STS120, will be the 120th Shuttle flight |
STS120, will be the 120th Shuttle flight |
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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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![]() The Poet Dude ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 ![]() |
Probably not long... after all, when it comes to reporting 'space' there's no news like bad news, right? I mean, forget the fact that we have just seen ISS's living and working space increased by almost 20%; forget the fact that there's been the historic first meeting on-orbit of two female spacecraft commanders; forget the fact that human beings are conducting risky spacewalks far above the Earth, let's focus on the BAD news...
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Probably not long... after all, when it comes to reporting 'space' there's no news like bad news, right? I mean, forget the fact that we have just seen ISS's living and working space increased by almost 20%; forget the fact that there's been the historic first meeting on-orbit of two female spacecraft commanders; forget the fact that human beings are conducting risky spacewalks far above the Earth, let's focus on the BAD news... ![]() Why the hand-wringing? Obviously, it really isn't good news for the space station -- this isn't made up, or insignificant -- but the axiom that "good news" is no news is true for everything in the news business, not just space. And from the point of public relations, bad news can be "good news" if it's handled well; first, it gets the program noticed, which is "good news" for a program whose major PR problem is being ignored; second, "adversity overcome" stories are always good media (assuming the adversity is overcome). From the point of view of reality rather than PR, aren't these basically engineering flights, and isn't the point to find out where things can go wrong in space construction? Obviously, everyone would prefer a clean, unproblematic mission, but it's the problems that really provide the lessons and boost us up the learning curve. What would be really bad news is if the same problems kept happening over and over again. In other words, yes this is bad, but it's not the end of the world, nor the end of the space program, and if dealt with well it can be positive both for PR and for what we learn about dealing with construction in space. |
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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 ![]() |
What would be really bad news is if the same problems kept happening over and over again. In other words, yes this is bad, but it's not the end of the world, nor the end of the space program, and if dealt with well it can be positive both for PR and for what we learn about dealing with construction in space. I guess we have two general "stuffs" that give recurent troubles : Big solar panels and tethers -------------------- |
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