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#120
by
Chris Bergin
on 06 Mar, 2007 14:16
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SimonShuttle - 6/3/2007 1:44 PM
Let's hope the meetings go well this week and there's no need for a tank swap.
As per launch ops today, they are still building platforms/access, so I think it will take most of the week to gain the full assessment.
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#121
by
Chris Bergin
on 06 Mar, 2007 17:10
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"IPR 117V-0096 MLS 3 Fail during MSBLS Testing Update: Engineering will upgrade to a PR and perform an R&R of the MSBLS. The newly installed unit will come from Discovery."
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#122
by
tofarout
on 06 Mar, 2007 18:03
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newbie question...
what is the MSBLS?
Thanks!
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#123
by
DaveS
on 06 Mar, 2007 18:11
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tofarout - 6/3/2007 8:03 PM
what is the MSBLS?
Microwave Scan Beam Landing System.
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#124
by
Zpoxy
on 06 Mar, 2007 21:31
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SimonShuttle - 6/3/2007 8:44 AM
Let's hope the meetings go well this week and there's no need for a tank swap.
How about we just hope the problems are fixed so we can have a successful flight, and not worry about how long it takes?
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#125
by
Mark Nguyen
on 06 Mar, 2007 22:26
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The NASA picture of the pockmarked ET is my current work computer wallpaper, and I get no end of questions as to what people are looking at when they walk by.
Regarding the MSBLS, can we assume that a test of the unit would have been done on the pad anyway? Is this part of the standard maintenance testing, and would a pad swapout have been possible if Atlantis were still out there?
Mark
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#126
by
Ducati94
on 06 Mar, 2007 23:04
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NASA has thick skin most of the time. Like you said damned if you do and damned if you don’t. The Shuttle program’s planned end is date driven not mission, so 2010 is 2010.
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#127
by
Jim
on 06 Mar, 2007 23:30
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Mark Nguyen - 6/3/2007 6:26 PM
would a pad swapout have been possible if Atlantis were still out there?
Mark
yes
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#128
by
Chris Bergin
on 07 Mar, 2007 00:24
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One slide from another presentation on L2 shows the amount of assessment work that is being carried out:
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#129
by
Andy USA
on 07 Mar, 2007 14:56
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Have they actually started any repairs yet?
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#130
by
Chris Bergin
on 07 Mar, 2007 15:01
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Andy USA - 7/3/2007 3:56 PM
Have they actually started any repairs yet?
As of yesterday they were half way through Orbiter tile repairs. ET work will commence once the full evaluations have concluded.
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#131
by
Mark Dave
on 07 Mar, 2007 17:27
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How will the delay affect the 2010 timeline?
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#132
by
Chris Bergin
on 07 Mar, 2007 17:34
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MarkD - 7/3/2007 6:27 PM
How will the delay affect the 2010 timeline?
It won't. There's lots of stretch in the manifest.
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#133
by
DaveS
on 07 Mar, 2007 21:07
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#134
by
Chris Bergin
on 09 Mar, 2007 13:38
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As of today:
Orbiter Hail Damage Status:
20 of 28 tiles damaged by hail have been repaired.
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#135
by
paulhbell07
on 09 Mar, 2007 15:15
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Have they started to repair the ET yet or are they still inspecting it.
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#136
by
Chris Bergin
on 09 Mar, 2007 15:27
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paulhbell07 - 9/3/2007 4:15 PM
Have they started to repair the ET yet or are they still inspecting it.
Inspection infrastructure complete today...many, many presentations and slides and notes going into L2 right now.
Will write up an article.
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#137
by
psloss
on 09 Mar, 2007 17:49
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#138
by
jacqmans
on 09 Mar, 2007 21:25
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Mission: STS-117 - 21st International Space Station Flight (13A) -
S3/S4 Truss Segment Solar Arrays
Vehicle: Atlantis (OV-104)
Location: Vehicle Assembly Building
Launch Date: Targeted for April 2007
Launch Pad: 39A
Crew: Sturckow, Archambault, Reilly, Swanson, Forrester and Olivas
Inclination/Orbit Altitude: 51.6 degrees/122 nautical miles
On Sunday, Atlantis rolled from Launch Pad 39A to the Vehicle Assembly
Building, where employees spent the week positioning platforms around
the shuttle to allow for inspections and repairs to hail-damaged
areas. Inspections of the external tank are expected to be completed
next week. Some foam sanding has begun in the nose cone area of the
tank.
Inspections are finished for the solid rocket boosters and nearly
complete for the orbiter, with 20 of 28 hail-damaged areas, all on
the left side of the vehicle, already repaired.
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#139
by
paulhbell07
on 09 Mar, 2007 22:58
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So they are already sanding the foam, does this mean that they not going to change the tank.
