STS120, will be the 120th Shuttle flight |
STS120, will be the 120th Shuttle flight |
Oct 22 2007, 07:14 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2922 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
For once, STS number will correspond to actual fight number.
We're less than 24 hours to launch of what is said the most complex fligth of the ISS assembly. One first : The CDR of the shuttle will be a female (Pam Melroy) and she'll be greated by the first female CDR of the ISS (Peggy Whitson) here is the countdown timeline : http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts1...0countdown.html Have a good flight. -------------------- |
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Oct 29 2007, 08:15 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
It's a real problem - normally I'd chastise the press for making dodgy headlines - but the motor is pulling .3 to .8 amps instead of the .1 the other side pulls. Its a genuine problem which could result in an MER-A Front-Right wheel like issue at some point in the future - and if that happened it would mean they'd have to have some careful power management in the future.
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Oct 29 2007, 06:14 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 191 Joined: 20-November 06 From: Saint Louis Member No.: 1376 |
It's a real problem - normally I'd chastise the press for making dodgy headlines - but the motor is pulling .3 to .8 amps instead of the .1 the other side pulls. Its a genuine problem which could result in an MER-A Front-Right wheel like issue at some point in the future - and if that happened it would mean they'd have to have some careful power management in the future. Doug Funny... I used that same analogy when describing the situation to a friend earlier today (with Spirit's right-front wheel). Looks like they're kajiggering (a highly technical term) the upcoming EVA's. Going to take a look at the port SARJ as a baseline comparison (to see what a "normal" SARJ should look like) and talking about pulling all the thermal blankets off the starboard SARJ to see how widespread this is. It's a big problem, that's for sure. We're just at the beginning of the troubleshooting, and it was mentioned in the presser earlier today that all the "wearable" parts have replacements. Whether that actually applies to this situation... I guess that's what we're waiting to find out. In other news -- P6 relocation is going well, S1 radiator deployment went well and Harmony processing is ahead of schedule. -------------------- - Matt
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