Author Topic: Re: STS-120 Rollout and Pad Processing Latest (Read 134433 times)

ShuttleDiscovery · « **Reply #120 on:** 09/30/2007 04:40 pm »

Discovery appears to be in final position at pad!

Avron · « **Reply #121 on:** 09/30/2007 04:41 pm »

DaveS · « **Reply #122 on:** 09/30/2007 04:41 pm »

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Avron - 30/9/2007 6:38 PM

anyone know the timeline to when she is bolted down?

Should be in about an hour.

ShuttleDiscovery · « **Reply #123 on:** 09/30/2007 04:42 pm »

A very smooth rollout!

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #124 on:** 09/30/2007 04:43 pm »

Very nicely done.

Se Elmeri · « **Reply #125 on:** 09/30/2007 04:50 pm »

Was it Hans or Franz?

Real Madrid · « **Reply #126 on:** 09/30/2007 04:56 pm »

It´s was Hans

ChrisGebhardt · « **Reply #127 on:** 09/30/2007 05:12 pm »

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TJL - 30/9/2007 10:24 AM

Speaking of rollbacks, I was looking at some statistics and every other shuttle flight had a rollback since "return to flight' in 2005.
Lets hope Discovery STS-120 breaks that trend.

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I second that!!! Here's to a great and successful pad flow toward October 23.

stockman · « **Reply #128 on:** 09/30/2007 05:15 pm »

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Trekkie07 - 30/9/2007 1:12 PM

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TJL - 30/9/2007 10:24 AM

Speaking of rollbacks, I was looking at some statistics and every other shuttle flight had a rollback since "return to flight' in 2005.
Lets hope Discovery STS-120 breaks that trend.
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I second that!!! Here's to a great and successful pad flow toward October 23.

Yikes!! quick throw some salt over our right shoulder and rub a rabbits foot!!! I hereby suggest that IF we have a rollback that TJL have his account disabled for jinxing us!! - (written with large amounts of sarcasm...

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Analyst · « **Reply #129 on:** 09/30/2007 05:19 pm »

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Se Elmeri - 30/9/2007 6:50 PM

Was it Hans or Franz?

Always nice to read some German here.

Analyst

jmjawors · « **Reply #130 on:** 09/30/2007 05:25 pm »

I didn't know the CT's had names, so here I was thinking that he was saying someone needed a pummeling.

Thanks for the great coverage, everyone!

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #131 on:** 09/30/2007 05:39 pm »

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jmjawors - 30/9/2007 6:25 PM

I didn't know the CT's had names

Yep, Hans and Franz

Can't remember the reasoning behind that. One of the Saturn V guys here claimed they were named after Von Braun's dogs, but I really wouldn't know!

STS-500Cmdr · « **Reply #132 on:** 09/30/2007 05:41 pm »

The names Hans and Franz come from the old Saturday Night Live skits with Dana Carvey and Kevin Nealon--they were characters called Hans and Franz-they were body-builders with the i guess German accent and they were here to pump you up.

This was mentioned by a crawler driver in the 1994 Discovery channel program "The Space Shuttle" thats how know about it.

Im not trying to turn this into SNL chat. :laugh:

RafaelCE · « **Reply #133 on:** 09/30/2007 05:47 pm »

ok, so we have bolting within the hour, and, what is next? There was no PAO during NTV feed...

jmjawors · « **Reply #134 on:** 09/30/2007 05:54 pm »

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STS-500Cmdr - 30/9/2007 12:41 PM The names Hans and Franz come from the old Saturday Night Live skits with Dana Carvey and Kevin Nealon--they were characters called Hans and Franz-they were body-builders with the i guess German accent and they were here to pump you up. This was mentioned by a crawler driver in the 1994 Discovery channel program "The Space Shuttle" thats how know about it. Im not trying to turn this into SNL chat. :laugh:

Nor am I, but that's exactly what I thought of first (hence the reference to "pummeling.")

Anyway, back to 39A!

DaveS · « **Reply #135 on:** 09/30/2007 06:12 pm »

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RafaelCE - 30/9/2007 7:47 PM

ok, so we have bolting within the hour, and, what is next? There was no PAO during NTV feed...

This: http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=2629&start=1#M37882

TJL · « **Reply #136 on:** 09/30/2007 06:21 pm »

Stockman...lol...with the rainbow out in front of Discovery, it looks like a good omen.

Chandonn · « **Reply #137 on:** 09/30/2007 06:37 pm »

As usual, Chris is on the ball with an updated rollout story: http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?cid=5241

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #138 on:** 09/30/2007 06:43 pm »

Well I need to update status with the delay to rollout:

"Vehicle power up is scheduled for Sunday morning, and weather permitting, APU hotfire for Sunday afternoon.'" Obviously this has been pushed down by the delay.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #139 on:** 09/30/2007 06:44 pm »

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RafaelCE - 30/9/2007 6:47 PM

ok, so we have bolting within the hour, and, what is next? There was no PAO during NTV feed...

You're on L2, so check the STS-120: Revised Timeline chart to show how the pad flow proceeds.