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After the re-entry disaster it became standard procedure to look at the shuttle belly from the ISS. They wont be able to do that on this mission. I wonder if they have any alternative ways of getting images of it. They irony is of course that they are sitting next to the greatest imaging device of all time, the Hubble. This trip is twice as far as they usually travel when going to the ISS.
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I hadnt thought about the belly shots...the fact that they are taken from the ISS. Whoops...
Whats the plan now? Eat it and smile? Or are they confident enough that its in one peice?
Whats the plan now? Eat it and smile? Or are they confident enough that its in one peice?
So after the Shuttles are retired what's next?
??
Here's hoping.
(Say what you want about the game, the SSV Normandy was a wicked ship.)
??Here's hoping.
(Say what you want about the game, the SSV Normandy was a wicked ship.)
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They will have to rely on their sensors and the inspection to determine if they need to look into it in depth.TC.Troy wrote:
I hadnt thought about the belly shots...the fact that they are taken from the ISS. Whoops...
Whats the plan now? Eat it and smile? Or are they confident enough that its in one peice?
But more analysis by engineers would determine whether a "focused inspection" was needed in that specific area. If so, astronauts would use sensors to determine the exact depth of the damage to the heat shield tiles.
Nasa has placed the space shuttle Endeavour on stand-by to rescue the crew of Atlantis if they are endangered.
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I was aware they could chk out the leading edges of the wings. I was also under the impression that that same sensor platform could not adequately view or measure the full underside. Thus the shots from the ISS...or was that a matter of "its there, may as well use it"?Kmarion wrote:
They will have to rely on their sensors and the inspection to determine if they need to look into it in depth.TC.Troy wrote:
I hadnt thought about the belly shots...the fact that they are taken from the ISS. Whoops...
Whats the plan now? Eat it and smile? Or are they confident enough that its in one peice?But more analysis by engineers would determine whether a "focused inspection" was needed in that specific area. If so, astronauts would use sensors to determine the exact depth of the damage to the heat shield tiles.
Nasa has placed the space shuttle Endeavour on stand-by to rescue the crew of Atlantis if they are endangered.
Yes the images are another tool.
Astronauts spotted the damage while scanning Atlantis with an inspection pole tipped with cameras and laser sensors. NASA has a team of people that do nothing but analyze the images for heat shield damage. They can still get the images (I was just told), but they aren't nearly as clear as the shots from the ISS.
Astronauts spotted the damage while scanning Atlantis with an inspection pole tipped with cameras and laser sensors. NASA has a team of people that do nothing but analyze the images for heat shield damage. They can still get the images (I was just told), but they aren't nearly as clear as the shots from the ISS.
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np, I learned something too.TC.Troy wrote:
gotcha, ty
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Hubble PAO ia also reporting http://twitter.com/HubblePAO/
Atlantis' crew was just informed that a focused inspection will not be necessary of the chime damage.
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hey Kmarion, any idea what part of the vehicle the 'chine' is? is it a fancy word for wing root?
I believe they have set up sensors for the robot arm that allow them to get good views/measurements of likely problem areas.Kmarion wrote:
They will have to rely on their sensors and the inspection to determine if they need to look into it in depth.TC.Troy wrote:
I hadnt thought about the belly shots...the fact that they are taken from the ISS. Whoops...
Whats the plan now? Eat it and smile? Or are they confident enough that its in one peice?But more analysis by engineers would determine whether a "focused inspection" was needed in that specific area. If so, astronauts would use sensors to determine the exact depth of the damage to the heat shield tiles.
Nasa has placed the space shuttle Endeavour on stand-by to rescue the crew of Atlantis if they are endangered.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_constellationTy wrote:
So after the Shuttles are retired what's next?
http://completemasseffect.com/images/th … dy_001.jpg??
Here's hoping.
(Say what you want about the game, the SSV Normandy was a wicked ship.)
Ares V will be the biggest, baddest, not-so-ugliest rocket ever built and will be used for cargo and mainly in conjunction with Ares I to send astronauts to the Moon, and Ares I itself has a bigger payload than the shuttle so it can be used on its own for things like ISS etc.. I think that's how they have it planned
In a sense, NASA are doing a Formula 1, it seems to be the trend with the world these days. Go back to old skool styles of doing things, except with new technology. In the sense that the Astronauts will be in a capsule on return to Earth rather than the shuttle.
Well considering that the first Apollo missions used less technology than what you would find in a modern day digital wristwatch I think it's about time we made it back to the moon. It will be incredible to see what can be achieved.
Huh, looks like the Ares' moon module is named after the main dude from "Assassin's Creed".
Huh, looks like the Ares' moon module is named after the main dude from "Assassin's Creed".
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Yeah, I can't believe they managed to create something like the Saturn V and go to the moon with 60's technology. Then again, I suppose with space as long as you get the maths spot on, you don't need much computing power, but obviously it helps that they can use what are practically supercomputers in modern spacecraft
This amazing sight reminds me of the movie "Armageddon" when the two shuttles take offKmarion wrote:
TWO NASA SPACE SHUTTLES ON TWO LAUNCH PADS FOR FINAL TIME
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vROJf4cgjLI
http://i42.tinypic.com/rhs7rc.jpg
This is the last flight for Atlantis.
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I believe they have set up sensors for the robot arm that allow them to get good views/measurements of likely problem areas.Kmarion wrote:
They will have to rely on their sensors and the inspection to determine if they need to look into it in depth.TC.Troy wrote:
I hadnt thought about the belly shots...the fact that they are taken from the ISS. Whoops...
Whats the plan now? Eat it and smile? Or are they confident enough that its in one peice?But more analysis by engineers would determine whether a "focused inspection" was needed in that specific area. If so, astronauts would use sensors to determine the exact depth of the damage to the heat shield tiles.
Nasa has placed the space shuttle Endeavour on stand-by to rescue the crew of Atlantis if they are endangered.
with laaaaayzers!Kmarion wrote:
Astronauts spotted the damage while scanning Atlantis with an inspection pole tipped with cameras and laser sensors. NASA has a team of people that do nothing but analyze the images for heat shield damage. They can still get the images (I was just told), but they aren't nearly as clear as the shots from the ISS.
An artist's concept shows the inspection boom scanning Atlantis' underside tiles to look for any damage. Credit: NASA TV
"What we're going to do on flight day two is, we added in a belly tile survey," said flight director Tony Ceccacci. "It's an additional two hours 10 minutes of survey ops. ... They've developed the survey that meets all the required detection requirements. So what we'll wind up doing is we'll be doing the starboard wing leading edge and there's a point where we break out of that and then do starboard part of the belly. That takes about 30 minutes or so there.
"After we finish the belly up, that starboard belly portion, we'll go ahead and finish up the starboard wing leading edge, go ahead and do the nose cap after that and then go to the port wing leading edge. And there's a point in there that we break out and do about 96 minutes of belly survey. Then after that, we go back into the port wing leading edge survey and get that done and then we're done for the day."
During space station flights, approaching shuttle's pause just below the lab complex and carry out a slow back-flip maneuver, exposing the belly of the ship to the station crew for a detailed photo survey using 400-mm and 800-mm lenses. The additional belly tile surveys added to the Atlantis timeline will make up for the station procedure and give engineers just as much, or more, data on the health of the heat shield than they get from a station flight.
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A MUCH bigger payload.Mekstizzle wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_constellationTy wrote:
So after the Shuttles are retired what's next?
http://completemasseffect.com/images/th … dy_001.jpg??
Here's hoping.
(Say what you want about the game, the SSV Normandy was a wicked ship.)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e … ayload.JPG
Ares V will be the biggest, baddest, not-so-ugliest rocket ever built and will be used for cargo and mainly in conjunction with Ares I to send astronauts to the Moon, and Ares I itself has a bigger payload than the shuttle so it can be used on its own for things like ISS etc.. I think that's how they have it planned
In a sense, NASA are doing a Formula 1, it seems to be the trend with the world these days. Go back to old skool styles of doing things, except with new technology. In the sense that the Astronauts will be in a capsule on return to Earth rather than the shuttle.
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Did.......did NASA use Lil Wayne, that's Lil wayne at 1.50 into the video
is it...
Sounds exactly like him, I think it is
edit: unless it was a NASA video that the YouTuber decided to put music ontop of
NASA respect increases, now only if one of the Astronauts uses "A milli" as the wakeup song
But yeah, Ares V will be huge, can't wait to see that thing take off
One thing I wanna know is how the hell it must feel like during re-entry, I bet it's complete carnage and hell to be in there!
is it...
Sounds exactly like him, I think it is
edit: unless it was a NASA video that the YouTuber decided to put music ontop of
NASA respect increases, now only if one of the Astronauts uses "A milli" as the wakeup song
But yeah, Ares V will be huge, can't wait to see that thing take off
One thing I wanna know is how the hell it must feel like during re-entry, I bet it's complete carnage and hell to be in there!
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Some youtuber.
Yea, I don't think I'll have any trouble seeing the Ares V go up from this coast. Even the Delta II's are pretty clear.
Yea, I don't think I'll have any trouble seeing the Ares V go up from this coast. Even the Delta II's are pretty clear.
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Ares V will consume all living organisms within a 10 mile radius
Snipers will clean up any left overs. http://www.flickr.com/photos/msimdottv/ … otostream/Mekstizzle wrote:
Ares V will consume all living organisms within a 10 mile radius
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It's interesting to see that their method of moon landing and re-entry is pretty much identicle to how it was done in the 60s/70s just with better technology. I would have expected them to create something like the space shuttle with a lunar module stored inside, able to land on the moon and return to the shuttle with the shuttle being able to come back to Earth in the same way the Shuttles do now.
I suppose that's just because of my romantisised notion that space travel has to be aesthetic and look aerodynamic. The Space Shuttle is the closest we've got to an awesome looking spaceship.
I suppose that's just because of my romantisised notion that space travel has to be aesthetic and look aerodynamic. The Space Shuttle is the closest we've got to an awesome looking spaceship.
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That's because you are programed to visualize everything in an earth (flight) environment. It's simply not the most practical.
The shuttle looks the way it does because it is a glider on it's reentry. All they (NASA) does is slow it's orbit enough to be pulled back to earth.
I know what you're saying though.
The shuttle looks the way it does because it is a glider on it's reentry. All they (NASA) does is slow it's orbit enough to be pulled back to earth.
I know what you're saying though.
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