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#200
by
Ronsmytheiii
on 11 May, 2009 17:14
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Have to love those engines
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#201
by
robertross
on 11 May, 2009 17:16
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Have to love those engines
You said it!
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#202
by
nathan.moeller
on 11 May, 2009 17:17
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HST will be almost directly over KSC at the time of lift off.
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#203
by
Ronsmytheiii
on 11 May, 2009 17:21
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all constraints cleared
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#204
by
rdale
on 11 May, 2009 17:21
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Medical request for person down at the press site, possibly heat related, next to the clock.
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#205
by
nathan.moeller
on 11 May, 2009 17:21
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Thirty-two minutes left in the built-in hold. Still green weather wise.
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#206
by
ChrisGebhardt
on 11 May, 2009 17:22
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LH2 umbilical ice is now violating LCC ICE-001.
I assume that the go/no go decision will be made during the T-9:00 hold. What can be done to mitigate this problem, if that is judged necessary? I presume that you can't just send some poor fool up there with a hammer and chisel. 
Go/no go decision will be made approximately 16-minutes before T-0.
And I don't believe there are an mitigation tactics they can use for ice. If it were deemed unacceptable for flight I believe they would have to scrub.
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#207
by
nathan.moeller
on 11 May, 2009 17:22
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Ice team finishing inspection.
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#208
by
Ronsmytheiii
on 11 May, 2009 17:22
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#209
by
stockman
on 11 May, 2009 17:22
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Not to interfere with the count, but what is that discolouration on the one engine bell? Is that frost or anything of importance?
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#210
by
nathan.moeller
on 11 May, 2009 17:23
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Not to interfere with the count, but what is that discolouration on the one engine bell? Is that frost or anything of importance?
Sunlight. You can see it on either side of the bell and the shadow of the tail in between, as the sun is almost directly overhead.
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#211
by
Chris Bergin
on 11 May, 2009 17:23
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The ice should not be a problem, providing it's not showing signs of growth. OPO and DAT making the call in five minutes.
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#212
by
DansSLK
on 11 May, 2009 17:24
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Its sunlight
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#213
by
AstroRJY
on 11 May, 2009 17:24
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Hatch closed and latched for flight at this time, doing cabin leak check
That 042 is a great view looking up. Always baffles me why we see 001, 034, 042 and others during the countdown but never during launch and never on the loop of launch replays. Wish they'd show more!
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#214
by
nathan.moeller
on 11 May, 2009 17:25
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Final launch window determination in work.
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#215
by
Chris Bergin
on 11 May, 2009 17:26
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18:01:56 ZULU is the prefered launch time.
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#216
by
nathan.moeller
on 11 May, 2009 17:26
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No changes to LOX drainback.
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#217
by
nathan.moeller
on 11 May, 2009 17:26
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5:00:00 is LOX drainback time barring any issues.
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#218
by
psloss
on 11 May, 2009 17:27
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NTD announcing no changes to the window and LOX drainback hold times; as planned, targeting preferred T-0.
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#219
by
Ronsmytheiii
on 11 May, 2009 17:28
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inspection team on the way:
