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6 bays to go, 1 bay has now been extended after the repair.

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No tension on the repaired section so far.

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Deploy...motion...planned abort..."nice and smooth"...cufflinks still not under tension yet...going to continue with another....

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Very smooth, no separation at damage point.

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Deploy...motion...planned abort...still no tension on the repairs...

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5 bays to go, 2 bays have now been extended post repair.

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Deploy...motion...planned abort...cufflink #1 under a little tension...others remain in place...should start to see more tension in the next two or three deploys...

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Deploy...planned abort...looks like the bunched up panels released...looks good...go to continue...

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4 bays to go, 3 bays have been extended post repair.

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psloss - 3/11/2007  11:13 AM

Deploy...planned abort...looks like the bunched up panels released...looks good...go to continue...

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Deploy...planned abort...still looks good...ground asking about doing a full bay...

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Wow, I skipped a heartbeat when I saw cufflink 1 bouncing
Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events. - Robert Heinlein

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#1 cuff off hingewire with no problem. keep 'er goin!!
If we do not destroy ourselves, we will one day venture to the stars.

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psloss - 3/11/2007  11:14 AM

Deploy...planned abort...still looks good...ground asking about doing a full bay...

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Scott would rather do half bay at a time...

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Wow, I skipped a heartbeat when I saw cufflink 1 bouncing

Stopped breathing here :)

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Deploy...planned abort...looks good, no separation at the damage site (cufflinks still not under tension)...

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Comm update, 18 minutes to ZOE, 25 minutes to sunset.

3 bays to go, 4 bays have been extended post repair.

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