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Jeff B

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STS-133
« on: October 22, 2010, 05:16:33 AM »
The Press Kit for STS-133 has been released. One week to go before launch.

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Re: STS-133
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2010, 03:30:35 PM »
Cool press kit, but it´s still not sure if they can keep 1st Nov launch date...

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Re: STS-133
« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2010, 03:52:30 AM »
Confirmed all go and in good shape for Nov 1.

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Re: STS-133
« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2010, 04:59:05 PM »
We'll be "synch-launching" with it. To all newcomers - try it. Seeing the sim shuttle take off together with the real one is a cool experience!

Check the Synchronized Launches thread to understand how it's done :)

http://www.space-shuttle-mission.com/forum/index.php?topic=3064.0

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Re: STS-133
« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2010, 03:50:34 AM »
Cheers Admin. Have completed all the missions but not a synchronized one as yet. Am definately going to do this with STS-133.  As it happens we in Melbourne have a public holiday (Melb Cup horse race) and the launch couldnt be a better time here 7.30am. Perfect.

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Re: STS-133
« Reply #5 on: October 27, 2010, 06:12:24 AM »
Admin,
had a look at the link you posted bit it is only the link to a poll.  No info on how to go about it. Is there another link?

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Re: STS-133
« Reply #6 on: October 27, 2010, 10:25:14 AM »
Admin,
had a look at the link you posted bit it is only the link to a poll.  No info on how to go about it. Is there another link?

Seems to work for me.  You'll need (optimal setup): Two computers, or at least two monitors.  Run TS (TeamSpeak) to Uri_Ba's server, you can find that in the Help and Hints forum.  Run a NASA TV stream, or the audio feed, for updates and live T minus counters.

Admin, just another question here - would you be interested in a "synchronized landing" type deal?  Should all be the same as launch, just hit "exec" at the TIG of the DoB.  :)
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Re: STS-133
« Reply #7 on: October 27, 2010, 12:52:30 PM »
Admin,
had a look at the link you posted bit it is only the link to a poll.  No info on how to go about it. Is there another link?

I re-checked the link. Poll? No way! Read the posts there and see which mission to load and how to prepare. There is enough info there to get you going.

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Re: STS-133
« Reply #8 on: October 31, 2010, 05:29:44 AM »
Boo. I was happy when they delayed it to Tuesday (As I don't have classes that day, and can afford to drive to Tittusville to watch <_<), but Wednesday is the busiest day of the week x.x I kinda hope it gets pushed back further to Thursday >_>
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Re: STS-133
« Reply #9 on: November 04, 2010, 06:17:10 AM »
Rolling back the RSS right now. 0016z

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Re: STS-133
« Reply #10 on: November 05, 2010, 07:09:42 PM »
STS-133 scrubbed due to "substantial" GUCP leak.  Issue plagued STS-119 and STS-127, but they say this is worse.

Next launch attempt NO EARLIER THAN Monday, November 8th.  Currently in a 72 hour scrub turnaround.

Managers will be meeting in 2 hours time to discuss a forward plan.
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Re: STS-133
« Reply #11 on: November 05, 2010, 08:27:25 PM »
It's funny how many leak problems they've been having
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Re: STS-133
« Reply #12 on: November 06, 2010, 04:13:24 AM »
It's funny how many leak problems they've been having

Funny in a very, very light way, haha.  Sucks because now the launch is scheduled to NO EARLIER THAN November 30th, 2010.  This will allow time to get out to the GUCP and see what's going on, without pressuring them for a NET Monday attempt.  It has also been noted that the GUCP looks slightly askew (in the press briefing today), so that probably won't help the issue with the leak...

Here's a YouTube video, provided by NASA, about the GUCP.  Good for those who don't know a whole lot about it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HLtTRsPzSA


There has also been a crack in the external tank foam (noted by Mike Moses at the Post Scrub News Conference) - he said about 7 inches wide between two stringers on the External Tank.

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/495910main_133-et-crack-1280.jpg

That's the crack.  They'll also be working on that too - they probably are going to make a plan, but nothing right off yet that I heard of.  Hopefully it isn't *too* bad so they won't have to rollback and fix the tank, but that could be an option.

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Re: STS-133
« Reply #13 on: November 06, 2010, 06:32:05 AM »
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Seriously, it doesn't make any fun anymore to follow the NASA program. When watching a Soyuz launch, there is always a 99,9% confidence that the launch will take place, as usual. I can only hope SpaceX i.e. Falcon 9 will get there as well. But NASA just won't be anywhere. They don't even get something off the pad within weeks and month which they operate for decades. The USA has changed and one can see it by the space program as well...
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Re: STS-133
« Reply #14 on: November 18, 2010, 01:12:10 AM »
Nothing's 'changed'. Safety has always come first, if you have an issue you can't launch. I suggest you look back over the 30-year program and see how many times a launch has scrubbed or delayed. A great number have. Perfect launches like STS-129 are an exception to the rule. We might look back with rose tinted spectacles at previous launches and think this stuff all used to go off flawlessly but the truth is launching rockets, and especially vehicles as complex as the Space Shuttle, has never been straightforward.

Thew GUCP has been a bone of contention on numerous previous occasions, sometimes it just doesn't seal properly.

The design of External Tank hasn't changed since STS-96 or something (the first use of the lightweight variant) and the stringers are a known problem, and have been repaired before (although not on the pad to my knowledge). This isn't an issue they can't repair, but would you rather they repaired it and everything was safe, or the ET (which takes most of the strain of launch) broke?

The flight deck panel and breakers they replaced are just old. Discovery has been going a long time and hasn't been refitted for some time.

All the Shuttle craft are the same way, just look at the outside tiles, the paintwork, the number of tiles that have been replaced underneath...

The complexity of the beast means stuff sometimes doesn't go to plan. Safety is the byword, and NASA ans United Space Alliance stick to it. I prefer it that way.

As for Soyuz didn't the most recent one have a delay? Also it's a very much simpler vehicle in a part of the world where the weather is very stable. The USA don't have that kind of luxury, but in return we get to see a few more flights of one of mankind's most amazing pieces of ingenuity... if we're patient.

I know it's frustrating, and I also watched a great number of friends on Twitter gather excited in Florida for the NASA Tweetup, some spending lots to get there, only to see them get no launch. If you feel bummed out, imagine how they felt! But all of us hold no gridge or place no ill will because we know it's all done for a reason.

STS-133 will fly, but only when it's ready.