Tonight on ABC, Gibson made this change sound as if something is terribly wrong with Suni, and made it seem that this was some great alteration in order to go and save her from radiation and bone loss. Of course those are concerns, but it seems to me that the change was done more because it just makes sense with a flight going up anyways, plus it gives Clayton a longer stay. I understand the weight limitations on the shuttle but it already seems that they have that figured out, so is this just the press sensationalizing the situation or is NASA truly worried that another two months in orbit would be disastrous for Suni?
tmckinley - 27/4/2007 3:13 AM
Tonight on ABC, Gibson made this change sound as if something is terribly wrong with Suni, and made it seem that this was some great alteration in order to go and save her from radiation and bone loss. Of course those are concerns, but it seems to me that the change was done more because it just makes sense with a flight going up anyways, plus it gives Clayton a longer stay. I understand the weight limitations on the shuttle but it already seems that they have that figured out, so is this just the press sensationalizing the situation or is NASA truly worried that another two months in orbit would be disastrous for Suni?
Wow, the guy should be sacked for saying that without foundation. The move has nothing to do with that....STS-118 was simply due to launch around the time 117 is now set to launch.
This Gibson fella sounds like a moron.
Lee Jay - 26/4/2007 11:18 PM
I think you can't find it because it's in the thread that Chris deleted.
Lee Jay
Hmmm, I didn't delete any thread. Might of been mod, given we have this thread.
Chris Bergin - 26/4/2007 9:45 PM
tmckinley - 27/4/2007 3:13 AM
Tonight on ABC, Gibson made this change sound as if something is terribly wrong with Suni, and made it seem that this was some great alteration in order to go and save her from radiation and bone loss. Of course those are concerns, but it seems to me that the change was done more because it just makes sense with a flight going up anyways, plus it gives Clayton a longer stay. I understand the weight limitations on the shuttle but it already seems that they have that figured out, so is this just the press sensationalizing the situation or is NASA truly worried that another two months in orbit would be disastrous for Suni?
Wow, the guy should be sacked for saying that without foundation. The move has nothing to do with that....STS-118 was simply due to launch around the time 117 is now set to launch.
This Gibson fella sounds like a moron.
I think he's referring to Charlie Gibson. He's been around a while and is a pretty good anchor. But I think we all need to keep in mind that most mainstream media sources will botch up any news when it comes to manned spaceflight and make it sound like the worst is coming.
Nothing new for the media to create an inaccuracy like this. Reminds me of 1996 when the mission to return Shannon Lucid from Mir got off after a long delay and one anchor referred to it as the "rescue shuttle."
Any clue when the modified STS-117 patch will be unveiled/released?
Nothing as of yet. Also just checked the "official" site and nothing there yet.
The 117 crew was working on a new patch last week. I'd expect to see Anderson added to the bottom of the existing patch rather than a complete new design.
tmckinley - 27/4/2007 3:13 AM
Tonight on ABC, Gibson made this change sound as if something is terribly wrong with Suni, and made it seem that this was some great alteration in order to go and save her from radiation and bone loss. Of course those are concerns, but it seems to me that the change was done more because it just makes sense with a flight going up anyways, plus it gives Clayton a longer stay. I understand the weight limitations on the shuttle but it already seems that they have that figured out, so is this just the press sensationalizing the situation or is NASA truly worried that another two months in orbit would be disastrous for Suni?
On his last teleconference, Wayne Hale said that the decision to rotate Suni earlier than scheduled would be either because she wanted to come back early or because the next flight was likely to be further delayed.
here's a copy of just released patch
as expected, Anderson's name will be added as a tab at the base
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