Re: Space Shuttle Grounded Indefinitely AGAIN Due To Major Flaw

jonathan (write@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:

: "Jon S. Berndt" <jsb.at.hal-pc-dot.org> wrote in message
: news:42e84f4d$0$550$a726171b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
: > > To see the shuttle broken again really hurts. Now it's a tragedy again.
: > > ...
: > > Ground the Shuttle forever!
: > >
: > > etc.
: >
: > Geez. I thought I'd test the waters and revisit s.s.s and s.s.p. Then to
: > see crap like this again ... The signal to noise ratio is still too low.
: >
: > We've got a camera on the ET, now, for only the second time in the program.
: > It's not that this hasn't been happening all along. Now we just know about
: > it. Sure, the insulation issue it needs to be addressed, but I don't see a
: > really long standdown due to this. I have a hunch that the orbiter belly is
: > cleaner (fewer divots) than in most previous flights based on what I've seen
: > so far. The ascent was very uneventful, in the words of Commander Collins,
: > as I recall reading.
: >
: > Get a grip.



: A reality check is the entire point. Let's see who has a grip.

: The entire point of the shuttle was to build a flippin space station
: as a foundation for greater goals. And now the prospect of having
: the ISS wear out before it's even finished is staring us in the face.

Wear out? In what way? Will it become obsolete due to the competition?

: Sorry for my English, but I can't emphasize the stark reality.
: THIRTY FLIPPIN YEARS of work down the tubes
: if the space station fails and we have to start over.

I bet you were one of the ones that didn't want to save Mir?

: We were supposed to have a reliable transportation system
: and a space station at the....same time. By the time we have
: a replacement shuttle the space station won't ...be there.

Where is it going?

: And by the time we build an ISS2, the shuttle2 will be
: worn out. Kind of a fundamental flaw in planning, as in
: it couldn't be any worse.

Makes you wonder about Bush's commitment to "moon, mars and beyond",
doesn't it?

: Flushed, a complete failure of Nasa's primary program stretching
: the better part of half a century.

: That's what history will say.

No it won't. It'll say that an aging fleet had troubles, and was
eventually replaced... Words like "failure" won't enter into the picture.

We still have three shuttles left, let's use them after we fix the fuel
tank problem.

Eric

: Jonathan

: s





: >
: > Jon
: >
: >


.

Relevant Pages

  • Shuttle Discovery (American, Of Course) Blasts Off to Space Station!
    ... Shuttle Discovery Blasts Off to Space Station ... Despite a forecast calling for rain right at launch time, ...
    (alt.politics)
  • Earths ONLY Spaceship (American, Of Course) Shuttle Endeavour Blasts Off
    ... Shuttle Endeavour Blasts Off ... "Good luck and Godspeed, and we'll see you back here in 16 days," launch director Mike Leinbach radioed to the astronauts right before liftoff. ... Gorie and his crew face a daunting job once they reach the international space station late Wednesday night. ... The Canadian Space Agency supplied Dextre, the two-armed robot that was hitching a ride aboard Endeavour, while the Japanese Space Agency sent up the first part of its massive Kibo lab, a storage compartment for experiments, tools and spare parts. ...
    (alt.politics)
  • Re: DART nearly a bullseye
    ... the Space Station, as long as whatever it is, is still in close proximity. ... Stations) meet the Shuttle deorbit targets. ... Just be careful not to aim the Hook at the arriving vehicle during the ... It moves Proximity Ops and docking out of the realm of the ...
    (sci.space.shuttle)
  • Re: Space Shuttle Frequencies
    ... Space shuttle Atlantis finally blasted off this morning on a mission to the ... International Space Station after weeks of frustrating delays from weather ...
    (rec.radio.shortwave)
  • Re: Hubble Marching orders
    ... One reason for this is that the space station was ... It's Dead, Greg. ... ISS and just shut down the program and Shuttle now? ...
    (sci.space.policy)