Space Forum / Shuttle / November 2006

I recently learne that NASA is planning to send a probe to Europa in 2015.
But for some reason, I started thinking, what if it was not an unmmaned
probe that we were sending, but a manned mission to Europa.
Let's just say.

Have they completed the analysis of that pump as far as anyone knows?
Lee Jay

Two commissions have written up that NASA culture is a major cause of our
two shuttle accidents.  They site that engineers are afraid to speak up as
part of the problem.
My question is this: Is the culture worse at NASA than other places, or does

Well, I listened while in bed last night to the surreal mental picture of a
Russian and an American playing a golf shot in space.
I could not help but think of it as  completely mad, but somehow endearingly
human. From the comments I got the distinct impression that the  absurdity ...

I am lurker for this group, but you guys always come through with the
right information.  SO I have a question
What path will the STS116 launch take?  The reason I ask, is that we
will be on a cruise from London to Miami.  So I am hoping, we with

Just in case UFOs attack, dangerous aliens from the Planet X.
Can the space shuttle defend itself or will the aliens destroy the
shuttle and eat all the astronauts???

*When* Hubble's day comes... why not just bring her back home
and put her in the Smithsonian rather than let her burn up?
If a SS mission got her up there, surely, it could bring her back home? no?
db

I found it interesting that he also disclosed plans for an Orion-class
mission to the HST to attach a de-orbit package prior to a random
decay post-2020. So this flight, STS-125, will NOT be the last
astronaut visit to Hubble!

STS-116 Interview Pilot William Oefelein
http://www.despace.cwsurf.de//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1194
STS 116 Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test Crew Media Q & A
http://www.despace.cwsurf.de//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1193

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061106/sc_nm/space_shuttle_dc_3
What if there is a launch incident and the LON shuttle has to go up for
them?
This one is a little crazy.

As i am looking at Discovery's rollout, it looks like there ar two different
SRB's on this stack, or what???

I read a German news that NASA has still problems with the ET foam.
I first dismissed it but read it again today and found this:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15538116/
MSNBC News Services. Updated: 9:30 p.m. ET Nov. 2, 2006

David Blaine climbs to the top of Mt. Everest.  He is handed a scuba tank
and regulator and immediately beamed to the surface, near the equator, of
Mars on a balmy 50 degree day.
Could he live without a spacesuit?

STS-116 Crew News Conference
http://www.wombat.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1093
STS-116 Preflight Briefing B-roll feed
http://www.wombat.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1198

From:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6063926.stm
"The United States will preserve its rights, capabilities, and freedom
of action in space... and deny, if necessary, adversaries the use of