LIVE: STS-124 Flight Day 7 - JLM relocation / Flight Day 8 JEM RMS deployment

[joshcryer]

What'd he mean by "All that work for nothing?" Sorry if I don't get it.

[Launch Fan]

Miles was brilliant. Really good interview.

[adam]

Another nice shot of the arm with the Earth

[adam]

What'd he mean by "All that work for nothing?" Sorry if I don't get it.

I believe it's because they deliberately set up by the window for the Earth as a backdrop, but it was orbital night throughout the event so you couldn't see anything

[Chris Bergin]

What'd he mean by "All that work for nothing?" Sorry if I don't get it.

When they were setting up the location, they wanted to keep the window free, so that during the event the camera would pick up an orbital sunrise. But the event ended before it should have.

[joshcryer]

Ahh, that explains it, and it ties in the comment by Houston that, "that's a great spot for PAO events."

Cool, I saw Earth through that window just a second ago.

[rocketguy101]

Another nice shot of the arm with the Earth

The camera seems to move alot--anybody know why?

[adam]

Fossum's suit on the left, Garan's on the right (I think I have it the right way round  )

[NavySpaceFan]

Interviews on now!  What kind of hat is CDR Kelly wearing?  Looks Navy related.

Never mind, saw it on freeze frame on my TiVo.  It was a cover with "DISCOVERY" and "STS-124" and his naval aviator wings.  Sweet!!!!

[Jeff Lerner]

I know it's not intended for this use but could the Kibo airlock hold an astronaut in a emergency with an EVA suit ...looks quite large in the PAO event...

[Ronsmytheiii]

I know it's not intended for this use but could the Kibo airlock hold an astronaut in a emergency with an EVA suit ...looks quite large in the PAO event...

No, its too small.

[AnalogMan]

Fossum's suit on the left, Garan's on the right (I think I have it the right way round  )

I think it may be the other way round - Mike Fossum's suit has the red stripes, and I see one on the backpack of the right-hand suit.

[AnalogMan]

I know it's not intended for this use but could the Kibo airlock hold an astronaut in a emergency with an EVA suit ...looks quite large in the PAO event...

No, its too small.

Yep - will only transfer packages with a maximum size of 1.5 x 2.7 x 2.6 feet and maximum mass of 660lb.

[ShuttleDiscovery]

I know it's not intended for this use but could the Kibo airlock hold an astronaut in a emergency with an EVA suit ...looks quite large in the PAO event...

No, its too small.

I suppose if you had some super small, super flexible spacesuit you could fit in that airlock, as you can easily fit a human inside without a spacesuit if they curl up! 

[JayP]

I know it's not intended for this use but could the Kibo airlock hold an astronaut in a emergency with an EVA suit ...looks quite large in the PAO event...

No, its too small.

Yep - will only transfer packages with a maximum size of 1.5 x 2.7 x 2.6 feet and maximum mass of 660lb.

 And remember it also has the mechanism to open the outer door and the slide tray used to move packages out of the lock in there. They take up a lot of space.

[Ronsmytheiii]

go to open JPM hatch!

[DavidChapman]

The CGI walk through of EVA 3 was pretty impressive. The astronaut at the end of the arm will be in for quite a ride. I feel sorry for his colleague who has who traverse the structure on his own.

[Bubbinski]

There was a nice view of Discovery's cockpit windows and the JLP a few moments ago.  I'm not sure if it was from the JEM RMS camera, but it showed the SSRMS and the SRMS.

[Bubbinski]

 Here's a color shot of Discovery's nose and the truss.

[kneecaps]

The CGI walk through of EVA 3 was pretty impressive. The astronaut at the end of the arm will be in for quite a ride. I feel sorry for his colleague who has who traverse the structure on his own.

Where did you see it? I've been looking for an EVA 3 CGI walkthrough.