Space Forum / Shuttle / December 2007

Has anyone considered a version of the shuttle C but where
the SMEs, pumps, and avionics, etc. are placed behind a
"small" heat shield and recovered from orbit?
The SRBs would be recovered as usual.  The drop tank would be

NASA: Space Station "moves away" from shuttle after undocking
The page below has a cool image of the ISS with the boot of Italy and the
west coast of Greece in the background -- classical human historical sites
with 'classical' and easily recognizable shorelines. But instead of

Given the poor stability of lunar orbits  due to the weird gravity
fluctuations it has, it seems to me that if  we want to communicate with the
far side, the only option would be very high towers which could see a long
way on the far side, while appearing above the horizon from ...

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/22/catholic.blair.ap/index.html
Mother England says: "Well, let's see... While it is true that we
invented the 'Royal' units in which the measure of a part of a King's
anatomy was supposed to be sacred, it is also true that we -together

ET LH2 sensor culprit is found
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071219/NEWS02/712190330/1007
From above:
  A connector that passes electrical wires through the

hello sir,
         i am rajan.i am doing in aeronautical engineering.i am very
happy to join the link.

Its all gone quiet, is it tomorrow, does anyone know?
Brian

It all started when our adventurer, michael lalonde, woke up in a
swamp. It was the ninth time it had happened. Feeling exceedingly
frustrated, michael lalonde grabbed a oven mitt, thinking it would
make him feel better (but as usual, it did not). All of a sudden, he

Hi, i've googled a bit, but i found generic answers about this kind of
scenario.
I know that mate 747, during ferry flights has climb limitation for various
reasons and isn't equipped for in-flight refueling.

Would you believe someone if they tell you that the first Harley
Davidson produced in 1903 used a tomato can for its carburetor?
You may find this story hard to believe but although undocumented,
this tomato can carburetor urban legend has been circulating for

Hi, I searched around without success for a description of how the ECO
sensor works. Does it detect a change in capacitance in the platinum
wire grid when immersed in cryogenic fuel?
Thanks,

STS-122 - Post MMT News Conference December 7
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=
3184&Itemid=2
STS-122 - MMT News Conference December 6
http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=
3182&Itemid=2

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
I dont think we ever get to see the back of the RSS with the Shuttle also on
the pad...cool pic I think.
anyway, refering to that "walkway type structure that leads up to the ET,

I have some questions here.
Are they all in the same place, or spaced around the tank?
How do they differ to the oxygen ones?
Following out of that, what are they using to detect the level.

Finally found some info on the ECO sensors.  Bottom line is that it is an
interface problem due to an inherent sensitivity to impendance mismatch,
stray capacitance, signal condtioning problems, etc, IMO.
NASA is trying to take a tank out of inventory, hook it to the vehicle, and