Space Forum / Shuttle / December 2006

It seems like whenever time I read a NASA story, lately, the
heavily-supported female astronauts are experiencing some
trivial problem.  They're either losing ship parts in space,
or the color coded keyboards aren't working right for them.

I was wonder if Nasa packs extra  food on board in case the crew has to stay
on orbit longer than expected, like on this mission.

just discussed on air-to-ground,
and confirmed with call to JSC PAO in Houston.

I do not want to tack this comment onto any existing thread borne fo
prejudice.
I have no idea of the skin colour of any of those I hear on Nasa TV, and as
I cannot see them, it is totally irrelevant to me, indeed I was only

I remember a botched satellite retrieval on a shuttle flight long ago.
Involved bumping the satellite with the RMS as I recall. The astronaut
involved, again as I recall resigned.
Cant recall details. Can anyone fill me in? Thanks.

Can anyone identify where in the world the shuttle was over when this
photo was taken?
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-116/html/s116e05983.html
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Does NASA have a procedure to follow if the External Tank will not
separate from the shuttle during an RTLS abort?

I wonder if  they can explain why some people seem to have gear misbehave on
them, while others do not. Sonita appears to have this characteristic, as
did the English guy a few flights ago. Its not that they actually do
anything different, it just happens it seems.

Hopefully, NASA sends up the morning wakeup call as an OGG (MP3) instead
of playing it over the ratty comm.
Did NASA pay the Beach Boys a royalty for broadcasting their song?
Or, is NASA avoiding the royalty by only broadcasting a portion of the

On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 05:24:30 GMT, George Evans <georgee3@earthlink.net> wrote:

Trying to watch the launch here
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html but the damn thing
keeps telling me it can't create DirectShow and that I don't have Windows
Media Player (I have WMP V.11 installed with .asf filetype set to open by

Listening to the wake up call just now, Blue Danube... how corny!
Anyway, Shannon was there and her voice sounded  strange, as if she wore
dentures and they were not fitted very well. Could this be true?
Brian

Are other audio loops available? I enjoy the MCC loop that NASA usually
releases, but yearn for more. Any ideas? Thanks, Jim

Why do they refer to Mark as Roman? is it a Roman Polanski reference? Again
pls forgive my ignorance.
Jim

Was it me . . . or did I hear the PAO announce that the vehicle's speed
was 1,000 mph at some point just after the stack completed roll
program?  It was at some point less than T+ 60 seconds and it was
before the typical PAO call that the engines were throttling down in a