Re: new bipod design approved

From: dave schneider (d_schneider_at_emulex.com)
Date: 07/28/04 

Date: 28 Jul 2004 15:43:49 -0700

"Jeff Findley" <jeff.findley@ugs.nojunk.com> wrote:
>
> Any pointers to pictures or drawings of the new design? Ideally, with a
> side by side comparison to the old design. These sorts of drawings could be
> found in magazines for the redesigned SRB joints after the Challenger
> disaster (before and after cross sections of the joint).
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff

>From the news release Ron put in ssn,
<http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=sci.space.news&selm=d5786437.0407261315.15ac5a2%40posting.google.com>

From: baalke@earthlink.net (Ron)
Newsgroups: sci.space.news
Subject: NASA Approves New Design for Shuttle External Tank Fitting
Followup-To: sci.space.policy
Date: 26 Jul 2004 14:15:42 -0700
Message-ID: <d5786437.0407261315.15ac5a2@posting.google.com>
X-Trace: nntp1.jpl.nasa.gov 1090876553 2913 137.78.16.91 (26 Jul 2004
21:15:53 GMT)

The design will be retrofitted on the 11 existing tanks and
incorporated into the manufacture of all new tanks. Lockheed
Martin Space Systems will do the work at NASA's Michoud
Assembly Facility in New Orleans. Delivery of the retrofitted
tanks to NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida, is expected in
October.

For still photos on the Internet of the redesigned bipod
fitting, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight

Video b-roll of the new bipod will air on NASA Television
during the Video File segment starting at noon EDT today.
Beginning July 24, NASA Television will be seen in the
continental United States on AMC-6, at 72 degrees west
longitude, Transponder 9, 3880 MHz, vertical polarization,
audio at 6.8 MHz. If you live in Alaska or Hawaii, NASA TV
will now be seen on AMC-7, at 137 degrees west longitude,
Transponder 18, at 4060 MHz, vertical polarization, audio at
6.8 MHz."

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