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NASA nervous as orbiter nears Mars - MRO begins orbit acquisition process FRiday, March 10 (LIVE Thr
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Posted on 03/08/2006 9:35:55 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: bonfire
That's the only way anybody will see this LIVE thread.
bump
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posted on
03/10/2006 1:13:54 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
To: RightWhale
It's turning very slowlyStep by step slowly I turn...
or something like that...
62
posted on
03/10/2006 1:14:15 PM PST
by
null and void
(I nominate Sept 11th: "National Moderate Muslim Day of Tacit Approval". - Mr. Rational, paraphrased)
To: RightWhale
spaceflightnow.com
2114 GMT (4:14 p.m. EST)
Main engine start is now 10 minutes away.
Seven minutes?
63
posted on
03/10/2006 1:15:19 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
To: IslandJeff
To: RightWhale
Not Breaking News
Live Thread BUMP...
65
posted on
03/10/2006 1:15:42 PM PST
by
null and void
(I nominate Sept 11th: "National Moderate Muslim Day of Tacit Approval". - Mr. Rational, paraphrased)
To: RightWhale
I know. Let's keep it bumped.
Gonna go check the NASA television channel.
66
posted on
03/10/2006 1:16:22 PM PST
by
bonfire
To: null and void
Not Breaking News bump :)
67
posted on
03/10/2006 1:17:06 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
To: bonfire
2 minutes until the burnout is complete?
68
posted on
03/10/2006 1:17:58 PM PST
by
Drammach
(In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king..)
To: RightWhale
spaceflightnow.com
2117 GMT (4:17 p.m. EST)
MRO is 2,300 miles from Mars and traveling at 10,000 miles per hour.
Not Breaking News -- Braking News
69
posted on
03/10/2006 1:18:46 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
To: nobody in particular
Was the pc station labeled "Propulsion" on the Free republic site?
70
posted on
03/10/2006 1:19:20 PM PST
by
SGCOS
To: RightWhale
Historic Moment Not-A-Live-Thread Bump.
71
posted on
03/10/2006 1:19:38 PM PST
by
null and void
(I nominate Sept 11th: "National Moderate Muslim Day of Tacit Approval". - Mr. Rational, paraphrased)
To: null and void
Or something like that...
72
posted on
03/10/2006 1:20:16 PM PST
by
null and void
(I nominate Sept 11th: "National Moderate Muslim Day of Tacit Approval". - Mr. Rational, paraphrased)
To: RightWhale
spaceflightnow.com
2119 GMT (4:19 p.m. EST)
Five minutes from ignition. The orbit insertion burn is performed by the spacecraft's six main engines. A valve is electrically opened to route fuel into the engines, flowing over high-temperature catalyst beds that cause the propellant to ignite and blast through the cluster of nozzles at very high speed.
Braking News
73
posted on
03/10/2006 1:20:30 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
To: RightWhale
spaceflightnow.com
2120 GMT (4:20 p.m. EST)
MRO has completed its turn. The craft has achieved the orientation for the burn.
Braking News
74
posted on
03/10/2006 1:21:41 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
To: RightWhale
Peanuts being circulated. 2 minutes till jar is empty.
75
posted on
03/10/2006 1:22:48 PM PST
by
SGCOS
To: RightWhale
spaceflightnow.com
2122 GMT (4:22 p.m. EST)
All spacecraft sub-systems are "go."
Braking news
76
posted on
03/10/2006 1:22:50 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
To: RightWhale
77
posted on
03/10/2006 1:23:20 PM PST
by
null and void
(I nominate Sept 11th: "National Moderate Muslim Day of Tacit Approval". - Mr. Rational, paraphrased)
To: RightWhale
78
posted on
03/10/2006 1:24:43 PM PST
by
cabojoe
To: RightWhale
spaceflightnow.com
2124 GMT (4:24 p.m. EST)
MOI IGNITION! Flying backward with the red planet looming near, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has ignited its cluster of six main engines for the 27-minute orbit insertion burn. This engine firing will slow the spacecraft's speed by 2,200 mph, enabling the planet to capture the probe before sailing past.
Braking News -- Braking maneuver commences
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posted on
03/10/2006 1:24:46 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
To: RightWhale
Keeping fingers crossed that this is not Broken News.
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