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#400
by
Zachstar
on 22 Jun, 2007 21:45
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#401
by
Zachstar
on 22 Jun, 2007 21:46
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Briefing coming up in 15mins.
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#402
by
JMS
on 22 Jun, 2007 21:47
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I've seen video of tile being removed from a furnace and it's cool to the touch in seconds.
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#403
by
psloss
on 22 Jun, 2007 21:47
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psloss - 22/6/2007 5:44 PM
It's not like it's much better in Florida, but consider that last I checked it was 35C/95F at Edwards with 10% humidity. Might not help adjusting back to normal.
Curses -- I lied. Last observation was 37C/98.6F (which, as noted in 'Airplane', is "normal"). Relative humidity was down to 8%.
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#404
by
ETEE
on 22 Jun, 2007 21:48
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lcs - 22/6/2007 10:29 PM
This was from a backhaul feed from Edwards. Not seen on NASA TV.
Looks like it needs a few new tiles now they've got pins through them!
Still trying to pull away from the frame though.
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#405
by
Zachstar
on 22 Jun, 2007 21:50
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Looks like we wont be needing that anymore today.
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#406
by
DaveS
on 22 Jun, 2007 21:53
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Hopefully we will get to see Atlantis being towed off the runway all the way to the MDD just like when Discovery had landed at Edwards to end STS-114 in August 2005.
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#407
by
ETEE
on 22 Jun, 2007 21:53
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Zachstar - 22/6/2007 10:37 PM
Crew speech.
Shame none of them mentioned Suni the record breaking astronaut!
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#408
by
psloss
on 22 Jun, 2007 21:56
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#409
by
Joffan
on 22 Jun, 2007 22:00
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psloss - 22/6/2007 3:42 PM
Joffan - 22/6/2007 5:36 PM
One (two?) of those trucks has been actively cooling the TPS since soon after landing.
ETA: hmm... since psloss has a different take on this I'm link hunting... where did I hear this?
The cooling is for the orbiter systems. (If you're familiar with "refrigerated" computer server rooms, that's kind of the idea.)
That too of course, but this, from
http://www.tsgc.utexas.edu/archive/subsystems/aero.pdf :
After landing the Shuttle is connected immediately to trucks that act as heat exchangers. Hoses from these trucks pump coolant through the Shuttle and thereby cool it down. The reason this is done so soon after landing is to prevent permanent damage to the heat resistant tiles of the TPS. The tiles work well because on reentry heat is transferred very slowly through the tiles and so protect the vehicle until it has landed. However since heat is absorbed SO slowly it is dissipated as slowly and therefore forced cooling is necessary.
is the kind of thing I was thinking of.
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#410
by
Zachstar
on 22 Jun, 2007 22:01
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Post Landing Conference coming up!
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#411
by
DaveS
on 22 Jun, 2007 22:02
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Joffan - 22/6/2007 12:00 AM
psloss - 22/6/2007 3:42 PM
Joffan - 22/6/2007 5:36 PM
One (two?) of those trucks has been actively cooling the TPS since soon after landing.
ETA: hmm... since psloss has a different take on this I'm link hunting... where did I hear this?
The cooling is for the orbiter systems. (If you're familiar with "refrigerated" computer server rooms, that's kind of the idea.)
That too of course, but this, from http://www.tsgc.utexas.edu/archive/subsystems/aero.pdf :
After landing the Shuttle is connected immediately to trucks that act as heat exchangers. Hoses from these trucks pump coolant through the Shuttle and thereby cool it down. The reason this is done so soon after landing is to prevent permanent damage to the heat resistant tiles of the TPS. The tiles work well because on reentry heat is transferred very slowly through the tiles and so protect the vehicle until it has landed. However since heat is absorbed SO slowly it is dissipated as slowly and therefore forced cooling is necessary.
is the kind of thing I was thinking of.
That one is not entirely true. Only one of the trucks are providing cooling, the second one provides purge air.
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#412
by
Zachstar
on 22 Jun, 2007 22:04
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#413
by
Stowbridge
on 22 Jun, 2007 22:05
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Who's the teenage PAO?
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#414
by
DaveS
on 22 Jun, 2007 22:05
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Stowbridge - 22/6/2007 12:05 AM
Who's the teenage PAO?
Jason Sharp.
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#415
by
Chris Bergin
on 22 Jun, 2007 22:10
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Mike L always comes across as affectionate about the orbiters. Always "she" "her".
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#416
by
Stowbridge
on 22 Jun, 2007 22:10
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Here comes the idiots with the "It's been a bad year, but..." questions.
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#417
by
Chris Bergin
on 22 Jun, 2007 22:11
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Woooah. Steady those horses. Let's not have another one of those about the media.
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#418
by
Endeavour118
on 22 Jun, 2007 22:15
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Zachstar - 22/6/2007 5:37 PM
Crew speech.
i CJ wearing a phillies hat?
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#419
by
JMS
on 22 Jun, 2007 22:24
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Endeavour118 - 22/6/2007 5:15 PM
i CJ wearing a phillies hat?
I assume it's the same red Marine Corps hat he's worn throughout the mission.
