To: Kaslin
I wish everybody would put a hold on the humor until we know the crew is not in mortal peril.
70 posted on
09/19/2006 9:21:41 AM PDT by
Graymatter
(TV-free and clean for 3 years, 4 months.)
To: Graymatter
They are still in a very high orbit. They can remain in it for as much as three months or more, depending on food and other consumables. These things were implemented after the loss of the last shuttle as emergency measures.
The plan then would be to launch the next bird as a rescue and allow the wounded bird to burn up after setting a safe trajectory for re-entry.
I don't think the crew is in danger now, but the bird may not be coming back.
75 posted on
09/19/2006 9:27:59 AM PDT by
Cold Heat
(I just analyze it, I did not create the mess...so go pound sand:-))
To: Graymatter
I wish everybody would put a hold on the humor until we know the crew is not in mortal peril. Good point. I agree. Although I joked about it first too
88 posted on
09/19/2006 9:37:18 AM PDT by
Kaslin
(No matter what the left says. G.W. Bush will be remembered as the best president of this century)
To: Graymatter
To quote a line in a famous movie...'we mock what we don't understand'...
104 posted on
09/19/2006 9:54:49 AM PDT by
stuartcr
(Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
To: Graymatter
Didn't lightening strike this Shuttle's launch pad originally? They had to postpone for bad weather too, IIRC.
117 posted on
09/19/2006 10:04:47 AM PDT by
khnyny
(God Bless the Republic for which it stands)
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