Chris Bergin - 7/8/2005 6:04 PMNice view of the southern pacific, just south of New Zealand. Wave Tahii, wave!
FransonUK - 7/8/2005 3:40 PMI'm very nervous about all of this.
realtime - 8/8/2005 1:28 AMSo what's it take to get kicked off this forum? ;->
Chris Bergin - 7/8/2005 7:44 PMQuoterealtime - 8/8/2005 1:28 AMSo what's it take to get kicked off this forum? ;->Dressing in Star Trek uniforms while posting.Overuse of the word "fuel" when refering to the External TankFalse Tans.Drooling over Jessica Rye's commentary on NASA TV - cause she's reading off a script, she doesn't know really!Being a Liberal.Playing cheesey pop music whilst posting.Asking "What is a Space Shuttle anyway?"Being a fan of SRBs but not Orbiters.Having long hair, if not a lady.Apart from that, you're all fine
norm103 - 7/8/2005 9:38 PMAm i the only one out there that is in a launch and re-entry suit land the shuttle on my PC? ^_^
norm103 - 8/8/2005 2:38 AMAm i the only one out there that is in a launch and re-entry suit land the shuttle on my PC? ^_^
norm103 - 8/8/2005 5:42 AMdose any one know about wene rollover to the OPF will be and what one they are going to?
rhwinger - 8/8/2005 4:15 AM24 hours?
NASA_Twix_JSC - 8/8/2005 9:17 PMIt was a VERY marginal decision. Cain wanted it to go ahead and is currently very angry.A few arguments going on, Can't see who but I can hear! I think I'm going to hide.
Chris Bergin - 8/8/2005 10:49 AME-mail campaign. Get some educated views in about the Shuttle! http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1191512,00.html
SimonShuttle - 8/8/2005 12:10 PMWhy did they open the payload doors again? What purpose does that serve or help and it seems a waste of power opening and closing again.
I think it's radiators? There are radiators inside the payload bay doors that are used to dissapate heat from the avionics, environmental control systems, etc... They can only reject heat when the doors are open and exposed to space.
There is a "flash boiler" cooling system that is used to provide cooling during launch and re-entry, but it is limited in it's capability or capacity. Don't know enough about the system to say if the cooling medium is consumed during operation, or if it can't handle the load during extended periods of operation?
rhwinger - 8/8/2005 12:36 PMSorry Stardust, didn't mean to echo you.
SimonShuttle:
Not to beat a dead horse, but I thought your question deserved a better answer. From "How Stuff Works":
Temperature ControlOuter space is an extremely cold environment and temperatures will vary drastically in different parts of the orbiter. You might think that heating the orbiter would be a problem. However, the electronic equipment generates more than enough heat for the ship. The problem is getting rid of the excess heat. So the temperature control system has to carry out two major functions:
To do this, the shuttle has two methods to handle temperature control:
The cabin heat exchanger also controls the cabin temperature. It circulates cool water to remove excess heat (cabin air is also used to cool electronic equipment) and transfers this heat to a Freon exchanger. The Freon then transfers the heat to other orbiter systems (e.g., cryogenic gas tanks, hydraulic systems) and radiates excess heat to outer space.