Author Topic: LIVE: STS-120 Flight Day 12 - EVA-4 - P6 4B Solar Array Repair (Read 154952 times)

Kel · « **Reply #320 on:** 11/03/2007 01:21 pm »

Need to start heading back at 4 hours 50 min

DarthVader · « **Reply #321 on:** 11/03/2007 01:22 pm »

Is it me or there's some tension between Mission Control and the crew?

Bubbinski · « **Reply #322 on:** 11/03/2007 01:22 pm »

They're inserting the cufflink. Edit: 2nd cufflink now installed. Houston says it looks good, moving on to the third cufflink.

rdale · « **Reply #323 on:** 11/03/2007 01:23 pm »

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DarthVader - 3/11/2007 10:22 AM

Is it me or there's some tension between Mission Control and the crew?

It's you. If you heard a bit earlier, there were a lot of dropped comms from ISS to the crew, and that adds to a stress level.

JesseD · « **Reply #324 on:** 11/03/2007 01:23 pm »

some really nice shots of the sufflink insertion process...

Kel · « **Reply #325 on:** 11/03/2007 01:24 pm »

They can eliminate cufflink 5 if they run out of time

Ford Mustang · « **Reply #326 on:** 11/03/2007 01:26 pm »

Ford Mustang · « **Reply #327 on:** 11/03/2007 01:29 pm »

Avron · « **Reply #328 on:** 11/03/2007 01:29 pm »

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rdale - 3/11/2007 10:23 AM

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DarthVader - 3/11/2007 10:22 AM

Is it me or there's some tension between Mission Control and the crew?

It's you. If you heard a bit earlier, there were a lot of dropped comms from ISS to the crew, and that adds to a stress level.

Command seems to be making it worse... there is tension

sqoops · « **Reply #329 on:** 11/03/2007 01:30 pm »

Timeline tension

generic_handle_42 · « **Reply #330 on:** 11/03/2007 01:31 pm »

We're looking at about 5 minutes until sunrise.

Bubbinski · « **Reply #331 on:** 11/03/2007 01:32 pm »

Installiing 3rd cufflink. Edit: They got it in now. Pam or Peggy said they were cheering on the flight deck every time he put it in the hole. Scott will install the last 2 cufflinks and then address cufflink 1, dynamics is causing problems with that cufflink.

ace007 · « **Reply #332 on:** 11/03/2007 01:35 pm »

Its took bad that it takes so long to get out there. Makes it unlikely the go head back to the airlock to replenish so they go be present when they try to deploy the array again. Not sure now if they will have time to stay out for deploy.

triddirt · « **Reply #333 on:** 11/03/2007 01:36 pm »

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DarthVader - 3/11/2007 10:22 AM

Is it me or there's some tension between Mission Control and the crew?

Concern I think is time pressure... Want to make sure don't lose to much time...

eeergo · « **Reply #334 on:** 11/03/2007 01:36 pm »

Back here!

Scott had to push cufflink #1 towards the interior of the array, because the cable form memory was pulling it out of the array.

emg · « **Reply #335 on:** 11/03/2007 01:36 pm »

"Cheesy is good."

JesseD · « **Reply #336 on:** 11/03/2007 01:37 pm »

Scott: "maybe I can do something cheesy like this..." (hooks cufflink under remnants of protruding hinge wire to keep it from flying around)

Houston: "we like cheesy!!"
:laugh: :laugh:

eeergo · « **Reply #337 on:** 11/03/2007 01:38 pm »

On with the next cufflink. Two to go.

dawei · « **Reply #338 on:** 11/03/2007 01:38 pm »

Certainly the time pressure looms large for all. Nevertheless, I don't think that equates to tension between the crew and the ground.

eeergo · « **Reply #339 on:** 11/03/2007 01:38 pm »

Nice image of the work carried out so far: