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Discovery to shuttle up equipment for space station
Spaceflight Now ^
| 08/22/09
| William Harwood
Posted on 08/23/2009 1:08:28 PM PDT by KevinDavis
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- After last-minute debate over external tank insulation, the shuttle Discovery is poised for launch early Tuesday on a three-spacewalk mission to deliver more than seven tons of supplies, experiment hardware and life-support gear to the International Space Station.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Science
KEYWORDS: iss; nasa; science; shuttlediscovery; space; spaceshuttle
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Best of luck..
To: Carlucci; Zoe Brain; callisto; scottinoc; Movemout; markman46; AntiKev; wastedyears; ...
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posted on
08/23/2009 1:08:57 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Can't Stop the Signal!)
To: KevinDavis
Since there’s no gravity in space, technically astronauts could move the supplies, no matter how heavy by themselves.
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posted on
08/23/2009 1:24:03 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(Genesis, Sega CD and Saturn work, and my 360 red rings after 2 and a half years.)
To: KevinDavis
The Discovery? They're still flying her? How old is she now, twenty years?
Best of luck indeed.
To: wastedyears
I think inertia might still be a problem with heavier loads.
To: KevinDavis
The ice-frost ramp foam loss was more troublesome because Endeavour's flight was the second in a row in which insulation fell away from a specific IFR. Engineers believe the insulation popped off when air trapped in voids in the foam expanded due to atmospheric heating during ascent. [emphasis added]
Ah ha!!! Is that the difference between the old CFC-based foam and the newer CFC-free AlGore foam? If so, I move the Columbia accident investigation be reopened as a murder investigation.
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posted on
08/23/2009 2:11:43 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("The President has borrowed more money to spend to less effect than anybody on the planet. " Steyn)
To: the anti-liberal
The astronauts are also flying at the same velocity.
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posted on
08/23/2009 2:27:48 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(Genesis, Sega CD and Saturn work, and my 360 red rings after 2 and a half years.)
To: AdvisorB; 88keys; Matchett-PI; mcmuffin; 3D-JOY; WorkerbeeCitizen; shove_it; drj; Sax; Normal4me; ..
Brevard County, Florida ping.
Let me know if you want on or off this ping list.
(not associated with the county government)Launch windows:
DATE.......WINDOW OPEN...IN PLANE......WINDOW CLOSE..DOCKING
08/25/09...01:31:05 AM...01:36:05 AM...01:41:05 AM...FD 3
08/26/09...01:05:21 AM...01:10:21 AM...01:15:21 AM...FD 3
.......................................01:18:34 AM...FD 4
08/27/09...12:42:49 AM...12:47:49 AM...12:52:49 AM...FD 3
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posted on
08/23/2009 2:30:15 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("The President has borrowed more money to spend to less effect than anybody on the planet. " Steyn)
To: wastedyears
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posted on
08/23/2009 3:24:23 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: driftdiver
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posted on
08/23/2009 3:42:11 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(Genesis, Sega CD and Saturn work, and my 360 red rings after 2 and a half years.)
To: KevinDavis
According to the current schedule, Discovery will be decommissioned in 2010.[2][3] Discovery will be the last space shuttle to fly on mission STS-134.
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posted on
08/23/2009 4:55:28 PM PDT
by
OCC
To: OCC
oops... sorry about the big pic.
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posted on
08/23/2009 4:56:14 PM PDT
by
OCC
To: driftdiver
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posted on
08/23/2009 6:05:30 PM PDT
by
equaviator
("There's a (datum) plane on the horizon coming in...see it?")
To: wastedyears
What, “no gravity in space”? I don’t believe it.
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posted on
08/23/2009 6:08:09 PM PDT
by
equaviator
("There's a (datum) plane on the horizon coming in...see it?")
To: equaviator
What, “no gravity in space”? I don’t believe it. You shouldn't ... gravity is what keeps things in orbit.
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posted on
08/23/2009 6:10:14 PM PDT
by
r9etb
To: OCC
I am curious as to why they have the flaps up while in orbit.
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posted on
08/23/2009 6:33:40 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: OCC
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posted on
08/23/2009 6:36:10 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: driftdiver
I have no idea, but my guess is that they go into that configuration when they are powered off or something.
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posted on
08/23/2009 6:39:19 PM PDT
by
OCC
To: equaviator
Well I didn’t mean near a celestial body. Sorry, I should have clarified.
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posted on
08/23/2009 8:47:40 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(Genesis, Sega CD and Saturn work, and my 360 red rings after 2 and a half years.)
To: wastedyears
I knew what you meant...I’m obsessed with technical correctness these days...my bad?
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posted on
08/24/2009 3:42:15 AM PDT
by
equaviator
("There's a (datum) plane on the horizon coming in...see it?")
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