WAKE UP AMERICA!
Houston we have a problem.
Posted on 07/21/2010 12:10:45 AM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
Workers started assembling twin solid rocket boosters this week to help power Endeavour toward orbit in February on the final scheduled launch of the space shuttle program.
A heavy-lifting crane hoisted the aft segment of the shuttle's left solid rocket booster Monday and moved the motor atop a mobile launcher platform. The boosters for Endeavour's STS-134 mission are being stacked inside High Bay 1 of the Kennedy Space Center's cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building.
Crews repeated the procedure Tuesday and lifted the right booster's aft segment from the VAB's transfer aisle into High Bay 1.
It will take about three weeks to stack the boosters. Each motor consists of four segments already packed with solid propellant.
Shuttle solid rocket boosters are 149 feet tall and 12 feet wide. The boosters each weigh about 1.3 million pounds with propellant.
Endeavour's external fuel tank will be attached to the boosters in early September. The bullet-shaped tank arrived at KSC on July 13 and moved inside the VAB on July 14. The tank was lifted inside a checkout cell Thursday for tests before it is mated to the shuttle boosters.
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Good! Now NASA can get onto more important things like helping Muslims feel better about themselves and the environment! Space is for looking at not exploring.
Have you guys heard from SonofStrangeLove? He’s been a regular (really really regular ...at least two threads a day on average, and many posts) poster on FR, and can normally be found here. He’s been absent for the past three weeks. This is silly, I know, but since you guys are on his pinglist, might you know if he’s alright?
I’ve been missing his pings.
I wonder what happened to him.
Same here. I was wondering about his absence as well. I hope he’s alright.
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