Shuttle Questions Q & A (Part 4)

• #900 by pr1268 on 22 Apr, 2008 11:15
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  markius - 20/3/2008  2:17 PM
  I've read that passengers on the Space Shuttle are allowed to take iPods on-board

  
  So the burning question is... What songs are on the astronauts' iPods?
  
  Veering off-course: President George W. Bush's iPod has the likes of John Fogerty and the Knack's hit song "My Sharona" (source).
• #901 by Jim on 22 Apr, 2008 11:26
• I have packed CD's  and Walkmans in the 90's for MIR mssions
• #902 by nacnud on 22 Apr, 2008 11:54
• I was going to ask if the CD players but this is on the ISS, still a cool video though
• #903 by DMeader on 22 Apr, 2008 12:45
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  Jim - 22/4/2008  7:26 AM
  
  I have packed CD's  and Walkmans in the 90's for MIR mssions

  
  I've read that Ipods have to be modified for use on shuttle to get rid of the Li-ion batteries and run on standard AA alkalines. Makes me wonder about the laptops used on both shuttle and ISS. I assume they have had their batteries removed, and run on external power... correct?
• #904 by elmarko on 22 Apr, 2008 13:55
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  nacnud - 22/4/2008  12:54 PM
  
  I was going to ask if the CD players but this is on the ISS, still a cool video though

  
  That is the coolest video I've seen from the ISS in a long time. Don Petit is awesome with all of those mini lectures he did.
• #905 by Lawntonlookirs on 22 Apr, 2008 16:04
• On NASA KSC TV feed, camera 315 shows them loading something.  Is this new or an old picture and if new, what are they loading?

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• #906 by psloss on 22 Apr, 2008 16:06
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  Lawntonlookirs - 22/4/2008  12:04 PM
  
  On NASA KSC TV feed, camera 315 shows them loading something.  Is this new or an old picture and if new, what are they loading?

  JEM-PM for STS-124...going out to the pad ahead of the shuttle vehicle...
  http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=10676&start=301#M271379
  
• #907 by Lawntonlookirs on 22 Apr, 2008 17:16
• Thanks. That is what I thought it was, but must have missed the other thread.  Posted the picture in that thread.
• #908 by Lee Jay on 22 Apr, 2008 17:48
• When a tank arrives at KSC from MAF, it goes into a checkout cell for quite a long time (three weeks?) before mated with the SRBs.  When the orbiter arrives as the VAB from the OPF, it gets mated to the tank nearly right away.
  
  I'm wondering what work on the tank has to be done in the checkout cell that requires such a long time, and why more of that work is not completed at MAF before shipment.  I understand the need to check out the tank after the long trip on the Pegasus barge (versus the short Orbiter rollover from the OPF), but this seems like a long time for just checkouts of the relatively-simple (compared to the orbiter) tank.
• #909 by Rusty_Barton on 24 Apr, 2008 18:35
• What ever became of the Personal Rescue Enclosure (PRE) or Rescue Ball?

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• #910 by Jorge on 24 Apr, 2008 18:46
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  Rusty_Barton - 24/4/2008  1:35 PM
  
  What ever became of the Personal Rescue Enclosure (PRE) or Rescue Ball?

  
  Not flown. The only remaining one I'm aware of is used to test astronaut applicants for claustrophobia.
• #911 by ShuttleDiscovery on 24 Apr, 2008 21:12
• In the NSF article on the change of runways at Edwards for shuttle, it says how the STS-123 rollout was one of the longest in shuttle history. Why was this and what was the shortest & longest ever?
• #912 by shuttlelegs on 25 Apr, 2008 08:57
• So if a Shuttle has to go and pick up a strandard crew like it is proposed for STS 125 they would not use these Ball's they would use EVA suits ?
• #913 by brahmanknight on 25 Apr, 2008 09:50
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  shuttlelegs - 25/4/2008  4:57 AM
  
  So if a Shuttle has to go and pick up a strandard crew like it is proposed for STS 125 they would not use these Ball's they would use EVA suits ?

  
  Yes.
• #914 by Jim on 25 Apr, 2008 11:04
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  shuttlelegs - 25/4/2008  4:57 AM
  
  So if a Shuttle has to go and pick up a strandard crew like it is proposed for STS 125 they would not use these Ball's they would use EVA suits ?

  
  correct.  The balls do not exist
• #915 by DaveS on 25 Apr, 2008 11:25
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  ShuttleDiscovery - 24/4/2008  11:12 PM
  
  In the NSF article on the change of runways at Edwards for shuttle, it says how the STS-123 rollout was one of the longest in shuttle history. Why was this and what was the shortest & longest ever?

  It seems like the CDR/PLT didn't use the wheel brakes as much as they could have which led to a slightly longer than normal rollout on the SLF.
• #916 by iamlucky13 on 25 Apr, 2008 20:26
• I've never seen these balls before. Can someone explain them in a little detail?
• #917 by rdale on 25 Apr, 2008 21:09
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  iamlucky13 - 25/4/2008  4:26 PM
  
  Can someone explain them in a little detail?

  
  http://www.friends-partners.org/partners/mwade/craft/reseball.htm
  
  http://www.google.com/search?q=nasa+%22Personal+Rescue+Enclosure+%22&rls=com.microsoft:*&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1
• #918 by nacnud on 25 Apr, 2008 23:52
• Why are the forward and aft RCS tanks not linked therefore not allowing for trim adjustments helping with re-entry and landing?
• #919 by psloss on 26 Apr, 2008 00:11
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  nacnud - 25/4/2008  7:52 PM
  
  Why are the forward and aft RCS tanks not linked therefore not allowing for trim adjustments helping with re-entry and landing?

  Not sure, but there was a planned upgrade to interconnect them, which was eventually cancelled.