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#680
by
shuttlefan
on 29 Jan, 2008 11:58
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Chris Bergin - 29/1/2008 4:20 AM
Payload Bay Doors to be opened today for inspections on the radiator retract hose concern, noteed on Discovery.
(Writing it up).
I do believe Atlantis's hoses have been cleared for flight though, correct?
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#681
by
Chris Bergin
on 29 Jan, 2008 15:41
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#682
by
Chris Bergin
on 29 Jan, 2008 19:11
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Not good news as per L2. They've found a kink/bend in the stbd aft radiator retract hose.
Meetings taking place.
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#683
by
shuttlefan
on 29 Jan, 2008 20:05
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Chris Bergin - 29/1/2008 2:11 PM
Not good news as per L2. They've found a kink/bend in the stbd aft radiator retract hose.
Meetings taking place.
Could this POSSIBLY lead to a rollback? I stress the word 'possibly' because I'm not trying to jump to premature conclusions--just curious. Thanks.
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#684
by
Chris Bergin
on 29 Jan, 2008 20:11
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They are literally meeting over this. No idea what the outcome will be and don't want to speculate.
Let's see how this pans out. We'll certainly know much better by the time the SOMD FRR meets tomorrow morning.
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#685
by
trlstyle
on 29 Jan, 2008 20:19
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Oh man, can't our poor girl catch a break? :frown:
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#686
by
spaceshuttle
on 29 Jan, 2008 21:53
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trlstyle - 29/1/2008 3:19 PM
Oh man, can't our poor girl catch a break? :frown:
This is Atlantis we're discussing. She doesn't get breaks.
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#687
by
psloss
on 29 Jan, 2008 22:53
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It's permissible to wait and see what the SSP decides to do.
And FWIW, this isn't just an Atlantis problem, as Chris noted in his story and in the thread (before the check was done on OV-104).
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#688
by
Cosmos27
on 29 Jan, 2008 23:42
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Lets keep postive and our fingers crossed for no further delays to this mission!
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#689
by
Chris Bergin
on 30 Jan, 2008 11:25
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Actually, it might help in this case, as it's still being evaluated.
Doesn't look like they can R&R at the pad, so it'll come down to flying as is or rollback and destack. Lots and lots of memo traffic on this, so I will round up when we know a current position from this morning's meetings.
Appears to be "more likely" that they'll fly as is, compared to R&R, based on my assumption at least.
Everyone keep your fingers crossed for fly as is (yes, even you Rob)
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#690
by
Justin Space
on 30 Jan, 2008 11:25
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Amazing that it hasn't happened before, is found on Discovery and then Atlantis at the same time.
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#691
by
psloss
on 30 Jan, 2008 13:11
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Justin Space - 30/1/2008 7:25 AM
Amazing that it hasn't happened before, is found on Discovery and then Atlantis at the same time.
It's quite possible that it has "happened before," but wasn't detected. (From the sound of it, it is not an easy condition to see, particularly since the door needs to be closed or mostly closed.)
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#692
by
rdale
on 30 Jan, 2008 13:56
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Chris Bergin - 30/1/2008 7:25 AM
Everyone keep your fingers crossed for fly as is (yes, even you Rob)
I will reverse-cross them and we'll see how that impacts things :bleh:
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#693
by
Chris Bergin
on 30 Jan, 2008 15:25
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Just to update:
It's been called the "mega bend on aft stbd freon loop hose" on the memos flying around the managers etc. We have a hi res photo of it and I'll include that into the next article.
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#694
by
DaveS
on 30 Jan, 2008 15:33
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Chris Bergin - 30/1/2008 5:25 PM
Just to update:
It's been called the "mega bend on aft stbd freon loop hose" on the memos flying around the managers etc. We have a hi res photo of it and I'll include that into the next article.
Actually that's supposed to be omega(O) after its appearance.
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#695
by
STS Tony
on 30 Jan, 2008 15:40
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DaveS - 30/1/2008 10:33 AM
Chris Bergin - 30/1/2008 5:25 PM
Just to update:
It's been called the "mega bend on aft stbd freon loop hose" on the memos flying around the managers etc. We have a hi res photo of it and I'll include that into the next article.
Actually that's supposed to be omega(O) after its appearance.
Mega means large. Omega is the shape. I think you got a translation wrong.
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#696
by
mkirk
on 30 Jan, 2008 16:54
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STS Tony - 30/1/2008 10:40 AM
DaveS - 30/1/2008 10:33 AM
Chris Bergin - 30/1/2008 5:25 PM
Just to update:
It's been called the "mega bend on aft stbd freon loop hose" on the memos flying around the managers etc. We have a hi res photo of it and I'll include that into the next article.
Actually that's supposed to be omega(O) after its appearance.
Mega means large. Omega is the shape. I think you got a translation wrong.
Actually in the original MOD email sent out, I think he was just trying to be clever by making a play on the words.
It is a big bend- for a part that is supposed to be straight after retract - and yes it does have an "S curve" shape in it now.
Mark Kirkman
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#697
by
psloss
on 30 Jan, 2008 16:55
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STS Tony - 30/1/2008 11:40 AM
DaveS - 30/1/2008 10:33 AM
Actually that's supposed to be omega(O) after its appearance.
Mega means large. Omega is the shape. I think you got a translation wrong.
Never question Dave.
Actually both adjectives work -- it's a "mega" bend, but look at the shape of the the bend in picture (and the caption) that Chris put in
his article -- which I believe is from OV-103.
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#698
by
Chris Bergin
on 30 Jan, 2008 17:45
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Yes, Discovery.
Here's a better image, screenshot from the STS-122 FRR (Main) Overview presentation. Pages 162 through 174 for those on L2.
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#699
by
DaveS
on 30 Jan, 2008 19:07
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Seems like the post-FRR briefing will be a bit late.
