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#140 by Ford Mustang on 14 Nov, 2007 02:15
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#141 by Endeavour118 on 14 Nov, 2007 02:31
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when will the crew arrive for TCDT?
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#142 by Endeavour118 on 14 Nov, 2007 02:31
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when will the crew arrive for TCDT?
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#143 by nathan.moeller on 14 Nov, 2007 02:46
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And I see we have the Diller/Navias duo returning for launch/ascent PAO coverage
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#144 by nathan.moeller on 14 Nov, 2007 02:47
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when will the crew arrive for TCDT?
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#145 by rdale on 14 Nov, 2007 03:28
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Don't forget - the NASA TV schedule is your friend...
November 19, Monday
10:30 a.m. - Replay of STS-122 Crew TCDT Q&A - HQ (Public and Media Channels ) -
#146 by jok on 14 Nov, 2007 07:44
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Endeavour118 - 13/11/2007 9:31 PM
when will the crew arrive for TCDT?
17. November
"* Nov. 17 - STS-122 Crew Arrival: The crew will arrive at 9 p.m. at
the Shuttle Landing Facility and make a statement. The arrival will
not be broadcast live but will be part of the NASA TV Video File.
* Nov. 19 - STS-122 Crew Media Q&A: The crew will take media questions
at Launch Pad 39A at 9:35 a.m. The session will be carried on a delay
on NASA TV.
* Nov. 20 - STS-122 Crew Walkout Photo Opportunity: The astronauts
will depart from the Operations and Checkout Building at 7:45 a.m. in
their flight entry suits in preparation for the countdown
demonstration test at the launch pad. The walkout will not be
broadcast live but will be part of the NASA TV Video File.
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#147 by Chris Bergin on 14 Nov, 2007 07:53
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FRR article 1:
STS-122's FRR - Atlantis flight to debut newly improved boosters
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#148 by DaveS on 14 Nov, 2007 10:51
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Seems like S0024 is in work as planned judging by these SCAPE techs that are walking around on the 0 Level of the MLP:
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#149 by MKremer on 14 Nov, 2007 10:59
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Yup, noticed that, too.
(was going to be silly and wonder if the crew was anxious to get a head start on their EVAs, but decided not to
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#150 by Chris Bergin on 15 Nov, 2007 21:56
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Problem with a FRCS valve. Will be discussed tomorrow on either flight rationale or rollback and destack. Don't panic, they may get flight rationale pushed through. Meetings tomrrow will decided. We're monitoring on L2.
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#151 by on 15 Nov, 2007 22:05
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Chris Bergin - 15/11/2007 4:56 PM Problem with a FRCS valve. Will be discussed tomorrow on either flight rationale or rollback and destack. Don't panic, they may get flight rationale pushed through. Meetings tomrrow will decided. We're monitoring on L2.
Do you know what the problem with the FRCS valve is? Is it a major problem?
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#152 by MKremer on 15 Nov, 2007 22:22
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Specific details may have to be restricted to L2 for now.
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#153 by rdale on 15 Nov, 2007 22:44
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Do you know what the problem with the FRCS valve is? Is it a major problem?
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#154 by psloss on 15 Nov, 2007 22:47
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The first briefing tomorrow at 9 am Eastern is the program overviews, so we might get some idea of how big a problem this is by whether it is mentioned then.
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#155 by Namechange User on 16 Nov, 2007 02:03
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I'm going to OPO to discuss flight rationale in the afternoon. We'll see how it goes. I'm fairly confident.
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#156 by psloss on 16 Nov, 2007 13:49
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Robert Pearlman (CollectSpace) just asked Wayne Hale about this issue during the program overview briefing. Wayne said (I'm paraphrasing) that he doesn't think this will be a launch constraint.
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#157 by Chris Bergin on 16 Nov, 2007 13:57
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Damn, totally missed it. Glad Robert asked, as I assume no one else did?!
Will wait for the John 44, but that's a good spread. I'll write up some of the documentation so we've all got the bases covered.
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#158 by psloss on 16 Nov, 2007 14:22
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Interesting...Irene Klotz asked about the "point of no return" for the shuttle program in terms of reversing the policy of ending shuttle after FY 2010. Wayne Hale said something along the lines of he thought the "line in the sand" would be next summer (or thereabouts) when they retire or have to move the ET tooling at Michoud out to start Constellation work there. (Hope I got close on that...I already want to go back and listen to that again.)
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#159 by rdale on 16 Nov, 2007 15:24
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psloss - that's correct. It's not a complete point of no return, but the expense to take the Ares tooling out then reinstall the shuttle-specific stuff would make it unviable.
And to add on to Wayne's answer about the valve - he said that there are enough redundant / reliable other pieces in the process, and they haven't had an issue in the "other" parts in the past, so that's why he is not worried about it being a constraint.
They are doing electrical testing (thanks L2 for the advance notice :> ) and if it is electrical it can be fixed in the next few days, otherwise they'll just launch as-is.
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