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4197753.html
By MARK CARREAU
Houston Chronicle

Is there an online chat room where y'all gather on launch day? Seems to me
that it might be nice to chew the fat while waiting for T-0. I am definately
not looking for a bunch of kids or disinterested people. I am looking for a
place where people such as those who post here might ...

Danny Dot wrote:
Is it just me or is Wayne Hale good at explaining things in "plain English".
I worked at NASA for 15 years so I know the jargon.  Because I speak "NASA
jargon", I may not be a good judge on him not using jargon, but I believe he

I can see some problems with this for sure, but is there a way to
release the SRBs in an emergency while they are still operating?
Lee Jay

There have been some really nice images returned from space over
the past few years.  Who can forget those shots of Atlantis docked
to/and departing from Mir on STS-71?  
    I read a recent thread talking about the American reluctance to

BBC announced today that as part of president Putin's meeting with
Chirac (France) and Merkel (Germany), there was some sort of agrement on
joint development of a space shuttle. No details provided. And BBC's web
site doesn't mention this as of now. (there is an article on that

Since the Soyuz cosmonauts and astronauts ride home on the "old" Soyuz
(leaving the one that they flew up in at the ISS), I assume that they
transfer the seat liners to the "old" Soyuz?  (Since each of the seat liners
are custom jobs to fit their intended cosmonaut/astronaut.)

10/11 day flight with 6/7 people in a small cabin.
Towards the end of the flight, does the cabin start to become less
"fresh"  ?
Or do the crew perform some cleaning of cabin using some sort of cleaner

If everything goes as planned how many more Shuttle flights
before the ISS is done?