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SRB cam views - all four angles this time or no?	09 Sep 2006 21:10 GMT	1
...Anyone know if they installed all four cameras on the SRBs this time, or if it was just the standard one on the starbord SRB looking aft? OM
Go Atlantis!	09 Sep 2006 17:37 GMT	12
Go, baby go! Jeff Signature "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a
NASA POSTPONES SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS LAUNCH	09 Sep 2006 16:34 GMT	2
Sept. 6, 2006 Tracy Young/Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468
Why don't they rehearse?	08 Sep 2006 23:42 GMT	1
Lemme 'splain: if, on the previous attempt which was called for clouds 20 miles from the launch site, they had pressed on with all launch activities right up to (but of course not including) engine start, they would have found these dumb-a.s problems and had more time to address
Scrub!	08 Sep 2006 21:36 GMT	8
Reason? Signature Gareth Slee
Go for launch on Friday!!!	08 Sep 2006 17:51 GMT	1
The 6 PM press conference has just started. Not unanimous, but almost -- they will fly. We will tank and will fly tomorrow if we get good weather! And we have a backup on saturday.
Atlantis' Launch Scrubbed Due to ECO Sensor Problem	08 Sep 2006 17:26 GMT	1
video - Atlantis' Launch Scrubbed Due to ECO Sensor Problem http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=879 Video - STS-115 launch activities http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=878
SCRUB again!!!	08 Sep 2006 16:33 GMT	1
ECO sensor failure in ET made'em scrub todays launch....hope they fix it until tomorrow! By the way... does anyone here know if CNN and/or BBC world are planning live coverage of the launch?
Uh Oh...	08 Sep 2006 16:28 GMT	2
Sept. 8, 6:15 a.m. EDT The launch team has reported that an ECO sensor on the hydrogen side of the external tank has failed. At this time the team is pressing forward with launch preparations. Mission Management Team members are meeting at
And the crew?	08 Sep 2006 16:26 GMT	2
Could the commander (and his crew) refuse to fly in this risky conditions? Do they inform the crew about the problems and their decisions? thks
Fuel cell?	08 Sep 2006 15:35 GMT	10
I'm beginning to wonder if they will ever get off at this rate... Brian Signature Brian Gaff....Note, this account does not accept Bcc: email.
Launch	08 Sep 2006 10:30 GMT	3
Guys Anyone know what time the launch is? I am in the UK and would like to watch on NASA TV. Anyone knows the launch time (in GMT)? Thanks
Short or no short?	08 Sep 2006 08:11 GMT	1
So, having listened to all the stuff, it seems to me that there are some implications. Firstly, a wire has opened. According to what I gather the signature of the event, there was a current spike prior to the open circuit condition.
Hydrogen Peroxide in booster	08 Sep 2006 05:07 GMT	2
-- Danny Dot wrote: Has hydrogen peroxide ever been used in the boost phase of a rocket that could achieve orbit?
SCRUB!	08 Sep 2006 01:51 GMT	10
0802 GMT (4:02 a.m. EDT) SCRUB! Today's launch attempt has been stopped by the fuel cell problem. Another try could come as early as Thursday, with a target liftoff time of 12:03 p.m. EDT.