Back to the articlehappened last time? #
Posted Saturday 13th June 2009 22:37 GMT
did a similar leak not cause one of those emergency crews to zoom in for an hour or so a wee bit before the launch of StS 119?
article a bit short
NASA scrubs Endeavour launch
Just as well.. #
Posted Saturday 13th June 2009 22:37 GMT
.. they weren't racing up to save Atlantis!
AHEM!>? #
Posted Saturday 13th June 2009 22:51 GMT
"although that date poses a "range conflict" with the intended launch of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter"
Not to mention THE IPONE 3.0 LAUNCH!!!!!!!
Shuttle or launcher? #
Posted Sunday 14th June 2009 20:07 GMT
So... the problem is actually with that hug mobile launch pad thingy, rather than with the shuttle itself?
Paris because nothing would stop her from docking.
@ Just as well.. #
Posted Sunday 14th June 2009 20:07 GMT
.The rescue launch would have been on the other launchpad, so the problem may not have occurred.
And I expect they'd have launched anyway. I was told that they would have launched even though the weather at the time would have precluded a routine launch
Ehhh... #
Posted Sunday 14th June 2009 20:08 GMT
...hydrogen, schmydrogen. Send 'er up anyway - we got quotas to meet!
@frank ly #
Posted Monday 15th June 2009 09:08 GMT
Hydrogen can be a bitch to work with- even airtight seals won't hold necessarily hold it (see the rate of deflation for an H2 balloon over an air one at similar pressure) and you need non-H2 reactive sealing materials.
However, you'd have thought that NASA could have sorted these problems in 20 / 30 years. Then again the Shuttle never was a serious space vehicle.
@ @frank ly #
Posted Monday 15th June 2009 13:08 GMT
"Then again the Shuttle never was a serious space vehicle."
What? It's flown more than any other manned vehicle. It can carry a crew of seven (more than its planned successor). With a massive cargo bay, robot arm, and the capability of allowing the crew to do repairs in Earth orbit.
@ @@frank ly "Flown more..." #
Posted Monday 15th June 2009 13:55 GMT
Nope,
Soyuz has the Shuttle beat in launches and returns. Although I haven't tallied the total number of people carried; 3 per Soyuz, 7 per Shuttle.
DX
Re @ @@frank ly "Flown more..." #
Posted Monday 15th June 2009 16:23 GMT
According to Wikipedia
Soyuz 102
Shuttle 134 (eight more planned)
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