Author Topic: LIVE: STS-120 Flight Day 16 - EOM - Re-entry and Landing (Read 103529 times)

psloss · « **Reply #440 on:** 11/07/2007 07:52 pm »

Fishing for angles...Griffin giving a non-answer answer to ranking this mission as #1 -- don't forget about Skylab.

chksix · « **Reply #441 on:** 11/07/2007 07:56 pm »

Good points from Gerst that this is a learning process while we are hours from home instead of days/months away in space.

psloss · « **Reply #442 on:** 11/07/2007 07:58 pm »

Griffin on the aesthetics of the landing: "it was just as pretty as it gets -- if that matters."

Lee Jay · « **Reply #443 on:** 11/07/2007 08:19 pm »

During the entry, PAO said Discovery was 85,000 pounds lighter than at liftoff. Obviously there was the Node and a bit of transfer (~40,000 pounds?), plus some OMS and RCS propellant, and of course cryo, but this number surprised me. Is that number correct, and if so, where did all of it go?

nathan.moeller · « **Reply #444 on:** 11/07/2007 08:28 pm »

They're replaying all of the flight day highlights for the mission. Did Kylie stay up for two weeks or something? Aside from Lynette coming in occasionally, it seems like she was the only PAO on console the whole time.

kimmern123 · « **Reply #445 on:** 11/07/2007 08:52 pm »

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psloss - 7/11/2007 9:09 PM

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thomasafb - 7/11/2007 3:06 PM

Looks as if Pam stopped her right on the centreline :-)
I think they all take advantage of nose-wheel steering, if afforded it.

I asked Mark Polansky about how important it is for the commander that he/she hits the centerline, for their own pride if nothing else. He told me that he didn't care that much about where he touched down, but where he stopped since that is the picture they'd get. The trick for the commanders is to be so gentle with the nose wheel steering that noone notices that they were off the centerline in the first place :laugh:

johng · « **Reply #446 on:** 11/07/2007 08:55 pm »

Watch the threshold camera. TD was drifted of to the right a little. Keep watching and see the orbiter 'get centered' after the drag chute comes out.

BTW- watching the random views on the KAVE channels, Discovery has been towed thru a 180 and is heading to the barn.

DaveS · « **Reply #447 on:** 11/07/2007 09:01 pm »

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johng - 7/11/2007 10:55 PM
BTW- watching the random views on the KAVE channels, Discovery has been towed thru a 180 and is heading to the barn.

Is this available online somewhere?

psloss · « **Reply #448 on:** 11/07/2007 09:18 pm »

FYI, just for the moment they are showing runway video on NTV...and oddly with audio from the post-landing conference...

(And it's gone again.)

Speedracer · « **Reply #449 on:** 11/07/2007 09:20 pm »

Was that live runway?

psloss · « **Reply #450 on:** 11/07/2007 09:21 pm »

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Speedracer - 7/11/2007 5:20 PM

Was that live runway?

Yeah; I wish they'd make more mistakes like that...my guess is that they're getting set up for the crew briefing...and as I speak the live video is back...they're turning off the runway now...

jmjawors · « **Reply #451 on:** 11/07/2007 09:25 pm »

Still showing it... I have a hard time believing they're towing Discovery that quickly.

(Going by super-fast)

Speedracer · « **Reply #452 on:** 11/07/2007 09:26 pm »

Weather might be coming in.

DaveS · « **Reply #453 on:** 11/07/2007 09:28 pm »

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Speedracer - 7/11/2007 11:26 PM

Weather might be coming in.

And now they seem to have come to quick stop jus twhen they cleared the runway.

psloss · « **Reply #454 on:** 11/07/2007 09:28 pm »

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jmjawors - 7/11/2007 5:25 PM

Still showing it... I have a hard time believing they're towing Discovery that quickly.

(Going by super-fast)

They're good, aren't they?

We're going to lose the sun here very soon...

ntschke · « **Reply #455 on:** 11/07/2007 09:28 pm »

Anyone heard when the crew news conference is gonna start? My wife is asking me to move a bunch of junk around the house but I told her I had to wait till that was over

Speedracer · « **Reply #456 on:** 11/07/2007 09:28 pm »

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DaveS - 7/11/2007 5:28 PM

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Speedracer - 7/11/2007 11:26 PM

Weather might be coming in.
And now they seem to have come to quick stop jus twhen they cleared the runway.

It looks like the camera froze or they lost the video stream temporarily.

Switched to VAB cam (I think) and it looks a bit blustery up there.

Jim · « **Reply #457 on:** 11/07/2007 09:29 pm »

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Lee Jay - 7/11/2007 4:19 PM

During the entry, PAO said Discovery was 85,000 pounds lighter than at liftoff. Obviously there was the Node and a bit of transfer (~40,000 pounds?), plus some OMS and RCS propellant, and of course cryo, but this number surprised me. Is that number correct, and if so, where did all of it go?

OMS prop is near 25k lbs

Endeavour118 · « **Reply #458 on:** 11/07/2007 09:31 pm »

when will the entry flight control ( my favorite) video replay

DaveS · « **Reply #459 on:** 11/07/2007 09:32 pm »

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ntschke - 7/11/2007 11:28 PM

Anyone heard when the crew news conference is gonna start? My wife is asking me to move a bunch of junk around the house but I told her I had to wait till that was over

Last we heard on NASA TV was that they're were targeting 6:30 pm EST but it might end up cancelled or delayed.