Space Forum / Shuttle / March 2009

"Discovery brought back four to five liters of recycled water that had
been the astronauts' urine and sweat. The water was produced after
Discovery delivered a new processor that fixed the recycling machine.
NASA officials said a future mission will include making edible

I lost the connection with just two minutes to go and missed the landing.

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The subject of STS-125 and the Hubble's orbit came up on another group.
I misremembered it being in an equatorial orbit when of course (duh) it
was launched into the same inclination as the 28.5-deg latitude of the
Cape. But this got me to wondering why they didn't put Hubble in ...

No wonder the Shuttle is so pharking expensive to operate!
Any news on the nitty-gritty of the Orion hatch; re: number of people needed
for closure?

What's the typical apogee for the ET of a Shuttle mission bound for
ISS?
D.

Is there a video which tracks the SRB's from separation, through chute
deployment and splash down? I've never seen anything like this on NASA
television.
Thanks

When they show a plot of an eclipse or the orbit of the space shuttle
it always makes a sine wave.
Are there any satellites going around the earth at the poles instead
of the equator?

So where exactly does the nearly always commented on fogging of windows come
from during launch? I'd have thought that as its always accelerating the
crud from the srbs should always be behind this position.
Brian

Just thought you'd like to know, if you didn't already.

I'm in Fort Lauderdale. Where do I look from here to try and see the
shuttle tonight?

What is the problem to postpone the Soyuz launch a couple of days in context
of an international partnership as ISS seems to be ?
Albert

Looks like the launch has halted due to a fuel leak
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3033063
Nothing further on MSN or BBC....

So it's official, eh?
<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29557627/>
and at the NASA site:
"Discovery's Countdown Set to Begin Sunday

Ladies and Gentlemen, some time back I posted a question in the thread
regarding two engines being researched for the F-35 program,
mentioning the possibility of a space rescue craft for emergency use,
if something went wrong with a spacecraft in orbit.