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Hail Damage at Pad A (STS-117) - ROLLBACK
by
voyager
on 27 Feb, 2007 10:45
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Reports of hail damage to the ET tank from late yesterday.
Teams will inspect this morning. Potential rollback??
More to come.
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#1
by
C5C6
on 27 Feb, 2007 11:00
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whats the 'hail' of the ET???
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#2
by
DaveS
on 27 Feb, 2007 11:12
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voyager - 27/2/2007 12:45 PM
Reports of hail damage to the ET tank from late yesterday.
Teams will inspect this morning. Potential rollback??
More to come.
Hail damage is confirmed. Teams will be assessing whether the damage is severe enough to warrant a rollback to the VAB for reparis. All the damage is limited to the upper sections of the LOX tank.
Last time a stack was rolled back to the VAB for ET SOFI repairs due to hail was on STS-96. This only led to a 7 day delay of the launch. The launch was originally scheduled for May 20 1999, launch occured as planned on the new launch date of May 27 1999.
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#3
by
DaveS
on 27 Feb, 2007 11:25
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GVA extended and hood lowered on the ET for close-up inspections of the damage:
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#4
by
Mark Dave
on 27 Feb, 2007 11:28
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A week's delay doesn't ruin the fun. Better to be safe than sorry.
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#5
by
paulhbell07
on 27 Feb, 2007 11:42
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Just when everyone thinks NASA has the foam on the ET nearly fixed, this comes up. Will the woodpeckers return next.
But I agree one week is nothing. Lets play it safe.
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#6
by
Chris Bergin
on 27 Feb, 2007 12:09
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We're waiting for people we know to get into work. Bloody typical as this was all a pretty smooth flow, but this is totally out of people's control.
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#7
by
Terry Rocket
on 27 Feb, 2007 12:25
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Damn. Any possibility this is not bad enough to cause a rollback?
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#8
by
Andy USA
on 27 Feb, 2007 12:33
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I wonder if it's really that bad, as the last image before the cap went back on wasn't so bad?
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#9
by
Chris Bergin
on 27 Feb, 2007 13:02
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#10
by
Chris Bergin
on 27 Feb, 2007 13:06
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#11
by
DaveS
on 27 Feb, 2007 13:12
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I guess this will be discussed during the FRR which is to begin today. Chris, can you confirm that it has started?
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#12
by
nathan.moeller
on 27 Feb, 2007 13:12
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Do we have any idea when a decision will be made? A week-long delay won't kill the chances of launching next month. It'll just be a little earlier in the morning for the U.S. guys to watch. No big deal.
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#13
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Chris Bergin
on 27 Feb, 2007 13:14
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DaveS - 27/2/2007 2:12 PM
I guess this will be discussed during the FRR which is to begin today. Chris, can you confirm that it has started?
Will do when I get word. I've sent enough e-mails out
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#14
by
nathan.moeller
on 27 Feb, 2007 13:20
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Who doesn't want this job?
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#15
by
Chris Bergin
on 27 Feb, 2007 13:28
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STS 117 / OV 104 / Pad A
S00018 SSB walkdown inpsections hail damage today start at 07:00
hyper servicing on hold
oxidizer complete
OP RT in work
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#16
by
Chris Bergin
on 27 Feb, 2007 13:29
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FRR has begun.
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#17
by
nathan.moeller
on 27 Feb, 2007 13:30
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Where's Waldo? Thanks for confirming the start of the FRR Chris. Looking forward to hearing what they have to say.
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#18
by
Chris Bergin
on 27 Feb, 2007 13:36
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Six new images and NASA notes on the situation on L2.
Will write an article.
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#19
by
Chris Bergin
on 27 Feb, 2007 13:37
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Looks like rollback (ASSUMPTION). An IFR has been damaged
:angry:
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