Space Forum / Shuttle / February 2007

Already been done:
http://www.agonybooth.com/armageddon/duct_tape.jpg
http://www.local6.com/news/11095239/detail.html
Duct-Tape, Tranquilizers Part Of NASA's Plan For Mentally Unstable

I've wondered why the payload isn't installed in the payload bay either
at the OPF or the VAB.  Why is it often (always?) done at the pad?
Just curious.
Lee Jay

The Space Shuttle heat shield has changed over time.  Basically they
have replaced tiles with things requiring less maintence on the less
critical (cooler) areas.  However, the hottest areas remain tiles.
Suppose someone were to make a shuttle-like craft today.  What would

There must be Hubble Spacewalkers that are Still Active Astronauts.
It would make training easier -- and delay the final drop-dead
date for a decision on a shuttle servicing mission -- if veteran
spacewalkers were assigned. Thoughts on this please?

for each shuttle mission?

Here's an idea for a possible private venture, sending up a one-man
vehicle on a far-future hypothetical shuttle mission. This modified
space station module would be designed to maintain life support for a
mission to Mars -- except it would be a one-way mission. To qualify

As it turns out, I'm not the one and only village idiot that's thinking
we should have been accomplishing something constructive about our
moon.
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/moon_next_020923-2.html

I have recently come across the idea of a 3-axis gimbal to keep an
object (mounted in the innermost ring) horizontal regardless of the
motion of the support (on which the outermost ring is pivoted). I
understand that the 3-axis (3-rings, with the outermost ring pivoted

Atlantis' booster requires troubleshooting
By Chris Bergin, 2/13/2007 10:26:10 AM
United Space Alliance (USA) engineers are working on a troubleshooting plan,
following 'erratic' chamber pressure readings on the right hand SRB (Solid

STS-117 B-Roll and Animation Feed
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=
1471&Itemid=1
STS-117 Preflight Program Overview Briefing
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=
1472&Itemid=1

Hello all knowing ones.
I remember watching a video about the journeys of the Mars rovers, Spirit &
Opportunity that included CGI effects of the methods into witch the rovers
were brought to mars. They were interspersed with interviews with some

Anybody else notice there were no shots of the shuttle
approaching ISS, showing the vehicle in its entirety?  A contact at
JSC dismissed my complaint as follows:
The ISS crew are sent schematics that show the specific photos that

Serious question:
I'm sure they have some sort of a plan already put together should an
astronaut totally wig out in space?
Even with all the screening and training, I'm sure they have to think that

Y A O H Ú S H U A
 FACTS SHOCKING BUT TRUE!
 1. The real, original and genuine Name of our Creator in the
 original Hebrew Holy Scriptures is 'YAO-HOO' and that of the

These old photos taken of Pad B back in 1992 are a blast from the
past.
For those who haven't seen them or heard about them...
http://shurl.org/CapeCanaveral_NinaPintaSantaMaria