Author Topic: LIVE: STS-116 - Flight Day 10 - EVA 4 (Read 99006 times)

psloss · « **Reply #260 on:** 12/18/2006 09:35 pm »

Interesting the different wave motion with the shorter arrays...

Chandonn · « **Reply #261 on:** 12/18/2006 09:36 pm »

I take it the cafeteria at JSC will soon be serving "Beamer Shakes"...

If I'm counting right we're somewhere around 4-6 bays to go!

eeergo · « **Reply #262 on:** 12/18/2006 09:36 pm »

Christer going to shake Beamer's side:

psloss · « **Reply #263 on:** 12/18/2006 09:37 pm »

Another triple shake from Christer...assessing...Beamer says it's getting better with every shake on his side. Asking for more shaking.

gordo · « **Reply #264 on:** 12/18/2006 09:37 pm »

"I'm out of Languages" lol

sts1canada · « **Reply #265 on:** 12/18/2006 09:37 pm »

26 minutes left for this day pass and also for this TDRS West KU coverage, next day pass after this one ends starts around 6:15 PM EST (11:15 PM GMT).

Richard

psloss · « **Reply #266 on:** 12/18/2006 09:38 pm »

An English shake from Christer...I don't think that was part of the experiment, but not as good as the other motion...nice wide shot right now..

dutch courage · « **Reply #267 on:** 12/18/2006 09:39 pm »

It looks were almost there.

eeergo · « **Reply #268 on:** 12/18/2006 09:39 pm »

Really more retracted now:

Johnny Rönnberg · « **Reply #269 on:** 12/18/2006 09:40 pm »

One more "Swedish Shake"

psloss · « **Reply #270 on:** 12/18/2006 09:40 pm »

Beamer is go for retracting another bay on his side...more bunching on the forward/zenith array (other side)...recommending another shake, this time five of them (not sure about English, German, or Swedish).

Spiff · « **Reply #271 on:** 12/18/2006 09:41 pm »

You can really see the progress they made on the wide shot. I suppose it's about 7 bays left now?

psloss · « **Reply #272 on:** 12/18/2006 09:42 pm »

IV thinks it would be good for Christer to go over to the other array to shake that one directly...on his way...

psloss · « **Reply #273 on:** 12/18/2006 09:43 pm »

Houston talking about manual clearing...asking for input from crew...

Chandonn · « **Reply #274 on:** 12/18/2006 09:44 pm »

With the array nearly retracted it's easy to see why they count the number of mast bays versus counting the number of solar array panels.

[edit: I hate typos!]

psloss · « **Reply #275 on:** 12/18/2006 09:45 pm »

Crew thinks a retract is OK...Beamer thinks the aft blanket is go and IV thinks forward blanket is OK...

eeergo · « **Reply #276 on:** 12/18/2006 09:47 pm »

Not really a big difference between before and after:

psloss · « **Reply #277 on:** 12/18/2006 09:47 pm »

Single bay retract...good motion...aborting. Christer reporting a possible hang up on the forward inboard wire...Houston doesn't think shaking is going to help as much where they are now. Beamer reporting something on the aft outboard. Beamer going to manually clear his.

JimO · « **Reply #278 on:** 12/18/2006 09:50 pm »

"I think we have retracted 3 bays this EVA and we are starting another retract now, so we are at either 7 or 8 bays left now. "

Not counting setup time, this is not a hopeful rate to get done by end of suit lifetime, unless the rate gets a lot better towards the end -- and there's hope for that, to be sure. But are we facing the prospect of not being able to finish, and need to go out again tomorrow?

eeergo · « **Reply #279 on:** 12/18/2006 09:50 pm »

After clearing the grommets: