Space Forum / Shuttle / October 2007

Just seen a picture of the STS-120 crew and thought  I recognised Stephanie
Wilson from another recent flight. Her Nasa bio confirms that she flew on
STS-121 on July 4th 2006.
Given the impeding retirement of the shuttle flleet,  I'm surprised that a

Oct. 19, 2007
John Yembrick
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0602

I notice in the sci.space.news group that one of the  private partners has
effectively been sacked for the private  vehicle to the iss project. (Did it
have a name) So, is the company now duty bound to give the work in progress
to Nasa as its spent 31 mil?

From CNN.com:  "There was a great deal of evidence presented today and the
preponderance of evidence in my mind says that we have an acceptable risk to
go fly. And let me make sure you understand that. I didn't say it's safe to
go fly and I wouldn't say that. We have an ...

What's the delivery charge for an astronauts' laptop computer to the ISS?
My kid is asking me.  My guess is it's close to $3000.
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How much if any can the ISS change it's position or alter it's orbit.  I
think/know it can be boosted to a higher orbit, but can it be changed to a
different orbit from side to side?  Sorry if this is a dumb question.
alien

IEEE Spectrum: Internal NASA Reports Explain Origins of June Computer Crisis
Any updates/critiques/corrections/elaborations on this story?
JimO: To avoid being too personal, my editors cut the premature direct
attributions of blame from Russian Space Agency head Anatoliy Perminov

I sat and watched the Suez Rocket launch yesterday  morning,  with The
First Female Commander of the Space Station on board.
angela

To: SpaceBanters' Hydro-Isotopes' Experts, Fuel-Experts an
Expert-Environmentalists
Mesdamessieurs at SpaceBanters !
Referring to NASA as quoted by Reuters Dec. 28, 2004 -:I found a NAS

Hey Im kinda hearing rumours that STS-120 will be rolled back to to
the VAB because of an Issue with 3 of the RCC panels...any info???
Regards
John John

I don't see how this can possibly work. Of course it would work on a small
one, but anything bigger than say, 150 foot across would have the teher so
elastic that I doubt it could be of much use.
My feeling is that some form of gyro stabilisation would be needed  for the

Hi, Friends!
Don Mitchell made an interesting article section on the 50 years of
Sputnik 1, see the link below:
http://www.mentallandscape.com/S_Sputnik.htm

Ignorance confession time.
I wonder, as I watch the shuttle lift off, which aero surfaces or
engine gimbals are responsible for what movements?
Roll immediately after clearing the tower: I have tried to discern

Oct. 1, 2007
John Yembrick
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0602

I am working on a new website www.Space-Shuttle.info and need some
good pictures of
the Space Shuttle.  I have some faraway pictures of the Space Shuttle
that I took at a