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#420
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dsmillman
on 23 Jun, 2011 15:18
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Sorry if this has been asked/discussed before. I've read through a lot but can anyone tell me why it's only a four person crew this time?
Since there is no rescue shuttle for STS-135, the crew had to be limited to the number of people that could be brought down in Soyuz's in less than a year. This number worked out to four.
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#421
by
ChrisGebhardt
on 23 Jun, 2011 16:47
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Sorry if this has been asked/discussed before. I've read through a lot but can anyone tell me why it's only a four person crew this time?
Since there is no rescue shuttle for STS-135, the crew had to be limited to the number of people that could be brought down in Soyuz's in less than a year. This number worked out to four.
Full explanations can be found on the primary news portion of our site:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/
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#422
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Chris Bergin
on 23 Jun, 2011 22:13
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#423
by
Paul Howard
on 24 Jun, 2011 02:25
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#424
by
Lee Jay
on 24 Jun, 2011 02:37
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#425
by
Lee Jay
on 24 Jun, 2011 02:38
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Pad Flow update via L2, and more on the ET camera which will film ET-138's destruction:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/06/sts-135-atlantis-tcdt-external-tank-death-camera-ready/
Thanks for keeping us up to date with the flow even when there aren't problems! I don't have L2, wish I did and will at some point, as I hear it's amazing, but even without L2, this is still the best site for space flight by miles.
Might want to think about sooner rather than later, since this is your last chance to see L2 during a Shuttle mission.
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#426
by
TerryNaylor
on 24 Jun, 2011 02:47
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Pad Flow update via L2, and more on the ET camera which will film ET-138's destruction:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/06/sts-135-atlantis-tcdt-external-tank-death-camera-ready/
Thanks for keeping us up to date with the flow even when there aren't problems! I don't have L2, wish I did and will at some point, as I hear it's amazing, but even without L2, this is still the best site for space flight by miles.
Might want to think about sooner rather than later, since this is your last chance to see L2 during a Shuttle mission.
Very true, although I think L2's secret strength is the new vehicles. No other site comes close to touching this site for things like SLS and so on. Some sites are going to completely run out of things to write about after STS-135. Thankfully this one's probably going to grow even more, even after the last orbiter is sent to her retirement home.
Truly awesome site, from top to bottom. Not sure what it'd be like without here.
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#427
by
Albireo
on 24 Jun, 2011 06:14
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Pad Flow update via L2, and more on the ET camera which will film ET-138's destruction:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/06/sts-135-atlantis-tcdt-external-tank-death-camera-ready/
Thanks for keeping us up to date with the flow even when there aren't problems! I don't have L2, wish I did and will at some point, as I hear it's amazing, but even without L2, this is still the best site for space flight by miles.
Might want to think about sooner rather than later, since this is your last chance to see L2 during a Shuttle mission.
Very true, although I think L2's secret strength is the new vehicles. No other site comes close to touching this site for things like SLS and so on. Some sites are going to completely run out of things to write about after STS-135. Thankfully this one's probably going to grow even more, even after the last orbiter is sent to her retirement home.
Truly awesome site, from top to bottom. Not sure what it'd be like without here.
I can totally agree - I recently signed up for 2 months, especially for the coverage of STS-135, but now as I see the tons of information, I already decided to sign up again
Concentrating on STS-135 for now, and afterwards diving into all the other fascinating topics...
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#428
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Chris Bergin
on 24 Jun, 2011 12:53
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Appreciate the above
On STS-135, I'll write up the FRR content on the MFV....
Per L2 NTD info this morning, MFV retest is scheduled for this weekend and will include SSME 3 FRT on Saturday and He Signature test on Sunday.
No new IPRs of note, Atlantis behaving like a good girl on 39A. Let's just hope she's not cooking up a surprise
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#429
by
LoveMrEd
on 24 Jun, 2011 15:46
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Pad Flow update via L2, and more on the ET camera which will film ET-138's destruction:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/06/sts-135-atlantis-tcdt-external-tank-death-camera-ready/
Thanks for keeping us up to date with the flow even when there aren't problems! I don't have L2, wish I did and will at some point, as I hear it's amazing, but even without L2, this is still the best site for space flight by miles.
Your compliments and flattery are appreciated, I'm sure--but if you want to ensure that they can keep doing the good work of updating and maintaining information---VOTE WITH YOUR POCKETBOOK and get an L2 subscription. It's only $20 USD to try it. Even if you don't appreciate the expanded content, it's a worthy donation to the cause!
Think about how sad you'd be if you came along one day, and got a message that the site had been closed.
You've surely spent $20 bucks on less worthy 'endeavour's, I know I have!
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#430
by
Chris Bergin
on 25 Jun, 2011 19:09
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#431
by
racshot65
on 25 Jun, 2011 19:47
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This part is brilliant...
While the owner of the ring may have received an ear-bashing from his wife, the engineer can look forward to proudly announcing he was reunited with the space flown ring by Atlantis when she returns to her Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF)… providing she doesn’t take the opportunity to propose to another vehicle whilst on orbit.
I'm already seeing it tweeted around
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#432
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Chris Bergin
on 25 Jun, 2011 20:08
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Thanks! Wasn't sure how that'd go down in a technical article
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#433
by
vortec42
on 25 Jun, 2011 20:37
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How is there a picture of it if the ring is lost?
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#434
by
Space Pete
on 25 Jun, 2011 20:42
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How is there a picture of it if the ring is lost?
Maybe it's his wife's ring in the photo?
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#435
by
Chris Bergin
on 25 Jun, 2011 20:53
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How is there a picture of it if the ring is lost?
It's an example of what it looks like.
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#436
by
steveS
on 25 Jun, 2011 23:33
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Any particular reason why Leonardo has flown more missions (8 with PMM mission) than Raffaello (3 without STS-135)? Raffaello had been grounded after STS-114 in July 2005 while Leonardo since then have flown all MPLM missions.
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#437
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ChrisGebhardt
on 25 Jun, 2011 23:37
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Any particular reason why Leonardo has flown more missions (8 with PMM mission) than Raffaello (3 without STS-135)? Raffaello had been grounded after STS-114 in July 2005 while Leonardo since then have flown all MPLM missions.
Not sure there was any reason other than it was cheaper to focus only on flying one MPLM for the remainder of the Program after STS-114 - something that became impossible with the decision to leave an MPLM permanently on ISS on STS-133 and fly STS-135.
Money is also the reason why MPLM Donatello was never completed and flown. It became cheaper to not completely finish it and just tailor the MPLM cargo to those elements capable of being flown up and back on Leonardo and Raffaello.
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#438
by
Space Pete
on 25 Jun, 2011 23:39
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Any particular reason why Leonardo has flown more missions (8 with PMM mission) than Raffaello (3 without STS-135)? Raffaello had been grounded after STS-114 in July 2005 while Leonardo since then have flown all MPLM missions.
Not sure there was any reason other than it was cheaper to focus only on flying one MPLM for the remainder of the Program after STS-114 - something that became impossible with the decision to leave an MPLM permanently on ISS on STS-133 and fly STS-135.
Money is also the reason why MPLM Donatello was never completed and flown. It became cheaper to not completely finish it and just tailor the MPLM cargo to those elements capable of being flown up and back on Leonardo and Raffaello.
Also interesting to note: Raffaello was the RTF payload after Columbia, and will now become the final Shuttle payload - full circle.
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#439
by
Jason Davies
on 26 Jun, 2011 03:18
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Concentrating on STS-135 for now, and afterwards diving into all the other fascinating topics...
