15May05 Return to flight
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Well youll probably have to wait till near the end of the year at best for 115 because they are flying STS-114 then STS-121 then STS-115 121 will be another MPLM flight with much needed equipment and supplies so will 114 ofcourse 114 will also be testing the new inspection and repair techniques.meg wrote:i know, i know. but im looking foward to 115.
jeez. im not THAT blonde.
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SC 1991
SA Level 1 1993
AC Intermediate 1996
ASA 1998
Corporate Space Camp 2005
AC Counselor Summer 07 callsign Boomerang
Adult Alumni Camp 2007
Adult Alumni Camp 2008
Official Space Camp Ambassador
I was going to try to go down for the Shuttle launch, but with the changeable date making it hard to get time off work, and with plans to go to an astronaut autograph show making it tough to afford both, I decided not to try and go. Even though I'm looking forward to the show, whenever I hear about the Shuttle launch, I'm still bummin' about missing it!
I've never been able to see a Shuttle launch...there have been plenty scheduled while I was in Florida as a kid, but they always got scrubbed. Gotta see one before they retire the Shuttle!
I've never been able to see a Shuttle launch...there have been plenty scheduled while I was in Florida as a kid, but they always got scrubbed. Gotta see one before they retire the Shuttle!
Adult Space Academy Sept. 24-26, 2004
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Ok, here's more saying the same thing as the blog...Vincent wrote:I would trust the CBC over some random blog...
So hopefully everything will be good for an "on time" return to flight.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7207730/
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindeal ... 073060.xml
And a ton of others....
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Add to all of this the article I just read in the Huntsville Times about Disco not flying unless Atlantis can be brought up to speed so they can launch a rescue within 30 days of launch...
To play on a song written by Mr. Lewis long before many member were born:
"The future's so dim...
...I gotta wear NODs."
To play on a song written by Mr. Lewis long before many member were born:
"The future's so dim...
...I gotta wear NODs."
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There's an article in today's USA Today that talks about getting Atlantis up-to-speed in order to launch a rescue mission in case something happens to Discovery. If launching Atlantis would cripple the Shuttle program (according to the article), why couldn't they use a Soyuz rocket to bring them back like they've been doing since the loss of the Columbia? Can it not hold a shuttle crew? (Last time I was at space camp, they were just building the inital pieces of the space station, so I'm not as familiar with the details on the russian rockets as you guys....I can only read their names. College russian had to come in handy somewhere )
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I'm not completely sure who they're planning on needing to rescue. I would assume that they mean the crew of Disco and a soyuz only holds 3 people. However, i really havnt read all the articles so i could be wrong. I would like to add however that Dennis Kucinich ought to know that theres already an NSA so we cant have another one.
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