Re: Space Shuttle Processing Status Report, 26-08-2005



"ghost@xxxxxxxxx" <john.maxson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Jacques van Oene wrote:
>> Jessica Rye
>> Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
>> (Phone: 321/867-2468)
>>
>> STATUS REPORT: S05-035
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>> NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE PROCESSING STATUS REPORT
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> <snip>
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>> Atlantis (OV-104)
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> <snip>
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>> In the Vehicle Assembly Building, the Solid Rocket Boosters will be
>> destacked and sent back to ATK Thiokol in Utah for refurbishment. In
>> December, the booster segments will have reached the end of the time
>> allowable for segments to be stacked prior to a launch. A new booster
>> stack will be built for Atlantis' launch.
>
> How many times has this happened previously? What were the affected
> missions, if any? How much does this cost NASA?
>
> Challenger's Ghost
>

I'd be interested in exactly what goes wrong when they are just sitting
there, are we talking joint problems here?

As an aside, Re Discovery, I assume, though its not mentioned, that the very
first things to do is to unship the cargo already there. Have they destowed
the test repair and Gyro as yet?

Brian

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