Re: Shuttle Viewing in the UK
- From: "david" <david_perry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2005 08:38:08 +0000 (UTC)
Good points. There is no doubt that NASA is more devoted to the dollar than
to it's "brave men and women". They could have saved the last lot had they
not been so damned dollar-minded. They could have saved the first lot too,
but too mean to stop the launch.
Oh well, a bit OT.
D
"S_chuber_t" <schubert_montgomery@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
>
> Mark Crossley wrote:
>> The shuttle and the external tank have separated by the time they come
>> over the
>> UK, you can see one following the other (the tank comes down in the
>> Indian
>> Ocean iirc).
>
> well if they are using a new tank design, how do they know if it will
> fly aerodynymacally the same way that the old external tank did?
>
> And if they are using a new tank does that mean the booster nozzles and
> mechanics are different? You got a jpl link?
>
> seems to me they are rushing this launch just like all the others. They
> never accomplished any of the three goals such as inflight repair, a
> better escape option etc.. They just say if they have troulbe the
> shuttle can dock at the International Space Station -- which I think is
> kind of naive. Who knows if they would ever make it up to the Space
> Station orbit if they had trouble?
>
> No I got a bad feeling about this. I think we pretty much certain to
> see all the shuttles blow up or have horrible problems do to their age
> and Nasa not replacing them. They are thirty years old for heaven's
> sake. How many thirty year old buses do you see on the interstates
> these days?
>
> Oh and is the shuttle in or outside at the moment with hurrican Dennis
> bearing down on it?
>
>>
>> From memory they pass over about 20 mins after launch?
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>> Gareth Slee wrote:
>> > Space Shuttle Discovery launches on the 13th July at 8.51pm BST. I
>> > understand others have viewed the Shuttle as it passes over the UK in
>> > the past.
>> >
>> > Anyone have any info' on this?
>
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