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#440
by
punkboi
on 28 Aug, 2006 22:15
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I think you mean '02...but I agree with you.
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#441
by
Austin
on 28 Aug, 2006 22:17
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Whoops, I did mean 02'. Thanks!
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#442
by
Jim
on 28 Aug, 2006 23:02
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Austin - 28/8/2006 6:00 PM
Regardless of whether or not a rollback is necessary (which appears very likely), I really think that the folks in the OPF should be commended. Keep in mind that Atlantis hasn't flow since 92', and there was some concern about them being rusty. Yet all the way down to T-11 there were no major technical issues being worked. Yes, there were still major countdown milestones to pass, but they had apparently provided a very clean bird.
Nothing anyone can do about the elements.
The same people process all the orbiters. Why would the work on Atlantis be different than Discovery? Same people did the same work on both.
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#443
by
Austin
on 28 Aug, 2006 23:14
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Where in the quote did I say that processing Atlantis would be different than Discovery? They did a great job on Discovery as well.
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#444
by
Jim
on 28 Aug, 2006 23:31
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Why would they be rusty? And that is the way they are suppose to do their jobs, a clean bird.
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#445
by
Austin
on 28 Aug, 2006 23:41
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Jim - 28/8/2006 4:18 PM
Why would they be rusty?
Jim -- I wasn't expressing my feelings here. In the lead up to launch day I had heard several members of the media make comments that this might be a concern, but as I said in the post, I think they should be commended for their work in preparing Atlantis.
And that is the way they are suppose to do their jobs, a clean bird
I couldn't agree more!
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#446
by
rdale
on 28 Aug, 2006 23:42
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They just did a launch less than two months ago - what media outlets said they'd be rusty in that timeframe?
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#447
by
nathan.moeller
on 29 Aug, 2006 00:10
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I definitely agree that the Atlantis-exclusive folks should be commended. They've seen the orbiter go to the VAB three times from the OPF and three times they've had to sit back and see it wait longer and longer. Two of those times saw it return to the OPF without knowing how long it would be before it could fly. Once back in 2003 when it was getting ready to fly STS-114, once last summer when it was getting ready to fly STS-121 and now this for STS-115. Poor folks! I hope all they're hard work will pay off before the year's end.
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#448
by
Jim
on 29 Aug, 2006 00:31
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nathan.moeller - 28/8/2006 7:57 PM
I definitely agree that the Atlantis-exclusive folks should be commended. T.
there is no such a thing as Atlantis-exclusive workers
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#449
by
nathan.moeller
on 29 Aug, 2006 01:18
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Anyone that has worked on Atlantis then.
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#450
by
Jim
on 29 Aug, 2006 01:59
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It jsut sat around for an extended time. It wasn't rusting or breaking down. It was just a gap in work. Not a big deal or something out of the ordinary.
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#451
by
shuttlefan
on 29 Aug, 2006 02:21
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Anyone know when the Rotating Service Structure has to be rolled back to support a possible rollback tomorrow?
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#452
by
astrobrian
on 29 Aug, 2006 02:30
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If Iam correct in what I recall from yesterdays briefing, it is the last thing before rollback so I would venture to say within an hour would be a good guess. 9am?
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#453
by
shuttlefan
on 29 Aug, 2006 02:33
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astrobrian - 28/8/2006 9:17 PM
If Iam correct in what I recall from yesterdays briefing, it is the last thing before rollback so I would venture to say within an hour would be a good guess. 9am?
You mean within an hour from now, or an hour before rollback starts?
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#454
by
rdale
on 29 Aug, 2006 02:35
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9am = 9am EDT.