Space Forum / Shuttle / September 2006

Ahoy! buckos.
So th' shuttle be delayed. when be th' date in which 't must land?

It seems that the distance from the Shuttle to the atmospheric interface is
estimable. Given that the "UFO" (or UOO - Unidentified Orbital Object) is
not low enough to be interacting with this interface, i.e. it is not
slowing, cannot a maximum range to it be estimated, and ...

Use the boom
Use the Soyuz go to station and ask for another pitch manoeuvre. I'd do the
latter.
Brian

I don't see how they can justify not taking a look under Atlants to
make sure there is no damage. I will be very surprised and disappointed
if they don't. Can you imagine if they don't look, and something
happens? This is the kind of situation these precautions were drawn up

If the weather is too bad for Kennedy on the first chance, does anyone know
the subsequent opportunities and when they might switch to Edwards?

You know, its not until someone asks a question that you realise you don't
know the answer to it... Ok obvious statement of the year?
So, what was the question, if they spend over a week on the Shuttle, what
happens to all the dirty washing?

What date and time is the shuttle due to land?  I am in the UK and would
like to watch over net.

Jim O.
I hear that MSNBC missed out on their call to the astronauts the other day
what happened?

I had this strange feeling that, as they say, the boot might have been on
the other foot this morning, with the station declaring a spacecraft
emergency with an Electron fault. Luckily, things seem to be not as bad as
first thought, but with a shuttle so close, would they have ...

Well, I guess the subject says it all!
Lee Jay

Several things, what is this hard wired comms problem they have with the big
loop all about? Are they saying that Atlantis has a wiring defect which
Discovery does not have?
Also, what is this problem with the still image video system that seems to

Has any video been released of the crew while ascending to orbit?
Thanks.
DB

What happens to the water in a one litre bottle if it is "tipped out"
by an EVA space shuttle crew member?
Does it sit in a glob or dissipate?
If it dissipates will it do so slowly or rapidly?

Anyone at JSC (Jim Oberg?) know if the video of Atlantis taken from the ISS
after undocking was streamed down in HD this morning?  It sounded like there
was a lot of excitement around that time.  There was supposed to be a new HD
network card delivered on this mission and I was ...

It just occurred to me this morning while watching NASA TV's pre-launch
coverage during some talk about the SRB recovery ships that at some
point in the next dozen launches or so (perhaps substantially less),
there will be no real logistical need to retrieve the SRBs.  Enough