Author Topic: LIVE: STS-120 Flight Day 8 - EVA-3 and P5/P6 Events (Read 120701 times)

haywoodfloyd · « **Reply #540 on:** 10/30/2007 05:04 pm »

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Chris Bergin - 30/10/2007 2:00 PM

"We'll see what tomorrow has in store for us" - Peggy.

Don't worry Peggy.
This mission has gone brilliantly so far.
Just a couple of snags.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #541 on:** 10/30/2007 05:09 pm »

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ChrisC - 30/10/2007 6:59 PM

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djellison - 30/10/2007 5:44 PM
You can tell they're very very carefully choosing the words they're saying on the loops - Pambo's a class act when under pressure.

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Chris Bergin - 30/10/2007 12:48 PM
And I want everyone here to do the same. We're getting some REALLY stupid posts on here right now and we will delete them.

And I'd like to thank Chris (and any other moderators) for doing that. There's been quite a few dope slap moments here in the past 2 hours.

Also, thanks to Richard / sts1canada for his text updates, I actually prefer them to the snapshots, but I've got access to an excess of live video

Sure thing. We'll delete this thread back soon, as there's a fair few pointless posts still.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #542 on:** 10/30/2007 05:11 pm »

charlieb · « **Reply #543 on:** 10/30/2007 05:12 pm »

Agree with the ISS Commander.. This mission is one of the - IF not the hardest ISS/Shuttle missions by far. A tear like that is not -and I repeat - NOT - going to severely impact ISS operations now nor in the future. AS stated a few posts back - it's a loss of 1 or 2 strings in a multi-multi string solar array. Truthfully - I deal with this same sort of solar array string loss issue from time to time in the satellites I operate. We survive them - and quite well. Since you always plan for your arrays to provide an access of power in the beginning of mission - in order to correctly support a mission throughout it's lifetime, you always allow for some form of array string failure(s) into the lifetime picture of the spacecraft -as well as you do allow battery cell failures to occur from time to time. ISS will provide a work-around for this - they will deal. They and Shuttle folks are used to dealing with all sorts of things - planned and unplanned for. Off my box....

Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #544 on:** 10/30/2007 05:13 pm »

Compare with the damage to the spektr solar array:

P.S: For those who dont know, spektr was on Mir not ISS

ApolloLee · « **Reply #545 on:** 10/30/2007 05:14 pm »

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charlieb - 30/10/2007 11:12 AM

Agree with the ISS Commander.. This mission is one of the - IF not the hardest ISS/Shuttle missions by far. ....

And they really have made it look easy....

jacqmans · « **Reply #546 on:** 10/30/2007 05:15 pm »

psloss · « **Reply #547 on:** 10/30/2007 05:17 pm »

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Ronsmytheiii - 30/10/2007 2:13 PM

Compare with the damage to the spektr solar array:

Apples and oranges...kind of like the first generation arrays on HST vs. the ones added on SM-3B.

nathan.moeller · « **Reply #548 on:** 10/30/2007 05:19 pm »

Going through some more beta-gimbal rotations.

jacqmans · « **Reply #549 on:** 10/30/2007 05:22 pm »

ckiki lwai · « **Reply #550 on:** 10/30/2007 05:26 pm »

coming up in 5 min Mission Status Briefing

Mike_1179 · « **Reply #551 on:** 10/30/2007 05:27 pm »

On an unrelated topic, is the MSB still scheduled for 2:30 EST, or is it being pushed back to allow for more time to analyze what's been happening today

Kel · « **Reply #552 on:** 10/30/2007 05:30 pm »

It's difficult to tell with the light reflection, but just before they changed the gimble on the array (just now), it looked like the very first panels out of the box had some deformation too. Anyone else get a good view?

ckiki lwai · « **Reply #553 on:** 10/30/2007 05:31 pm »

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Mike_1179 - 30/10/2007 7:27 PM

On an unrelated topic, is the MSB still scheduled for 2:30 EST, or is it being pushed back to allow for more time to analyze what's been happening today

No, I thought PAO said there will be MSB the next minute

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #554 on:** 10/30/2007 05:33 pm »

JimO · « **Reply #555 on:** 10/30/2007 05:35 pm »

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Mike_1179 - 30/10/2007 1:27 PM
On an unrelated topic, is the MSB still scheduled for 2:30 EST, or is it being pushed back to allow for more time to analyze what's been happening today

I've been calling JSC PAO re a briefing and they tell me as of now the next one is not scheduled. But now they say it WILL be on schedule!!

BTW: What is the current attitude control status of the ISS?

Don't they go free drift for SA deploy? Or just gyrodine control?

collectSPACE · « **Reply #556 on:** 10/30/2007 05:37 pm »

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Mike_1179 - 30/10/2007 1:27 PM

On an unrelated topic, is the MSB still scheduled for 2:30 EST, or is it being pushed back to allow for more time to analyze what's been happening today

Briefers are in the room; briefing starting momentarily.

gordo · « **Reply #557 on:** 10/30/2007 05:37 pm »

what percentage out did they get before the abort?

DaveS · « **Reply #558 on:** 10/30/2007 05:39 pm »

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gordo - 30/10/2007 7:37 PM

what percentage out did they get before the abort?

They aborted at the 25 bay mark. And the mast has 31 bays. So they aborted with only 5 more bays to go.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #559 on:** 10/30/2007 05:43 pm »

Thanks for your patience with the thread. I know everyone wants to have a say, but we need to keep it on live status on the flight day.

I'll try and transcribe key quotes from the MSB.

For your "what ifs" go here: http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=10542&start=1