Posted on 04/28/2011 7:07:05 PM PDT by KevinDavis
Edited on 04/28/2011 11:17:37 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Mrs. Biased and my middle daughter are at Johnson Space Center today on a school field trip.
What a neat day to be there.
LOL! Great poster!
Good....stay away Zero..You destroyer of our space program...JFK must be rolling....
How sad this president has removed America from a maned program .... the America of tomorrow is just one of many
Just scrubbed.
Too bad. THE 1 was planning to go have a photo-op with Gabby at the Cape. Looks like he’ll have to go back to D.C. and miss this one. Unless, of course, he wants to burn some more Jet-A and head back to the Cape Sunday or whenever they go.
Seriously, better for NASA to be safe than sorry.
We will probabaly never know, but I would bet that the mission was scrubbed to keep it from becoming a political event for baraq. The goofball in chief turns NASA into a muslim outreach program then wants to show up for the last launch? What a way to win friends and influence people.
If that’s the case, good on them.
Dang.
Every thing this President does gets screwed up.... why should this launch be any different....
This space shuttle was a total waste of resources. The planners never wanted this design. The Russians have control over I.S.S. and now we have to develop a new design and start all over. Billion dollar white elephant.
This space shuttle was a total waste of resources. The planners never wanted this design. The Russians have control over I.S.S. and now we have to develop a new design and start all over. Billion dollar white elephant.
Sorry, had to.
"15:47 Eastern Time"
We need a new live launch thread...
No Launch Attempt Monday, Teams to Replace APU Heater Power Box
Sun, 01 May 2011 09:01:10 AM CDT
Technicians and engineers at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida are narrowing in on the likely source of what caused heaters on a fuel line for space shuttle Endeavour’s auxiliary power unit-1 (APU-1) to fail on Friday and scrubbing the first launch attempt for the STS-134 mission. But because of work associated with fixing the problem, launch teams will not be able to make a launch attempt tomorrow. Teams will meet Monday and are expected to determine a new “no earlier than” next launch attempt for Endeavour at that time.
Technicians began testing systems associated with the heaters yesterday afternoon and into the overnight hours. Test results indicate the problem is with a power control box, the aft load control assembly-2 (ALCA-2) in Endeavour’s aft compartment. Teams are working on plans to replace the box or any faulty associated hardware. The launch team currently is backing out of launch countdown operations.
There still are numerous factor to be worked out, but just based on the amount of time needed to do the fix, a new launch attempt wouldn’t happen before the end of the week, at the soonest.
Endeavour’s six astronauts are heading back to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston for a few days of additional training before they return for the next launch attempt. The crew’s families also are going to return home today.
NASA Managers will hold a news conference update briefing on NASA TV at 2 p.m. EDT.
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