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Space Shuttle Discovery Launch Live Thread (04/05/10 6:21am EDT)
04/04/10 | Kevin Davis

Posted on 04/04/2010 6:02:23 PM PDT by KevinDavis

Dear Lord Please Don't Let Me Frak Up!!


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Technical
KEYWORDS: discovery; launch; nasa; shuttlediscovery; space; spaceshuttle
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To: hoagy62

I saw the flashes right after liftoff; they were more visible on the far-side pad camera, showing the side of the tank instead of the back of the shuttle. Right as the stack started to roll there were two or three ‘hits’ in the stream.


101 posted on 04/05/2010 4:09:57 AM PDT by brityank (The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !! Â)
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To: brityank

I didn’t see it, but not doubting what you saw.

Inspection will reveal all.


102 posted on 04/05/2010 4:12:33 AM PDT by hoagy62 (.)
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To: brityank

Its probably like NASCAR when they come into the turns and let up on the accelerator. You always see flames coming out the sidepipes.


103 posted on 04/05/2010 4:15:02 AM PDT by raygun
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To: hoagy62

And...NASA TV says this was the last time for a “rookie” astronaut to fly about the Shuttle. There are 3 rookies aboard, and no more after this.


104 posted on 04/05/2010 4:15:42 AM PDT by hoagy62 (.)
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To: hoagy62

I just hope they were insulation, and not tiles.


105 posted on 04/05/2010 4:16:52 AM PDT by brityank (The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !! Â)
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To: hoagy62

On the replay I saw:

T+~4m (SRBS+1-2m): 5 large and two or three small bits swirl through the exhaust. These would likely be foam from the external tank during a phase of high aerodynamic acceleration. The question is did they hit anything?

T+9 at EFT sep: 3 pieces appeared to float away from the EFT lower strut after separation.

T+9-10: Shortly after EFT sep, I saw three or four bits clearly floating away from above the orbiter. This is not a place or time for ice or foam. That leaves top tiles. I won’t panic either but I want to be on record. I’m certain there will be questions at the PLPC.


106 posted on 04/05/2010 4:17:56 AM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (NEW TAG ====> **REPEAL OR REBEL!** -- Islam Delenda Est! -- Rumble thee forth)
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To: hoagy62

If we keep the current crop of miscreants and losers in DC you’ll be right, at least for NASA.


107 posted on 04/05/2010 4:19:17 AM PDT by brityank (The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !! Â)
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To: brityank

If anything came off that early, no telling what the airstream could have caught hold of at maximum aerodynamic stress.
The computers might even have caught gyro anomalies and had to rebalance engine thrusts.


108 posted on 04/05/2010 4:24:48 AM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (NEW TAG ====> **REPEAL OR REBEL!** -- Islam Delenda Est! -- Rumble thee forth)
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To: UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide

The bits I saw were around the T+0.5m mark, just as the stack is starting to roll over.


109 posted on 04/05/2010 4:30:01 AM PDT by brityank (The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !! Â)
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NASA News Conference on deck; 07:30EDT.


110 posted on 04/05/2010 4:31:56 AM PDT by brityank (The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !! Â)
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To: brityank

Probably some Easter marshmallow peeps the maintenance guys set on the bird to get roasted by the main engines as they fall off during launch.


111 posted on 04/05/2010 4:35:43 AM PDT by raygun
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To: brityank

Downplaying foam losses.


112 posted on 04/05/2010 4:37:54 AM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (NEW TAG ====> **REPEAL OR REBEL!** -- Islam Delenda Est! -- Rumble thee forth)
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To: UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide

“Foam loss at 4m and after does not have the aerodynamic acceleration to do damage.”

Did not address material lost, apparently from the orbiter, after EFT separation (+9-10m).


113 posted on 04/05/2010 4:45:23 AM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (NEW TAG ====> **REPEAL OR REBEL!** -- Islam Delenda Est! -- Rumble thee forth)
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To: brityank

No mention of it (T+0:30).


114 posted on 04/05/2010 4:47:18 AM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (NEW TAG ====> **REPEAL OR REBEL!** -- Islam Delenda Est! -- Rumble thee forth)
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To: Carley

It was AMAZING...So glad I read this thread before going to bed last night because we wouldn’t have known about it otherwise.


115 posted on 04/05/2010 4:47:47 AM PDT by mykdsmom
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To: All

No heavy lift capability to replace the shuttle. No idea what they’re going to do about that. They’re doing phase I systems analysis: define the project scope.


116 posted on 04/05/2010 4:49:59 AM PDT by raygun
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To: UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide

Yep, have to check back later.

Got to head out. Thanks all for the info.


117 posted on 04/05/2010 4:57:13 AM PDT by brityank (The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !! Â)
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To: mykdsmom

I had forgotten about it till I got online here early early.

FR has everything I need to know about everything important going on in the world.


118 posted on 04/05/2010 5:00:56 AM PDT by Carley (Are you better off than you were four trillion dollars ago?)
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To: WSGilcrest

What was that mini shuttle thingy they showed on FNC. Unmanned, large enough for small satellites, able to stay up for up to 3 month. Sounds like an interesting combination for the defense business.


119 posted on 04/05/2010 5:12:59 AM PDT by McGruff (Don't criticize. Explain to me who I should support other than Sarah Palin.)
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To: UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide

There was kind of a smiling emphasis from Mission Control on “Good copy” when they heard the first readout from Naoko Yamazaki.
I don’t think they were expecting her to be handling the comm :-)


120 posted on 04/05/2010 5:31:29 AM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (NEW TAG ====> **REPEAL OR REBEL!** -- Islam Delenda Est! -- Rumble thee forth)
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