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#40 by DaveS on 15 May, 2007 10:46
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Latest projections by NASA shows that MLP-2 will be harddown at the pad by noon EDT(1600 UTC).
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#41 by Felix on 15 May, 2007 10:52
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#42 by DaveS on 15 May, 2007 10:56
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Is it just me or have the crawler stopped? The infamous overheated bearing issue strikes again!
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#43 by SimonFD on 15 May, 2007 11:01
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Looks pretty stationary to me.
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#44 by psloss on 15 May, 2007 11:03
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They threw in a little sound now...
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#45 by Felix on 15 May, 2007 11:03
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#46 by DaveS on 15 May, 2007 11:03
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It's moving again.
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#47 by Mark Dave on 15 May, 2007 11:03
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Funny, I don't see any difference in the ET. *shrugs*
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#48 by Chris Bergin on 15 May, 2007 11:05
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Article for rollout, with L2 information as the basis:
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#49 by psloss on 15 May, 2007 11:08
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Aside from the large area repairs (and I believe it was noted that there was a "coating" spray over at least one area), the others will be similar to the STS-70 and STS-96 tanks, which were hard to see from a distance. They'll be noticeable up close, but the shot from OTV 001 is looking across a couple of miles right now.
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#50 by Felix on 15 May, 2007 11:16
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#51 by psloss on 15 May, 2007 11:26
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You can start to see the "speckling" in the current shot from up the crawlerway...
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#52 by Felix on 15 May, 2007 11:29
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#53 by Jonesy STS on 15 May, 2007 11:29
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Is this Crawler Hanz or Franz?
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#54 by Felix on 15 May, 2007 11:42
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#55 by Celebrimbor on 15 May, 2007 12:03
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I hadn't realised the damage was so anisotropic. I guess they're happy that the torque due to friction will be managable.
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#56 by Felix on 15 May, 2007 12:13
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#57 by SimonFD on 15 May, 2007 12:15
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Not that it matters to me but it looks a bit of a mess as well.
I could imagine any anti-Nasa image orientated media out there picking on it, citing it's age and describing "the new 21st century dragged-through-a-hedge-backward look!" or worse. -
#58 by Felix on 15 May, 2007 12:15
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#59 by eeergo on 15 May, 2007 12:19
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Celebrimbor - 15/5/2007 2:03 PM I hadn't realised the damage was so anisotropic. I guess they're happy that the torque due to friction will be managable.
I don't think the repairs will make much of a difference... the foam texture is roughly the same, and obviously the material's density is identical to the non-repaired areas. The friction differential will probably be some orders of magnitude below the forces induced by, for example, non-predictable atmospheric variations. I'm no expert and maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think the nozzles will have to move an inch to compensate because of the repairs.
