Re: Atlantis? other problems?

On 18 Aug 2005 13:36:37 GMT, "Jorge R. Frank" <jrfrank@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:


>Originally both 121 and 115 were on Atlantis. This forced a turnaroud
>constraint between the two flights, which was not a problem for the current
>launch dates (9/05 and 2/06) due to the relative lack of daylight launch
>opportunities during the winter. But now that they're both in the spring of
>2006, they need to be on different orbiters. NASA wants to keep 115 and 117
>on Atlantis because they're performance-critical and Atlantis is ever-so-
>slightly lighter than Discovery (they'd prefer Endeavour, the lightest, but
>it's in OMM). So 121 goes to Discovery.

Pietrobon's site shows 117 on Endeavour. That true? And even if
Atlantis was scheduled for 117 pre-PAL Ramp, will the delays push 117
out enough for Endeavour to take over?

Brian
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