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RE: Hail Damage at Pad A (STS-117)
« Reply #20 on: 02/27/2007 01:42 pm »
Worst damage observed (worse than previous rollback), 1000 areas of damage noted.

This isn't good guys :(

"At least" one IFR damaged.
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RE: Hail Damage at Pad A (STS-117)
« Reply #21 on: 02/27/2007 01:42 pm »
Report on L2 also mentions about 1000 areas of damage, as opposed to the 700 areas on the STS-96 tank.  The report goes quite in depth and the images tell the tale.  Check it.  My money is on rollback.
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RE: Hail Damage at Pad A (STS-117)
« Reply #22 on: 02/27/2007 01:56 pm »
Beanie cap being retracted.
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RE: Hail Damage at Pad A (STS-117)
« Reply #23 on: 02/27/2007 01:58 pm »
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Report on L2 also mentions about 1000 areas of damage, as opposed to the 700 areas on the STS-96 tank.  The report goes quite in depth and the images tell the tale.  Check it.  My money is on rollback.

They are up to 7000 now!

Article with some L2 stuff including. http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?cid=5034
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RE: Hail Damage at Pad A (STS-117)
« Reply #24 on: 02/27/2007 01:59 pm »
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nathan.moeller - 27/2/2007  2:42 PM

Report on L2 also mentions about 1000 areas of damage, as opposed to the 700 areas on the STS-96 tank.  The report goes quite in depth and the images tell the tale.  Check it.  My money is on rollback.

They are up to 7000 now!

Article with some L2 stuff including. http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?cid=5034

So I read.  Good article Chris thanks.
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RE: Hail Damage at Pad A (STS-117)
« Reply #25 on: 02/27/2007 02:00 pm »
This is getting really serious. Rollback pretty much a certainty (claims), but a new tank may even be requireed, depending on just how bad this is....and that really makes a mess of things, as per ET-120 situation.

Checking with LM/MAF.
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RE: Hail Damage at Pad A (STS-117)
« Reply #26 on: 02/27/2007 02:05 pm »
Beanie cap retracted.
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Re: Hail Damage at Pad A (STS-117)
« Reply #27 on: 02/27/2007 02:05 pm »
GVA retracted:
"For Sardines, space is no problem!"
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"We're rolling in the wrong direction but for the right reasons"
-USA engineer about the rollback of Discovery prior to the STS-114 Return To Flight mission

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Re: Hail Damage at Pad A (STS-117)
« Reply #28 on: 02/27/2007 02:24 pm »
So when will the new external tank arrive for STS-117?

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Re: Hail Damage at Pad A (STS-117)
« Reply #29 on: 02/27/2007 02:26 pm »
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Gerald Andrew Richli - 27/2/2007  4:24 PM

So when will the new external tank arrive for STS-117?
No decision yet on whether to repair the current ET or to use ET-117. ET-117 is currently set to be shipped from Michoud to KSC on April 4.
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RE: Hail Damage at Pad A (STS-117)
« Reply #30 on: 02/27/2007 02:31 pm »
More notes - trying to summarize the NASA memos flying into L2.

Atlantis suffered 20 hits on her left wing. Evalautions proceeding.
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RE: Hail Damage at Pad A (STS-117)
« Reply #31 on: 02/27/2007 02:33 pm »
ROLLBACK.

Preparations being put into place.
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RE: Hail Damage at Pad A (STS-117)
« Reply #32 on: 02/27/2007 02:37 pm »
Does anyone know how soon they will start rolling her back? Could it even be today?
-Michael

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RE: Hail Damage at Pad A (STS-117)
« Reply #33 on: 02/27/2007 02:38 pm »
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Does anyone know how soon they will start rolling her back? Could it even be today?

Won't be today. It takes a while to disconnect all the connections etc.
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RE: Hail Damage at Pad A (STS-117)
« Reply #34 on: 02/27/2007 02:38 pm »
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More notes - trying to summarize the NASA memos flying into L2.

Atlantis suffered 20 hits on her left wing. Evalautions proceeding.

RRrrnn!  Are we looking at RCC panel replacement now?
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Re: Hail Damage at Pad A (STS-117)
« Reply #35 on: 02/27/2007 02:40 pm »
Remove the payload or roll back with it in the orbiter?

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RE: Hail Damage at Pad A (STS-117)
« Reply #36 on: 02/27/2007 02:40 pm »
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Does anyone know how soon they will start rolling her back? Could it even be today?

Won't be today. It takes a while to disconnect all the connections etc.

Okay, thanks Chris.  Well this sure doesn't look good.   :(
-Michael

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RE: Hail Damage at Pad A (STS-117)
« Reply #37 on: 02/27/2007 02:41 pm »
Snippet of the e-mail/memo with TPS references:

"TPS inspections indicated that there were ~20+ hits on the left wing - severity of damage was not provided
Rollback is all but guaranteed - recovery time w/b based on severity of impacts"
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Re: Hail Damage at Pad A (STS-117)
« Reply #38 on: 02/27/2007 02:47 pm »
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Remove the payload or roll back with it in the orbiter?

Jim asks a question? :) My guess is leave it. They left P3/P4 in her PB when the STS-115 stack rolled off Pad B back in August. But then again the orbiter wouldn't have been taken off the stack.
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Re: Hail Damage at Pad A (STS-117)
« Reply #39 on: 02/27/2007 02:47 pm »
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Jim - 27/2/2007  9:40 AM

Remove the payload or roll back with it in the orbiter?

Wouldn't it be smarter to remove the payload incase they have to demate, or can it still be kept in the Orbiter?  I am just wondering.
-Michael

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