Amazing read again from Wayne Hale.That leads me to a question about this site too. I know this site didn't start until STS-114, but had it been around during STS-107, and given the deeper nature of this site's shuttle reporting, would we have heard of big concerns about the foam strike?
What if a source had told you he was very concerned about Columbia's health, to the point of her getting back to the ground safely?
That leads me to a question about this site too. I know this site didn't start until STS-114, but had it been around during STS-107, and given the deeper nature of this site's shuttle reporting, would we have heard of big concerns about the foam strike?
I wish he would write a book.
How many do you want? At my retirement party they gave me a disk with about a million PAO shots, many in the new MMT room. This one shows me chairing an STS-114 meeting with Bill Parsons and Bill Readdy (my one-two bosses) sitting behind, looking not entirely pleased.I know the PAO folks shot some video from time to time but don't recall seeing it on NASA TV.Pictures from the old MMT room (Columbia and before) are rare.
Did NASA PAO ever publish a video clip from inside an actual FRR....be it SSP at JSC or Agency level at KSC?
I would have sold my right arm to sit in on a FRR!
Quote from: Chris Bergin on 01/05/2013 02:35 amI would have sold my right arm to sit in on a FRR!In the 80's, they were boring as hell. Same for early nineties.
Quote from: Wayne Hale on 01/05/2013 01:17 amHow many do you want? At my retirement party they gave me a disk with about a million PAO shots, many in the new MMT room. This one shows me chairing an STS-114 meeting with Bill Parsons and Bill Readdy (my one-two bosses) sitting behind, looking not entirely pleased.I know the PAO folks shot some video from time to time but don't recall seeing it on NASA TV.Pictures from the old MMT room (Columbia and before) are rare.Now that's a great photo, especially with it being 114. I personally find pre-launch - from MOD planning, to orbiter processing through to FRR/MMT etc - completely fascinating, probably more than when the vehicle's on orbit.I would have sold my right arm to sit in on a FRR!
"You know, if there was any real damage done to the wing, there is nothing we can do about it."