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#60
by
Rocket Guy
on 25 Jul, 2006 00:40
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Not directly, but Florida Today reports it's in the vertical position undergoing engineering imaging for tile damage later in the flight.
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#61
by
Jim
on 25 Jul, 2006 01:28
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dutch courage - 24/7/2006 11:43 AM
Some of the facilities at KSC that incorporate extensive lightning shielding devices include the service structures at Launch Pads 39A and 39B, the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) and the hanger-like Orbiter Processing Facility.
So unless there's a hurricane threat they will continue.
They shut down all hazardous ops including lifts for lightning.
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#62
by
astrobrian
on 25 Jul, 2006 02:25
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Is the protocol the same as LCC when it comes to lightning then?
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#63
by
Jim
on 25 Jul, 2006 02:40
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astrobrian - 24/7/2006 10:12 PM
Is the protocol the same as LCC when it comes to lightning then?
Launch Commit Criteria? No.
Different facilities have different rules based on the facility, the operations, hazardous commodities and the safety organization in charge of it (NASA, USAF or Astrotech). Those rules are applied to the operations and any procedure run in the facility
No lifts end up being generic to most facitities (especially one with SRM's in it)
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#64
by
Paul Howard
on 25 Jul, 2006 03:09
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#65
by
shuttlefan
on 25 Jul, 2006 13:35
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Atlantis must be hard-mated to the ET by now!!
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#66
by
jacqmans
on 25 Jul, 2006 14:33
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#67
by
rdale
on 25 Jul, 2006 16:54
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shuttlefan - 25/7/2006 9:22 AM
Atlantis must be hard-mated to the ET by now!!
Based on the picture below - either they took it down after mating or you need a better source of info...
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#68
by
psloss
on 25 Jul, 2006 17:02
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#69
by
DaveS
on 25 Jul, 2006 21:11
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#70
by
Austin
on 26 Jul, 2006 02:07
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It's great to see Atlantis verticle again -- it'll be even better to see her airborne!
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#71
by
psloss
on 26 Jul, 2006 10:43
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Austin - 25/7/2006 9:54 PM
It's great to see Atlantis verticle again -- it'll be even better to see her airborne!
This is her third trip to the VAB since STS-107; she even made a little roll-around trip after the disaster for the first destacking. It'll be good to see her out at the pad again, too.
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#72
by
Mark Dave
on 26 Jul, 2006 19:11
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Yeah, she's been stuck on the ground for a long time now. 3 years of sitting there in the OPF, already set to fly. IMO it's like putting a new car in the garage and never driving it.
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#73
by
astrobrian
on 26 Jul, 2006 20:15
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You can almost here the sibling rivalry going on.
Atlantis: She's always getting to launch
Discovery: You're just jealous
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#74
by
jacqmans
on 26 Jul, 2006 20:44
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astrobrian - 26/7/2006 10:02 PM
You can almost here the sibling rivalry going on.
Atlantis: She's always getting to launch
Discovery: You're just jealous
And Endeavour the pinguin, the bird that can't fly......
But it used to be Columbia that was the pinguin, the bird that won't fly...acording to German TV during the launch campaign for STS-55 (Spacelab D2), all the delays that kept her on the ground, the German TV reporters gave her that name.....
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#75
by
shuttlefan
on 26 Jul, 2006 20:52
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Columbia was the flagship of the fleet. Too bad it was destroyed and didn't end up in a museum. I think Columbia was so special in everyones' hearts.
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#76
by
Jim
on 26 Jul, 2006 21:14
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speak for yourself, as mentioned on another thread, OV-102 was the pig of the fleet and was a hangar queen for awhile
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#77
by
DaveS
on 26 Jul, 2006 21:44
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Jim - 26/7/2006 11:01 PM
speak for yourself, as mentioned on another thread, OV-102 a hangar queen for awhile
So was Discovery between August 2001 and September 2002 when Discovery was stored inactive in the VAB transfer aisle.
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#78
by
TFGQ
on 31 Jul, 2006 21:39
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Endeavour is not a pengun that happens to be my favorite bird Columbia was 2nd
