Author Topic: LIVE: STS-120 Flight Day 7 - P6 Handoff and Off-Duty (Read 63899 times)

Felix · « **Reply #140 on:** 10/29/2007 03:55 pm »

Flying through thre russian part of the station

Felix · « **Reply #141 on:** 10/29/2007 03:56 pm »

Felix · « **Reply #142 on:** 10/29/2007 03:56 pm »

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Felix · « **Reply #144 on:** 10/29/2007 04:00 pm »

Stephanie Wilson

TrueBlueWitt · « **Reply #145 on:** 10/29/2007 04:06 pm »

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DaveS - 29/10/2007 12:31 PM

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rdale - 29/10/2007 5:27 PM

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collectSPACE - 29/10/2007 12:22 PM

He said that if for some reason P6 cannot be deployed, then it would be difficult, if not impossible to support Columbus without a functioning SARJ.

I guess I hardly consider P6 deploy concerns to be a "threat" but I guess wording is all in the eye of the author :>
It's because they're going to be short on power with only P4 arrays providing power. So essentially, they're back in 12A stage(P4 arrays deployed but not providing power and P6 is only arrays providing power) seen from a power perspective.

Not quite that bad, my guess is that without SARJ auto-tracking they may only get 30 - 50% of max power out of S4, but that is still a lot better than 0%. They may also be able to do a little waggling of the Staion with the CMG's to improve orientation and increase that percentage. You also can still pivot the indidual arrays around their axis, so they are not completely fixed.

How much power could the consistently get out of P6 when it was on top of the station without a SARJ to help it autotrack? That's what this situation may be like with a frozen SARJ.

Edgecrusher · « **Reply #146 on:** 10/29/2007 04:40 pm »

Wow, the complex is flying with Discovery's TPS in the direction of flight... isn't that risky? (MMOD hits, etc...)

DaveS · « **Reply #147 on:** 10/29/2007 04:42 pm »

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Edgecrusher - 29/10/2007 6:40 PM

Wow, the complex is flying with Discovery's TPS in the direction of flight... isn't that risky? (MMOD hits, etc...)

That used to be the standard docked attitude prior to RTF. Now they swing the entire complex around 180°s to protect the orbiter TPS.

Andy_Small · « **Reply #148 on:** 10/29/2007 04:45 pm »

PAO event starting

Felix · « **Reply #149 on:** 10/29/2007 04:48 pm »

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #150 on:** 10/29/2007 04:49 pm »

beat me to it. Harmony is nice and clean, for now...

Felix · « **Reply #151 on:** 10/29/2007 05:02 pm »

Choas in Node 2 ;-)

Felix · « **Reply #152 on:** 10/29/2007 05:05 pm »

Felix · « **Reply #153 on:** 10/29/2007 05:08 pm »

jmjawors · « **Reply #154 on:** 10/29/2007 05:16 pm »

I missed it. The conversation that's playing now... is this a replay? Or are they talking about it right now?

gordo · « **Reply #155 on:** 10/29/2007 05:23 pm »

talking live about SARJ flakes

Mark Nguyen · « **Reply #156 on:** 10/29/2007 05:24 pm »

The shots of Harmony above remind me a lot of the Skylab footage with various astronauts literally running around. It's a shame that Node 2 will soon be sluttered up - a necessary evil, but I sure miss the days when people had a lot of empty space to goof around in.

Mark

redgryphon · « **Reply #157 on:** 10/29/2007 05:24 pm »

Peggy and Dan did another magnet test. A piece of a bigger flake was magnetic, as well as the finer particles.

punkboi · « **Reply #158 on:** 10/29/2007 05:36 pm »

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Martin FL - 29/10/2007 9:27 AM Yeah but Robert, what about the things you cover. Will there be enough power for Luke Skywalker's light saber!

C'mon man- True Star Wars fans know that lightsabers are run on crystals customized and specially chosen by Jedis and Sith Lords alike. :bleh:

ChrisC · « **Reply #159 on:** 10/29/2007 05:56 pm »

Is John44 going to get this morning's briefing uploaded before he turns in for the night (in Europe)? Been itching for it all day.