Re: No New Shuttle Flight Unless Rescue Mission Can Be Guaranteed

From: Andrew Lotosky (skylon_at_gmail.com)
Date: 03/26/05

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    John Wil*** wrote:

    >
    > Just how quickly can the turnaround be done? How much can STS-114
    slip
    > before STS-121 is forced to slip into the September window (or
    later)?
    >
    > For that matter, does the minimal turnaround needed to be ready for a

    > rescue mission result in much extra work in preparing for the
    subsequent
    > nominal mission?
    >
    >

    As ISS got started up, didn't KSC do a lot of preperation for a high
    flight rate, and tighter turn-around times. For example, during the
    brief stand-down after STS 93 weren't Endeavour, Atlantis and Discovery
    essentially in different processing stages at the same time so they
    could be launched in rapid succession (STS 103, STS 99, STS 101) once
    they were flying again?

    Of course post-Columbia, I don't think NASA is in any position to
    demand "faster" work from KSC employees and that for the near future,
    shuttles will be undergoing some closer inspection while in the
    turn-around flow.

    -A.L.

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