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STS120, will be the 120th Shuttle flight
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post Nov 3 2007, 12:01 PM
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Yeah Scott, stop trying to photograph the comet...! laugh.gif


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post Nov 3 2007, 12:05 PM
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post Nov 3 2007, 12:28 PM
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Up close and personal with the damage. Seems as though he has a good handle on what the problem is.

"Sounds like you have some surgery to do, Doctor Parazynski!" - Pam Melroy


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post Nov 3 2007, 01:05 PM
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OUTSTANDING work with big fat blobby spacesuit gloves on!!!!

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post Nov 3 2007, 02:51 PM
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post Nov 3 2007, 03:27 PM
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Array deployed!!! Words fail...
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post Nov 3 2007, 04:21 PM
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QUOTE (dvandorn @ Nov 2 2007, 06:41 AM) *
We sort of saw Pete's legs go flying out of the picture when the SAS deployed


Oh LOL. laugh.gif
Apparently back then spacewalk was really no walk in the park.

Big hand for the guys up there. Great work today! Failure would have been nasty thing for the follow-up modules...
Scott was in full action. Thumbs up for him.

Btw. Stu, that view of Discovery & ISS really caught my eye too. Really gave a hint of what humanity is starting to achieve up there, step by step. Glad to be here to witness this era.


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post Nov 3 2007, 06:38 PM
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post Nov 3 2007, 07:46 PM
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QUOTE (jmjawors @ Nov 3 2007, 03:27 PM) *
Array deployed!!! Words fail...


Now this is what I meant -- this is an amazing story, and if NASA could bring itself to talk it up instead of hoping it would be ignored, it would be excellent publicity for the brilliance and hard work of engineers and astronauts alike in taking a serious, station-threatening problem, and so totally turn it around so that the total power deficiency resulting from the failure is negligible. You could make a movie about it: it's got danger, excitement, drama, and a happy ending. Everybody would wish that it hadn't happen, but since it has happened, it can be turned into great PR with just a small amount of imagination. I don't think anybody is going to turn "anti-space" for having evidence of extraordinary competence being displayed under conditions of adversity. When you see that in workers, you don't fire them -- you give them a bonus!
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post Nov 4 2007, 10:10 AM
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Since it's only 3 days till landing, I thought I'd post this link again so a few more greetings could be submitted. Especially for a job well done during EVA-4 on Saturday...

http://spacecenter.org/message.asp

Give the shuttle/station crews props!

EDIT: Space Station Freedom...and reality. smile.gif
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post Nov 5 2007, 02:22 AM
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Naturally, I was pulling military duty when it all went down... mad.gif

Beyond terrific work by all involved, as usual, and concur that NASA should be trumpeting this triumph of ingenuity & courage from the rooftops, instead of sweeping it under the rug as much as it can. My tax dollars doing their very, very best work... smile.gif


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post Nov 5 2007, 06:37 AM
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You're so right nprev, NASA should make a lot more of their manned program. Reading this I got quite emotional myself, and it proves just how incredible the people involved in the shuttle and ISS programs are. We don't give them enough credit or respect.


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post Nov 5 2007, 07:08 PM
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Awesome image... Can't wait to see the actual still photographs when NASA posts them smile.gif
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post Nov 5 2007, 07:39 PM
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Looks like one of the shuttle's windows got damaged by a micro-meteorite. Don't worry these windows are 6 centimeters in thickness (2.5 inches)
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post Nov 5 2007, 10:43 PM
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QUOTE (punkboi @ Nov 5 2007, 02:08 PM) *
Awesome image... Can't wait to see the actual still photographs when NASA posts them smile.gif

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images.../ndxpage42.html
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