DevilMinder Posted July 12, 2005 Share Posted July 12, 2005 DEVELOPING STORY A Discovery space shuttle cockpit window cover fell, damaging protective tiles near spacecraft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammyk Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 Time for an all new design. This ones been around for 30 years or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammyk Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 Looks like they fixed the tiles and it's a go. A little grout goes a long way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 Those shuttles are billion dollar death traps waiting to happen... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Diablo Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 G8 should send money for a new fleet instead..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammyk Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 Those shuttles are billion dollar death traps waiting to happen... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Waiting!? Two have already been lost! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LetsGoDevils Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 Enterprise was still around, but last I heard most of her systems were gutted for parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Diablo Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 Enterprise was still around, but last I heard most of her systems were gutted for parts. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I thought Enterprise was never a fully functional ship and only a mock up which tested the guidance and gliding ability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LetsGoDevils Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 Enterprise was still around, but last I heard most of her systems were gutted for parts. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I thought Enterprise was never a fully functional ship and only a mock up which tested the guidance and gliding ability. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> True. She was never fitted for spaceflight, but I remember when NASA was building and adding to its shuttle fleet some person or agency asked why couldn't they save money by upgrading the Enterprise over building another from scratch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
langsgirl Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Prayers with the passengers that all goes successfully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
langsgirl Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 (edited) Whoa, 5,500miles and hour..after only taking off like 2 minute ago... i cant even think about that... scary Edited July 26, 2005 by langsgirl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueNJ97 Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Enterprise was still around, but last I heard most of her systems were gutted for parts. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I thought Enterprise was never a fully functional ship and only a mock up which tested the guidance and gliding ability. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> True. She was never fitted for spaceflight, but I remember when NASA was building and adding to its shuttle fleet some person or agency asked why couldn't they save money by upgrading the Enterprise over building another from scratch. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Enterprise is now in the new Air & Space Museum over in Dulles, VA and you can walk around in it. So I don't think it is going out in space anytime soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redruM Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 It really, really bothers me that they're launching the thing without knowing what's wrong with the system that isn't working. If they had any sort of sense they'd scrap the whole thing. There has to be pressure coming from the higher ups to force something like this through. And that scares me. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> From what i read the AM, the sensor worked fine during tests today, they donot know whay it failed but have narrowed it down to 3 things form an original list of about 159. they said that the only way to know which 1 of the 3 caused the failure is if it failed during flight. And if it failed during flight it would not be a big deal beacuase there are 3 other sensor for the same reason . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Diablo Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 GODSPEED " To The Return To Space " Crew and its family and the workers who make it all possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesterDevil Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 It's still just mind boggling. Think about being in space and looking out the window to see what is basically infinity miles away. Godspeed to all crew members and prayers are with you for a safe mission and return home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Googer Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 For any that may have missed it and want to watch the shuttle's return to flight: Clicky. Total playtime is around 21 minutes (obviously there's somewhat more to this than just actual launch ). This download is produced by HDNet so it looks quite good (i.e., it's HDTV-quality - it's not as good as watching it live on HDNet does since the download's resolution is 720p instead of 1080i but still very good nonetheless). Also I'll warn you that it's very large and needs a relatively modern computer to keep up when playing it - on the order of around 1.3 GB, so people still on dial-up and / or with anything under, say a 2 GHz Pentium 4 need not apply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LetsGoDevils Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 May their landing today be safe. Godspeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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