Posted on 11/01/2010 9:33:58 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
NASA managers met Monday to review preparations for the space shuttle Discovery launch on STS-133, clearing the spacecraft for liftoff Wednesday on what will be its 39th and final flight.
It was a quick meeting, with unanimous consent to press ahead with a launch attempt at 3:52 p.m. EDT. “If I wouldn’t have talked about how quickly it was going, it would have gone even faster. We didn’t have any technical issues to discuss,” quips Mike Moses, shuttle launch integration manager at Kennedy Space Center.
Over the weekend, technicians plugged helium and nitrogen leaks in the shuttle’s right-side Orbital Maneuvering System, work that delayed the start of the STS-133 countdown two days. “The two gas leaks we had were very straightforward in terms of how to fix them, but they had a lot of overhead that went along with them in terms of the hazardous ops required, and the vents, and the work to get in there,” Moses told reporters Monday.
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Pelosi’s heading back to her homeworld after her defeat?
Back to Remulac and her saddened constituants.
Space will be more beautiful tomorrow night with Nicole Stott there.
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