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#100
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mtakala24
on 22 Dec, 2011 16:45
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No, it cannot; what you saw in the Discovery "media day" photos are physical screen covers designed to show the type of data the screens display.
Oh, I didn't know that. Now, lets see how many news agencies published photos of them titled "here we have the nice displays the astronauts saw during missions" when actual displays were covered by the covers.
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#101
by
brettreds2k
on 22 Dec, 2011 18:02
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Yesterday, techs removed Atlantis' airlock from the payload bay. The airlock is set to be transferred temporarily to Kennedy's Space Station Processing Facility today.
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#102
by
Ronsmytheiii
on 22 Dec, 2011 19:55
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#103
by
Ronsmytheiii
on 22 Dec, 2011 19:56
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Also, last views of the cockpit powered up
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#104
by
brettreds2k
on 22 Dec, 2011 19:59
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Its amazing how scratched up and chipped up the HUD system is, when you blow up the pics that is pretty obvious and all the screens are so swirled up, etc... I didnt realize how aged all the equipment looks in the cockpits until they started getting posted up on the KSC Gallery, Alot of the painted panels seem worn, etc to in there, Expected everything even though so old would be kept in mint shape
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#105
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DaveS
on 22 Dec, 2011 20:01
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Also, last views of the cockpit powered up
2011-8367 is actually after the power-down. The "active" MDUs are are just printed out screenshots of the actual displays.
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#106
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shuttlefan
on 22 Dec, 2011 22:49
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Also, last views of the cockpit powered up
2011-8367 is actually after the power-down. The "active" MDUs are are just printed out screenshots of the actual displays.
So the Atlantis was indeed powered down for the final time today, was it?
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#107
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Jorge
on 23 Dec, 2011 02:23
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Its amazing how scratched up and chipped up the HUD system is, when you blow up the pics that is pretty obvious and all the screens are so swirled up, etc... I didnt realize how aged all the equipment looks in the cockpits until they started getting posted up on the KSC Gallery, Alot of the painted panels seem worn, etc to in there, Expected everything even though so old would be kept in mint shape
Cosmetic damage is not worth repairing.
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#108
by
Chris Bergin
on 23 Dec, 2011 02:40
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#109
by
Stardust9906
on 23 Dec, 2011 13:51
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Thanks for the article, great job. I think it’s really important to commemorate what’s going on with the orbiters right now.
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#110
by
DavisSTS
on 24 Dec, 2011 09:11
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#111
by
scott6428
on 24 Dec, 2011 14:57
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I see that they are calling for a summer 2013 for a grand opening of Atlantis display center, will she be displayed temporarily elsewhere at KSC? Seems that based on what I've read Atlantis will be ready before her building is.
Thanks,
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#112
by
collectSPACE
on 24 Dec, 2011 15:31
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Atlantis will be moved into its new display building between late 2012 and early 2013 (the Visitor Complex is targeting November 2012 but NASA had planned the move for February 2013). Essentially, the building's fourth wall will be left open until Atlantis is inside, and then erected to enclose the orbiter inside.
The building is scheduled to open to visitors in July 2013.
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#113
by
gordo
on 24 Dec, 2011 20:47
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I guess with Atlantis she does not need her doors fully closed and latched to be driven up the road and then re opened, but Discovery and Endeavour are flying one final time?
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#114
by
psloss
on 24 Dec, 2011 21:14
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I guess with Atlantis she does not need her doors fully closed and latched to be driven up the road and then re opened, but Discovery and Endeavour are flying one final time?
No, as
Robert wrote:
According to NASA PAO, the doors can be closed without power (only the Ku Band antenna needs power to be stowed, and that was being done this week). Last I heard, Atlantis' (final) door closure before being moved to the visitor complex was scheduled for next year.
Atlantis is going to be moved back and forth between the OPF and VAB next year before she is moved down the road to the Visitor Complex. She'll likely be configured very much like the other two vehicles for their stays in the VAB.
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#115
by
DMeader
on 24 Dec, 2011 23:40
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Can the doors be opened without the strongbacks and cranes?
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#116
by
JayP
on 25 Dec, 2011 01:06
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Can the doors be opened without the strongbacks and cranes?
No. The doors aren't stiff enough on their own to not distort under their own weight without the strongbacks. The cranes in the OPFs were actually just a counter weight system that allowed the PDUs to move the doors (otherwise they didn't have the strength to do it on there own in 1g). The PDUs normally run under computer control. I'm assuming they are either going to dirrectly apply current to the motors or they are going to physically disconect the push rods from the bell crank arms on the insides of the doors. that will alow the door to move freely.
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#117
by
Bogeyman
on 25 Dec, 2011 08:30
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I thought Atlantis will be displayed with the cargo bay doors open. Why was the airlock removed? Are they replacing it with a replica?
Greets Chris
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#118
by
mtakala24
on 25 Dec, 2011 14:54
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It was mentioned in another thread that the airlock+ODS has some explosive charges for contingency undocking, that cannot be uninstalled without disassembling the ODS almost completely, so they removed the whole assembly. Having any pyrotechnic charges in place is unacceptable for any museum.
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#119
by
JayP
on 25 Dec, 2011 20:04
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The pyros are just part of the APAS, not the entire ODS. On Discovery, the APAS was removed but the External Airlock was left installed.
From what we've seen so far, I don't think that the plans for how each orbiter will be displayed has much bearing on what equipment is being removed or installed.