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MSNBC Breaking: NASA may wave off Wed. shuttle landing after "something" seen floating nearby
MSNBC/NASA-TV
| 9.19.06
Posted on 09/19/2006 7:54:50 AM PDT by mhking
MSNBC's Jay Barbree says that NASA may hold off on tomorrow's scheduled shuttle landing after cameras saw "something" floating nearby; NASA afraid that it may have been something that came off of the shuttle during an overnight engine burn. They're not sure if it is from Atlantis, or just space junk.
They want to check to make sure it is nothing from the thermal protection system on board Atlantis.
TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: babyruth; lostbolt
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To: mhking
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posted on
09/19/2006 8:16:26 AM PDT
by
BibChr
("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
To: r9etb
Probably. Depends on whether they've got enough propellant margin to perform a rendezvous.
If they had to get back to the station, would they have enough propellant left to return to Earth?
To: Diddle E. Squat
43
posted on
09/19/2006 8:19:11 AM PDT
by
steveo
(ADVERTISEMENT)
To: RightWhale; Brett66; xrp; gdc314; anymouse; NonZeroSum; jimkress; discostu; The_Victor; ...
Better safe than sorry...
44
posted on
09/19/2006 8:19:15 AM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(http://www.cafepress.com/spacefuture)
To: Jhensy
I liked her as Tarzan girl in that episode of Man from Uncle. Fabulous actress.
To: Jhensy
Why does that lady have a salad bowl on her head?.........
46
posted on
09/19/2006 8:20:10 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Is Castro dead yet?........)
To: Fitzcarraldo
If they had to get back to the station, would they have enough propellant left to return to Earth? That's what the propellant margin would have to cover.
47
posted on
09/19/2006 8:20:29 AM PDT
by
r9etb
To: Fitzcarraldo
It is past time to continue the Space Shuttle program IMHO!
48
posted on
09/19/2006 8:21:01 AM PDT
by
PhiKapMom
(Oust Brad Henry from the OK Governor's Mansion. Go Sooners!)
To: patriot_wes
It's just these guys going back from a weekend at Disneyland. They just LOVED Tomorrowland!
49
posted on
09/19/2006 8:22:00 AM PDT
by
Enterprise
(Let's not enforce laws that are already on the books, let's just write new laws we won't enforce.)
To: Fitzcarraldo
would they have enough propellant left to return to Earth? They can return to the ISS. If the Shuttle is then too low on fuel to attempt reentry they may have to stay on the ISS until another Shuttle can get there to bring them back. Can the Shuttle be refueled at the ISS?
50
posted on
09/19/2006 8:23:02 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
To: Enterprise
51
posted on
09/19/2006 8:25:00 AM PDT
by
AngryJawa
({NRA}{IDPA} Proud Infidel Since 1968)
To: RightWhale
Maybe the shuttle could be converted into a space station module if it couldn't be refueled to return to Earth.
To: Fitzcarraldo
It would probably be set free to drift and reenter on its own rather than occupy valuable port space. It seems odd that a space station wouldn't have refueling capability.
53
posted on
09/19/2006 8:29:17 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
To: Diddle E. Squat
DOODIE!
54
posted on
09/19/2006 8:29:34 AM PDT
by
evets
(beer)
To: SE Mom
Wonder what size the object is.
I suppose there's no chance it could be the black obelisk that figured so prominently in Kubrick's movie "2001: A Space Oddyssey"...
55
posted on
09/19/2006 8:31:56 AM PDT
by
txrangerette
("We are fighting al-Qaeda, NOT Aunt Sadie"...Dick Cheney commenting on the wiretaps!!)
To: Jhensy
IIRC, her quote was, "Handsome, pretty handsome Dr. Smittthhhh."
I am sooo dating myself.
To: SE Mom
57
posted on
09/19/2006 8:34:26 AM PDT
by
txrangerette
("We are fighting al-Qaeda, NOT Aunt Sadie"...Dick Cheney commenting on the wiretaps!!)
To: mewzilla
I remember the rage, prior to cable, when Jersey Shore antennas were made from beer cans! I soldered mah beer cans together so that we could pick up New Yirk and Philly stations from Seaside Heights NJ! It was a man thing!
To: brownsfan
The quote gives it away, at least for those of us who are old. Lost in Space. She was fixated on Dr. Smith. I remember, even though I was just a wee lad, thinking, how could someone so hot be fixated on a weasel like Smith?How could we forget Veena?
"Handsome, pretty, handsome, Dr. Smith!"
59
posted on
09/19/2006 8:36:20 AM PDT
by
Kieri
(A Grafted Branch (Rom. 11))
To: mhking
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