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#180
by
psloss
on 27 Aug, 2006 18:53
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One of the crawlers is getting ready for rollback and the OMBUU has been reconnected for possible draining prior to rollback.
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#181
by
Avron
on 27 Aug, 2006 18:55
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Midnight is the time to make the call
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#182
by
psloss
on 27 Aug, 2006 18:56
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I guess we'll be looking at the 5 pm NHC "products" to see if maybe Haiti can beat up Ernesto enough...
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#183
by
jacqmans
on 27 Aug, 2006 18:56
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midnight is decision time, US time..
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#184
by
Chris Bergin
on 27 Aug, 2006 18:56
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Mark's on our respective teleboxes
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#185
by
astrobrian
on 27 Aug, 2006 18:58
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Talks ongoing with Russia for flexability on launching the Soyuz
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#186
by
Avron
on 27 Aug, 2006 18:58
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if rollback... very close to 7th 8th sep
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#187
by
Avron
on 27 Aug, 2006 19:01
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Hell.. it looks like they are thinking some risk... but want the data from daylight photos
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#188
by
psloss
on 27 Aug, 2006 19:02
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Good question about daylight constraints from Kelly Young...some hedging about "nibbling" around the edges of the windows (ET umbilical photo, daylight)...
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#189
by
psloss
on 27 Aug, 2006 19:05
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Talking about crawlers and juggling MLPs in the VAB high bays -- they'd open up VAB HB 3 for Atlantis by moving the MLP with the two SRB segments for 116 around to VAB HB 2.
(Sounds like they'd use both crawlers -- both being tested today -- to be the most time efficient.)
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#190
by
astrobrian
on 27 Aug, 2006 19:05
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Definately sounds like this "training exercise" is truly trying cover all the bases for both the go or no go scenerio
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#191
by
Avron
on 27 Aug, 2006 19:11
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I just like like they way that they are protecting all the options
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#192
by
psloss
on 27 Aug, 2006 19:15
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"With fingers crossed" the post MMT briefing is NET 8 pm Eastern...
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#193
by
astrobrian
on 27 Aug, 2006 19:15
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NET 8 Eastern for the next briefing
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#194
by
Chris Bergin
on 27 Aug, 2006 19:22
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#195
by
psloss
on 27 Aug, 2006 19:24
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From a timing standpoint, the other thing I heard was the hypothetical of a Tuesday launch attempt followed by the soonest rollback would get the vehicle to the VAB on Friday. So it sounds like Ernesto would need to slow down or get beaten up in the Caribbean for that...
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#196
by
gocamels
on 27 Aug, 2006 19:29
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Just getting "plugged back in the loop" here...are we potentially talking "other" launch windows, and what/when are they in the next 48 hours? And, if we do fly Tuesday, what in-flight items are a threat from a hurricane?
And, doesn't it make you chuckle a little to hear about the crawlers "running around"...sounds like they gottem out on the beach doing donuts in the sand or something...ha ha ha
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#197
by
psloss
on 27 Aug, 2006 19:32
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Also with respect to how quickly a launch could be attempted after a rollback in this situation, they did it in one week for STS-96 from harddown on the pad after rollout (May 20) to launch (May 27); here's the old status report for the rollout after the rollback:
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/status/stsstat/1999/may/5-20-99s.htmObviously that was many years ago (1999), so I don't know if this is a guarantee it can be repeated -- assuming the question is posed to Mike Leinbach, we should get a better idea tonight on that hypothetical.
Edit: it's worth noting that in that case, the weather cooperated in terms of rolling back and then back out to the pad. It might be tougher this time of the year.
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#198
by
Chris Bergin
on 27 Aug, 2006 19:45
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#199
by
Avron
on 27 Aug, 2006 19:45
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What is the weather forcast for tomorrow?
