Author Topic: LIVE: STS-124: Launch Day / Flight Day 1 - May 31 (Read 159563 times)

nathan.moeller · « **Reply #620 on:** 05/31/2008 10:42 pm »

Griffin saying some pretty nice words about the teams working on the shuttle ops.

Justin Space · « **Reply #621 on:** 05/31/2008 10:42 pm »

Mark Kirkman with a decent question

elmarko · « **Reply #622 on:** 05/31/2008 10:42 pm »

Wonderful human-interest question from the guy from The Guardian, and I seriously laughed at Mike's first sentence in his answer. And then he followed up with a great speech.

And guys, seriously, I know you don't like the foam questions, but there HAS to be a distinction made between people "stirring it" and people who just want clarification. Do not tar everyone with the same brush.

nathan.moeller · « **Reply #623 on:** 05/31/2008 10:43 pm »

Leroy clarifying that the gimbal is an instrumentation issue, in all likelihood.

nathan.moeller · « **Reply #624 on:** 05/31/2008 10:43 pm »

SARJ question. Gerts saying it's no impact to the modules right now.

Austin · « **Reply #625 on:** 05/31/2008 10:44 pm »

Quote from: nathan.moeller on 05/31/2008 10:39 pm

Happens on every mission. Most reporters want the bad. It'll happen until the end of the shuttle program.

Righto. Just get tired of hearing it...can only imagine how the MMT feels.

ntschke · « **Reply #626 on:** 05/31/2008 10:44 pm »

Another post deleted James??

nathan.moeller · « **Reply #627 on:** 05/31/2008 10:45 pm »

Question from a Japanese reporter wanting to know about the difficulty of some of the operations. Gerst discussing the difficulty of EVA-1 and the tasks involved.

nathan.moeller · « **Reply #628 on:** 05/31/2008 10:47 pm »

Another Japanese reporter. Asking about the flight schedule with the delays of some of the flights and cargo missions after 2010. And Griff steps up to the plate...

nathan.moeller · « **Reply #629 on:** 05/31/2008 10:48 pm »

Griff discussing their accomplishment of flying 4.5 times a year for the past 27 years and saying if they continue at that rate, it should be no problem. Gerst is up...

nathan.moeller · « **Reply #630 on:** 05/31/2008 10:49 pm »

Gerst talking about the ATV and commercial procurement from NASA to get cargo to ISS and keep the crew size at six with no issue.

nathan.moeller · « **Reply #631 on:** 05/31/2008 10:50 pm »

Todd Halberson asking about the commercial cargo carrying options and the Soyuz access to ISS and whether or not Griff is concerned.

psloss · « **Reply #632 on:** 05/31/2008 10:51 pm »

Quote from: nathan.moeller on 05/31/2008 10:38 pm

Jay Barbree asking about the Shuttle-to-Constellation gap. Griff basically saying what most know...the longer we fly shuttly, the longer we have to wait for Constellation.

Actually, I thought his answer to one of the embedded questions was good to underscore; he basically said that even a large amount of additional money wouldn't accelerate the Orion/Ares 1 timeline much at all.

nathan.moeller · « **Reply #633 on:** 05/31/2008 10:52 pm »

Griff said he is concerned but he's confident in the cargo situation. Hopes for commercial transportation eventually and has confidence in the situation, but not before 2014, most likely. Not about transport though, hard to qualify vehicles.

nathan.moeller · « **Reply #634 on:** 05/31/2008 10:54 pm »

Halberson asking about the CRV that was cancelled and whether or not Griff thinks it was a mistake to cancel it. Griff not speculating and saying he's (Griff) not smart enough to have an opinion about it since he wasn't involved.

nathan.moeller · « **Reply #635 on:** 05/31/2008 10:54 pm »

Harwood wanting to know about the tank timeline. Gerst saying to wait until July when the next tank arrives to see where they stand. All the vehicles have to be considered.

nathan.moeller · « **Reply #636 on:** 05/31/2008 10:59 pm »

Another Japanese reporter. Wanting to know if our guys feel that this is a milestone like Hoshide said. LOL! Griff - I'm not used to getting a Ph.D exam from the press (or something like that). But yes, he does feel that way.

FlyinBob · « **Reply #637 on:** 05/31/2008 10:59 pm »

Quote from: nathan.moeller on 05/31/2008 10:56 pm

Japanese reporter asking a question in Japanese...I've got nothing

That was Fox reporter being polite and asking the JAXA head about the significance of the launch.

robertross · « **Reply #638 on:** 05/31/2008 11:00 pm »

They said science experiments on Kibo should start in August.

nathan.moeller · « **Reply #639 on:** 05/31/2008 11:01 pm »

Guy from Aviation Week wanting to know if the U.S. racks will be under-utilized with the additions of Columbus and Kibo. Griff says no. It took a lot of utilization planning in the past to make sure the space station will be fully utilized.