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Title: STS-129: Discovery's (now Atlantis') Logistics Mission Baselined By PRCB
Post by: Chris Bergin on 10/17/2008 01:08 am: http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2008/10/sts-129-baselined-by-prcb/

By Chris Gebhardt, via the excellent PRCB presentation on L2.

See below for an orbiter swap on this mission.
Title: Re: STS-129: Discovery's Logistics Mission Baselined By PRCB
Post by: Paul Howard on 10/18/2008 06:28 am: Very good article.
Title: Re: STS-129: Discovery's Logistics Mission Baselined By PRCB
Post by: ShuttleDiscovery on 10/18/2008 07:28 pm: Thanks Chris
Title: Re: STS-129: Discovery's Logistics Mission Baselined By PRCB
Post by: ChrisGebhardt on 10/20/2008 02:27 pm: Quote from: ShuttleDiscovery on 10/18/2008 07:28 pm
Thanks Chris

You're welcome.
Title: Re: STS-129: Discovery's Logistics Mission Baselined By PRCB
Post by: Shuttle Scapegoat on 10/25/2008 08:06 pm: The image in the article almost makes it look like there's 12 seat capsules :) Has that ever been considered, where they could take passengers in the payload bay?
Title: Re: STS-129: Discovery's Logistics Mission Baselined By PRCB
Post by: ShuttleDiscovery on 10/26/2008 08:35 pm: Quote from: Shuttle Scapegoat on 10/25/2008 08:06 pm
The image in the article almost makes it look like there's 12 seat capsules :) Has that ever been considered, where they could take passengers in the payload bay?

Those would be pretty large seats!

Carrying crew in the payload bay has never been an option, as it's obviously needed for payloads. Plus that would mean a tunnel linking it with the main crew quaters and it would be dangerous as the crew would not all be in the same place in the event of an emergency and/or the crew needed to bail out for whatever reason. Also the shuttle dosen't need to carry anymore than 7 crew members, so it's unnecessary.
Title: Re: STS-129: Discovery's Logistics Mission Baselined By PRCB
Post by: rdale on 10/26/2008 09:25 pm: Quote from: Shuttle Scapegoat on 10/25/2008 08:06 pm
Has that ever been considered, where they could take passengers in the payload bay?

Yes... but rejected.

http://www.spacefuture.com/archive/space_tourism_a_flight_of_fantasy_or_the_next_major_space_product.shtml
Title: Re: STS-129: Discovery's Logistics Mission Baselined By PRCB
Post by: Chris Bergin on 11/06/2008 03:00 pm: Looks like 129 is becoming the last mission of the year:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2008/11/nasa-realign-five-2009-missions-ares-ix-oct-09/
Title: Re: STS-129: Discovery's Logistics Mission Baselined By PRCB
Post by: Chris Bergin on 11/24/2008 05:50 am: Will be re-baselined.
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2008/11/sts-119discovery-rollover-2009-shuttle-schedule-realigns/
Title: Re: STS-129: Discovery's (now Atlantis') Logistics Mission Baselined By PRCB
Post by: Chris Bergin on 12/04/2008 12:57 pm: Moving this to the right orbiter section, following the latest changes to the manifest:

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2008/12/sts-125s-tank-manifest-meeting-ares-i-x-iss-food-shortage-2/
Title: Re: STS-129: Discovery's (now Atlantis') Logistics Mission Baselined By PRCB
Post by: Ronsmytheiii on 02/11/2009 04:07 pm: An image of one of the ELC's in the SSPF:
Title: Re: STS-129: Discovery's (now Atlantis') Logistics Mission Baselined By PRCB
Post by: Maverick on 02/19/2009 05:44 pm: Thanks for these write ups, they help alonside the presentation.
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Post by: Ronsmytheiii on 04/09/2009 12:21 am: Sorry to bump, but nice upclose view of one of the ELC's:
Title: Re: STS-129: Discovery's (now Atlantis') Logistics Mission Baselined By PRCB
Post by: Ronsmytheiii on 04/09/2009 05:48 pm: looks like working on attach points:
Title: Re: STS-129: Discovery's (now Atlantis') Logistics Mission Baselined By PRCB
Post by: MKremer on 04/09/2009 05:59 pm: Quote from: Ronsmytheiii on 04/09/2009 12:21 am
Sorry to bump, but nice upclose view of one of the ELC's:

The lightbulb just came on - now I understand what the large stand with the rotating center section was built for a few months ago (you can see it at bottom in the Ch. 9 pic below). It's to flip the ELCs, since both sides need to be processed.
Title: Re: STS-129: Discovery's (now Atlantis') Logistics Mission Baselined By PRCB
Post by: Ronsmytheiii on 04/10/2009 02:04 pm: looks like 4 have been attached
Title: Re: STS-129: Discovery's (now Atlantis') Logistics Mission Baselined By PRCB
Post by: MKremer on 04/10/2009 02:07 pm: Those appear to be the battery mounting plates.
Title: Re: STS-129: Discovery's (now Atlantis') Logistics Mission Baselined By PRCB
Post by: eeergo on 04/10/2009 02:40 pm: One of the payloads for the Express carrier (a CMG):

(http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/images/medium/2009-2483-m.jpg)
http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=40617

For more, search "STS-129" in KSC's Media Gallery (http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/search.cfm).
Title: Re: STS-129: Discovery's (now Atlantis') Logistics Mission Baselined By PRCB
Post by: Ronsmytheiii on 04/14/2009 05:08 pm: looks like they are working on the other side: