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#260
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Chris Bergin
on 26 May, 2010 14:20
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Piers managed to get out of the boot of the space lorry
Bloody Colbert
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#261
by
Ronsmytheiii
on 26 May, 2010 14:20
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#262
by
Chris Bergin
on 26 May, 2010 14:23
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Fair play to Lori Garver being there. Wonder if she'll do the presser.
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#263
by
Ronsmytheiii
on 26 May, 2010 14:24
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crw taking photos in front of Atlantis
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#264
by
Ronsmytheiii
on 26 May, 2010 14:25
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crew giving a few words, and crew pictures
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#265
by
Chris Bergin
on 26 May, 2010 14:26
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"We launched and landed exactly on time. Atlantis is an incredible ship, she was perfect. We brought her back safe and in one peice."
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#266
by
psloss
on 26 May, 2010 14:26
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crw taking photos in front of Atlantis
With Mike Sarafin...I know he is there, but that might be Emily Nelson with them, too. (Looks like her.)
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#267
by
Ronsmytheiii
on 26 May, 2010 14:27
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And they are heading back to the O&C building
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#268
by
psloss
on 26 May, 2010 14:28
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George Diller signing off landing coverage. Expecting the crew news conference around 1:30 - 2 pm...perhaps we will see a little bit of the post-landing tow in and around the other programming. Post-landing briefing coming up, but also the Entry Flight Control Team video and the ~60 min Mission Highlights between now and then.
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#269
by
joseamatos
on 26 May, 2010 14:29
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Farewell Atlantis...
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#270
by
psloss
on 26 May, 2010 14:55
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Post landing news conference coming up.
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#271
by
NavySpaceFan
on 26 May, 2010 14:56
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Thanks to everyone for the great coverage! Despite being stuck in bed fighting off the flu, I still caught Captain Ham's smooth landing (3 wire yet again!). Can't wait for the Max-Q video!
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#272
by
Chris Bergin
on 26 May, 2010 15:00
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Will be a long presser, so will only note the interesting stuff.
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#273
by
psloss
on 26 May, 2010 15:12
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Briefing started. Mr. Gerstenmaier and the two Mikes (Mr. Moses and Mr. Leinbach).
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#274
by
Chris Bergin
on 26 May, 2010 15:13
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No Lori Garver again.
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#275
by
psloss
on 26 May, 2010 15:16
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No Lori Garver again.
I believe the briefing participants were in a press release. Mr. Bolden has not participated in these even though attending landings.
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#276
by
psloss
on 26 May, 2010 15:18
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Couple of mentions of a protruding gap filler seen in the runway inspections. Didn't catch where on the vehicle, but said it wasn't a large protrusion.
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#277
by
Chris Bergin
on 26 May, 2010 15:19
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Gerst: It looked easy on the outside, but behind the scenes it was very intense work. Vehicle on the runway looks really clean, as clean as I've seen. Gap filler popped out. Praises the Russians for MRM-1. Hats off to the teams.
Mike M: Really was an amazing mission. It's become rhetoric that we keep saying clean vehicles, but it's how progression has come since Columbia and with the tanks. Marshall Prop are unsung heroes. Gap filler is an unintentional BLT DTO!
The entire life of Atlantis has been amazing. Very proud of Atlantis and the teams.
Mike L: Vehicle looks really good. Towing in the next three or four hours and start STS-335 processing. We'll see where that takes us over the next few months.
Always amazed at seeing an orbiter at the runway. Amazing machine and a testiment to America. I'm going to hate to see that go away, Atlantis is beautiful.
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#278
by
Chris Bergin
on 26 May, 2010 15:24
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Italian reporter on creating a shuttle with an escape pod (ok then!)
Mike M:
Comes down to the budget. You could retrofit a shuttle, but it would take a significant chunk of payload capability. They are 30 years old, but they aren't old. We just don't have the budget to modify them.
And he repeats his question
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#279
by
psloss
on 26 May, 2010 15:25
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Italian reporter on creating a shuttle with an escape pod (ok then!)
Mike M:
Comes down to the budget. You could retrofit a shuttle, but it would take a significant chunk of payload capability. They are 30 years old, but they aren't old. We just don't have the budget to modify them.
And he repeats his question
Been covered in threads here more than once.
