LIVE: STS-115 Flight Day 3

• #140 by Chris Bergin on 11 Sep, 2006 16:32
• Pretty sure it's FI, but we're assuming this will be an EVA, as it's in the wrong area, and the wrong dimensions to remain where it is...at least that's what I'm hearing. We'll see.
  
  We need send Steve Robinson up to deal with it
• #141 by psloss on 11 Sep, 2006 16:46
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  Chris Bergin - 11/9/2006  12:19 PM
  
  Pretty sure it's FI, but we're assuming this will be an EVA, as it's in the wrong area, and the wrong dimensions to remain where it is...at least that's what I'm hearing. We'll see.
  
  We need send Steve Robinson up to deal with it

  OK, thanks; just curious if anyone was saying anything specifically about that.  As already noted, we'll hear about this at the post MMT briefing later today.  Still lots of time (relatively speaking) to decide about the plan for FD5, which may factor in how well tomorrow's install and EVA go.
  
• #142 by Oli4 on 11 Sep, 2006 17:21
• Any word on the gap filler yet? I read the article Chris wrote and I was wondering if we should be alarmed about this.
  I also saw the little pictures of the gap filler. Any chance someone found a larger version of this picture somewhere on the NASA site? Can we get the link? THX!
• #143 by NASA_Twix_JSC on 11 Sep, 2006 17:37
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  Oli4 - 11/9/2006  6:08 PM
  
  Any word on the gap filler yet? I read the article Chris wrote and I was wondering if we should be alarmed about this.
  I also saw the little pictures of the gap filler. Any chance someone found a larger version of this picture somewhere on the NASA site? Can we get the link? THX!

  
  There won't be anything on the NASA site for a good while yet, and then it won't be as many as there are of it on L2
  
  Remember, L2 acquires from sources, before any other site. So I'm afraid there is no link on NASA.gov etc until late tonight after the post-MMT conference (if they decide to show any).
• #144 by Stardust9906 on 11 Sep, 2006 17:37
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  Oli4 - 11/9/2006  6:08 PM
  
  Any word on the gap filler yet? I read the article Chris wrote and I was wondering if we should be alarmed about this.

  
  I think alarmed is probably too strong a word.  If the engineers decide it needs to be removed they will probably add the task on to one of the EVA’S.  Judging by the amount it’s sticking out already I’m sure getting it out all the way won’t be too much of a problem.
• #145 by Oli4 on 11 Sep, 2006 17:38
• OK thank you for that answer.
• #146 by Oli4 on 11 Sep, 2006 17:53
• Is it just me? Those Russians are really funny... Do they actually know what they are doing? Doesn't look like it.
• #147 by DaveS on 11 Sep, 2006 18:06
• Just got some numbers on the RPM:
  
  168 photos taken with a 800 mm lens
  140 photos taken with a 400 mm lens.
• #148 by Chris Bergin on 11 Sep, 2006 18:31
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  Oli4 - 11/9/2006  6:08 PM
  
  Any word on the gap filler yet? I read the article Chris wrote and I was wondering if we should be alarmed about this.
  I also saw the little pictures of the gap filler. Any chance someone found a larger version of this picture somewhere on the NASA site? Can we get the link? THX!

  
  They've been on L2 for hours, and we're moving on to other stuff, while we wait for MMT comments on it, so here is a better image for you.

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• #149 by Oli4 on 11 Sep, 2006 18:37
• Chris thank you so much!
• #150 by dutch courage on 11 Sep, 2006 19:07
• The protuberance looks dark brown like it's been exposed to a fair amount of heat.
  
• #151 by psloss on 11 Sep, 2006 19:13
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  dutch courage - 11/9/2006  2:54 PM
  
  The protuberance looks dark brown like it's been exposed to a fair amount of heat.
  

  Yeah, I'm curious about these ones given that the ET doors are obviously in a different position during ascent...not sure what the gap is between the face of the tiles on the doors and the tiles on the belly.
  
• #152 by dutch courage on 11 Sep, 2006 20:29
• POST-MMT BRIEFING rescheduled to 3:30 pm CDT / 4:30 pm EDT
  
  With John Shannon and Kirk Shireman.
  
  
• #153 by psloss on 11 Sep, 2006 20:46
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  dutch courage - 11/9/2006  4:16 PM
  
  POST-MMT BRIEFING rescheduled to 3:30 pm CDT / 4:30 pm EDT
  

  Thanks for the update...I can't watch TV at work for some reason
  
• #154 by DaveS on 11 Sep, 2006 20:49
• Seems like they have audio problems. Quite an echo!
• #155 by lcs on 11 Sep, 2006 20:49
• That's cool.  Leave it to NASA to invent the infinite echo.
• #156 by chksix on 11 Sep, 2006 20:50
• Some echo there!
  
  I thought it was my RealPlayer and network connection doing that!
• #157 by gocamels on 11 Sep, 2006 20:50
• WOW...WTF happened to the audio...never heard that much loop back, like a digital replay that just kept looping...major malfunction there at JSC
  
  I thought it was the stream as well...then popped NASA-TV on the DirecTV and it was the same...curious huh?
• #158 by psloss on 11 Sep, 2006 21:02
• Focused inspection decision needed by tomorrow at 8 am...I'm assuming this time it's CDT.
  
• #159 by triddirt on 11 Sep, 2006 21:02
• No decision on focused inspection yet...