JMS - 26/6/2007 10:59 PMHow many complete RMS's are there in the inventory?
Ben - 26/6/2007 9:32 PMQuoteJMS - 26/6/2007 10:59 PMHow many complete RMS's are there in the inventory?Five were built; one destroyed on Challenger. Four left, all still in service.
Oberon_Command - 26/6/2007 11:54 PMQuoteBen - 26/6/2007 9:32 PMQuoteJMS - 26/6/2007 10:59 PMHow many complete RMS's are there in the inventory?Five were built; one destroyed on Challenger. Four left, all still in service.I take it that Columbia didn't have one installed when we lost her?
Jorge - 27/6/2007 7:22 AMMany of the dedicated science missions and deploy flights did not; neither did some ISS flights that were relying on the station RMS.QuoteAre you sure about the ISS flights? I can't remember any mission without RMS.Analyst
Are you sure about the ISS flights? I can't remember any mission without RMS.Analyst
Analyst - 27/6/2007 1:47 AMQuoteJorge - 27/6/2007 7:22 AMMany of the dedicated science missions and deploy flights did not; neither did some ISS flights that were relying on the station RMS.Are you sure about the ISS flights? I can't remember any mission without RMS.
Jorge - 27/6/2007 7:22 AMMany of the dedicated science missions and deploy flights did not; neither did some ISS flights that were relying on the station RMS.
gordo - 27/6/2007 6:53 PMif you read through the manifest there have been 5 Canadarms. 201, 202, 301, 302 (destroyed on Challenger), and 303.
jamesm - 28/6/2007 7:02 AM202 represented a flight spare end effector from the origninal program (which is an interesting story in itself).
The first arm was Canada's contribution to NASA's Space Shuttle Program. Subsequently, NASA ordered four additional units which have resulted in over $900 million in export sales for Canada.
gordo - 27/6/2007 11:53 PMif you read through the manifest there have been 5 Canadarms. 201, 202, 301, 302 (destroyed on Challenger), and 303.