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#40
by
Jim
on 24 Sep, 2010 16:47
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Jim,
I am working the mission. Can you get me a patch?
Thanks,
You can get it easier than me. ULA/5th SLS have patch reps
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#41
by
TheFallen
on 24 Sep, 2010 19:36
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Gas venting from the Delta IV
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#42
by
dave k
on 25 Sep, 2010 11:56
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Looks like the payload is close to being installed as the top door is open
Not quite right there! The payloads are hoisted through a hoistway at the back of the MST, not the front. The front panels are just a weather protection for the fairing. The attached photo shows GOES-O being readied for hoisting at SLC-37B.
My guess is that they're getting geared up for the standard WDR that precedes PL installation.
What is WDR?
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#43
by
DaveS
on 25 Sep, 2010 12:05
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Looks like the payload is close to being installed as the top door is open
Not quite right there! The payloads are hoisted through a hoistway at the back of the MST, not the front. The front panels are just a weather protection for the fairing. The attached photo shows GOES-O being readied for hoisting at SLC-37B.
My guess is that they're getting geared up for the standard WDR that precedes PL installation.
What is WDR?
Wet Dress-Rehearsal, or "tanking test".
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#44
by
faustod
on 29 Sep, 2010 19:36
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#45
by
Targeteer
on 29 Sep, 2010 23:33
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#46
by
Halidon
on 30 Sep, 2010 01:21
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So, STS-133, NROL-32, and COTS-1 potentially all in a week?
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#47
by
edkyle99
on 30 Sep, 2010 14:20
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So, STS-133, NROL-32, and COTS-1 potentially all in a week?
So now is the time to book your tickets for the Trifecta 
Keeping in mind that if there was, say, a 70% chance that any one of these will go off on time, there is only about a 34% chance that all three will happen as currently planned, and only about a 49% chance that at least two will happen.
- Ed Kyle
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#48
by
ugordan
on 30 Sep, 2010 15:12
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And even that 70% is probably generous.
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#49
by
kevin-rf
on 30 Sep, 2010 15:13
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Better odds than predicting a Trifecta in horse racing
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#50
by
KSC Engineer
on 06 Oct, 2010 00:43
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Better odds than predicting a Trifecta in horse racing
And of all the rockets about to go up - I'd place more money on the shuttle going up per its current schedule than any other rocket - to which I find fascinating given it is the rocket we are about to cancel. We've worked all the kinks out and have hit most of the launch dates right on the money lately - yet in three more flights its over. Still shaking my head on this one but I'll get over it soon as reality is setting in quickly.
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#51
by
Antares
on 07 Oct, 2010 05:10
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Launching any other rocket takes a fraction of the people needed to launch a Shuttle.
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#52
by
Lobo
on 07 Oct, 2010 05:34
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THis website says the D4H launch no sooner than Nov. 4th.
What are the odds it goes up on the 4th?
I'm flying down to Florida on Oct 31st for the Shuttle launch, and the plan was to come back on Nov 5th, but that'd be awesome to see a D4H launch too.
If it launched on Nov 4th, I could do it, if it was on the 5th, I'd miss it.
What say you guys?
Also, where do you even go to view a D4H launch? What area? Is there public viewing?
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#53
by
kevin-rf
on 07 Oct, 2010 12:10
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THis website says the D4H launch no sooner than Nov. 4th.
What are the odds it goes up on the 4th?
I'm flying down to Florida on Oct 31st for the Shuttle launch, and the plan was to come back on Nov 5th, but that'd be awesome to see a D4H launch too.
If it launched on Nov 4th, I could do it, if it was on the 5th, I'd miss it.
What say you guys?
Also, where do you even go to view a D4H launch? What area? Is there public viewing?
Just call in sick to work and say the florida lawn dog's ate your return ticket
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#54
by
Lobo
on 07 Oct, 2010 15:47
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THis website says the D4H launch no sooner than Nov. 4th.
What are the odds it goes up on the 4th?
I'm flying down to Florida on Oct 31st for the Shuttle launch, and the plan was to come back on Nov 5th, but that'd be awesome to see a D4H launch too.
If it launched on Nov 4th, I could do it, if it was on the 5th, I'd miss it.
What say you guys?
Also, where do you even go to view a D4H launch? What area? Is there public viewing?
Just call in sick to work and say the florida lawn dog's ate your return ticket
Heheheheh
Actually, it's not my work since I wouldn't be going back to work until the following monday, Nov. 8th. It's getting another day down there from my wife, who's already not exactly excited about how long I'm planning to be there already. but I was trying to maximize my chances of seeing STS-133, so wanted some extra days incase of a weather scrub or two.
I don't have my plane ticket yet, so theorectically, I could stay until Saturday...if my wife doesn't kill me.
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#55
by
Rocket Guy
on 07 Oct, 2010 16:17
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The launch is the night of the 5th, earliest.
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#56
by
Lobo
on 07 Oct, 2010 17:46
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The launch is the night of the 5th, earliest.
Chances of it actually flying on the 5th at this point?
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#57
by
Rocket Guy
on 07 Oct, 2010 17:55
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What say you guys?
Also, where do you even go to view a D4H launch? What area? Is there public viewing?
Port Canaveral for a night launch.
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#58
by
Lobo
on 07 Oct, 2010 18:56
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What say you guys?
Also, where do you even go to view a D4H launch? What area? Is there public viewing?
Port Canaveral for a night launch.
What are the odds of it actually going up on Nov 5th? (not counting a weather scrub?)
How cool would a Delta 4 heavy launch be to see? Is it worth fighting with the wife to add 1 day to my trip down there, so I fly back on Nov 6th instead of 5th? I know she won't like it, but I might be able to do it if there's a good chance it -will- launch on Nov 5th and no later (barring a weather issue) and that it will be really worth seeing.
The Delta 4 HEavy is the largers US rocket after the Shuttle, so seems like it'd be pretty cool...but...?
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#59
by
kevin-rf
on 07 Oct, 2010 19:02
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Nah, just book the return ticket for the 15th, not the 5th and look clueless when confronted ... saying I could have sworn it was for the 5th.
