Space Forum / Shuttle / November 2007

I had a great clip of a shuttle launch, set to some funky music. Showed the
ignition sequence close up- booster ignition, firing of frangible bolts etc.
Anyhow, HDD crash and didn't have it backed up. Can't find a torrent or P2P
version of it anywhere. Anyone know what it is (I ...

The birth and death of the universe
The birth and death of the universe
By:Magdy Abd Al-Shafy
More than 1400 years ago the Holy Quran referred to the beginning of

This is a five-part technical commentary.

The final timeline in the Report of the Presidential Commission (RPC)

brom mr bumble on Nasa Tv. Why oh why is there no pre comentary feed or some
kind of training for these  folk to just talk when the astronauts are not
talking so those of us who cannot see the picture can hear what is going on.
The lady doing it during the Discovery mission was ...

Shuttle and ISS pass over Louisville at 6:15 this morning , clear bright
Shuttle following behind ISS,  great view... 89 degree elevation  right
over the house, just stood on the front steps..

I've haven't really watched previous landings as closely as I have the last two, but is it unusual for the Nasa Administrator
(Griffin) to be amongst the welcome party? He seems to be making an effort to personally greet the astronauts when they return. Just
wondering whether ...

Looking forward to seeing the two press events I missed when replays are up.
However, I'm also intrigued to find out exactly what was taken out of theat
rotary joint. I wonder when this will be made public?
Also, from what I hear about examination of the foot restraints, these have ...

Today's landing ground tracks.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts120/news/landing.html
First opportunity
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/196109main_KSC238_long.gif

That was a great mission, an incredible achievement, and amazing
effort from thousands of people!

They just performed an orbit adjust burn to lower the orbit of the
shuttle to open up a second landing attempt at ksc tomorrow.
The commentator on nasa tv characterized it as a retrograde burn to
slow the shuttle.

Bill Harwood at CBS/Spaceflightnow.com is reporting landing of STS-120
has been shifted from pre-dawn to afternoon.
This will therefore be the first overland (re)entry since the Columbia
accident.

The feature in question is the one where it says its copied a file, and you
can see it on the device, but if you whip it out and shove it into another
machine, it aint there!
Caching is great, but not when you are using removable media.

Jim's comment on torn solar array repair, NBC News, Saturday evening
Viewers in the EDT/CDT missed this because the ND/Navy game went long, so an
abbreviated 'Nightly News' was required. But NBC redid the whole half hour
for

Future Quote: Send screws God Damn it!  I don't care if you have to
build a rocket just to send screws!

from
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts120/071016frr/
 "Before Columbia there were two instances where we landed and some of
 this coating, visibly little amounts ... was off the vehicle when it