Space Forum / Shuttle / August 2007

Just idly listening to the This week at Nasa soundbytes, and since when did
gyros control the height of the station?
Attitude is surely the word they were searching for!
Brian

On a commercial airplane, the captain in the aircraft has final word and
authority. He may end up losing his job afterwards, but while on the
aircraft, he can decide the aircraft is not fit to fly, and when in the
air, he can make just about any decision he wants when it comes to ...

I recently watched the move "Astronaut Farmer", in which a farmer
builds his own rocket. After some reflection, I started to wonder how
one would go about building a rocket. The one thing I didn't
understand is how the rocket Hull is designed.

The briefing on whether to repair or not is going to start at 8:30 pm
Central time.  You can see it at www.nasa.gov.

In the Columbia tragedy NASA did not suspect there was a problem until after the craft was in orbit and the launch video was reviewed and at that time officials at NASA determined there was no problem with landing the shuttle. How do we know that NASA officials won't make the ...

...are going to be broadcast in there entirety on NASA TV tonight, during
the quite time as the crew sleeps. Maybe we'll get to see the debris.

Just wondering if there are any rules about this and how they (silicone
boobs) might react to multiple G's and weightlesness. I mean do they have a
max G rating? Also, does Morgan dye her 56 year old hair or is that her
natural color?

Did I detect some subtle feeling of animosity toward some things mission
control said yesterday, or are they just a bit fed up with all the pr stuff
they are finding themselves doing?
I tend to think that they want to do this repair, and feel that for the sake

Ya know, I know there are all kinds of scheduling issues with the
shuttle and whatnot, but isn't kind of dumb sending a teacher into
space when most kids in the US haven't even started classes yet?
I mean, the whole impact of what happened before the launch, the

Good evening all
Have a look at http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/186099main_ksc_081407_srb_cameras-t.gif
This is a collection of camera views from various cameras mounted on
the SRBs during last week's launch.  In the first two views, seemingly

Very hot!

Just wondering if there are any rules about this and how they (silicone
boobs) might react to multiple G's and weightlesness. I mean do they have a
max G rating? Also, does Morgan dye her 56 year old hair or is that her
natural color?

My hats off to John Shannon.  I think he is doing a great job of briefing
the issue of the damaged tile.

At 01:04 PM 8/10/2005, I sent e-mail to Dr. Richard Gilbrec: (NASA):
Shuttle piggybacking on an external foam insulated tank is
conceptually wrong, since foam always have tendency to peels during
lift-off. How I see, it is because during lift-off tank violently

Ive been trying to find out the exact launch date for sts120, CBS says
23rd October, Nasa sites with no recent updates say 20th, anyone got
better info?
Thanks