Re: How many Shuttle flights planned?

On Sat, 08 Jul 2006 22:54:25 -0500, Jorge R. Frank wrote:


There are 19 flights on the current shuttle manifest. One of those is STS-
121, which has already launched, which leaves 18.

Out of those 18, two are "contingency" logistics flights to ISS, which are
expected to be deleted at some point, leaving 16.

One of the remaining 16 flights is a placeholder for an HST servicing
mission, the only non-ISS flight on the manifest. That too will be deleted
if not deemed safe. However, given the good results of today's EVA, I am
confident that NASA will give the go-ahead for the mission.


Not too supprising, as the sum of all the forces applied by an astronaut
at the end of the boom is always zero. The interesting thing was how
little force it took to move the boom when the force was applied to
something else.

Four flights per year, not a spectacular rate.

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