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Title: STS-117 heading towards June launch - Booster's life extended
Post by: Chris Bergin on 04/06/2007 07:50 pm
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Title: Re: STS-117 heading towards June launch - Booster's life extended
Post by: Andrewwski on 04/06/2007 08:17 pm
Where would that put STS-118 on the schedule?
Title: Re: STS-117 heading towards June launch - Booster's life extended
Post by: Chris Bergin on 04/06/2007 08:53 pm
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Andrewwski - 6/4/2007  9:17 PM

Where would that put STS-118 on the schedule?

Not greatly....maybe a few weeks. Slips for 118 Endeavour on the manifests show that to be the case. Besides, she's required for LON, so they'll prep up as normal, with the timeline constraints relating to the pad, I'd assume.
Title: Re: STS-117 heading towards June launch - Booster's life extended
Post by: on 04/06/2007 09:16 pm
How will this effect the launch manifest? Are they still shooting for four or five launches?
Title: Re: STS-117 heading towards June launch - Booster's life extended
Post by: David AF on 04/06/2007 10:21 pm
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Justin Wheat - 6/4/2007  4:16 PM

How will this effect the launch manifest? Are they still shooting for four or five launches?

I'm not the first person who's said this to you, but you're not listening. You need to follow the news site, all the answers you've asked are there in big bold letters.

www.nasaspaceflight.com
Title: Re: STS-117 heading towards June launch - Booster's life extended
Post by: Pete at Edwards on 04/07/2007 02:53 am
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Justin Wheat - 6/4/2007  4:16 PM

How will this effect the launch manifest? Are they still shooting for four or five launches?

Likely to be three, four in a late push for a December launch, with STS-117 being June, but yes, read the news site here, as all this is well known now.
Title: Re: STS-117 heading towards June launch - Booster's life extended
Post by: Ed Smithe on 04/07/2007 06:22 am
Hi. New here and joined L2 after a friend told me it was awesome (and I think he was under selling it as it's awesome x 100!)

VERY interesting presentation on the booster motors, but more so on the contamination issue. Hope they can make June, but the tank problems may have given them the time to find the other problems to, so small mercies.