PAO Gaff during launch?

Was it me . . . or did I hear the PAO announce that the vehicle's speed
was 1,000 mph at some point just after the stack completed roll
program? It was at some point less than T+ 60 seconds and it was
before the typical PAO call that the engines were throttling down in a
3 step fashion to minimize maximum dynamic pressure (as the vehicle
approachs and passes through Mach 1).

I am not harshing on the guy . . . we are all human . . . mistakes get
made. I just wondered if I really heard him right?

Blue skies . . .

John

Not sure, but I never heard the call for the roll either. I know there were
errors later on when he put the separator in the wrong place, and I thought
to myself, thank goodness he did not write the flight software!

Brian

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"John" wrote in message
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Was it me . . . or did I hear the PAO announce that the vehicle's speed
was 1,000 mph at some point just after the stack completed roll
program? It was at some point less than T+ 60 seconds and it was
before the typical PAO call that the engines were throttling down in a
3 step fashion to minimize maximum dynamic pressure (as the vehicle
approachs and passes through Mach 1).

I am not harshing on the guy . . . we are all human . . . mistakes get
made. I just wondered if I really heard him right?

Blue skies . . .

John

"John" wrote in message
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Was it me . . . or did I hear the PAO announce that the vehicle's speed
was 1,000 mph at some point just after the stack completed roll
program? It was at some point less than T+ 60 seconds and it was
before the typical PAO call that the engines were throttling down in a
3 step fashion to minimize maximum dynamic pressure (as the vehicle
approachs and passes through Mach 1).


Jup heard that too :-) "Wait a minute - that can't be right" kinda moment
;-)

I am not harshing on the guy . . . we are all human . . . mistakes get
made. I just wondered if I really heard him right?


True enough - later on I heard him say that altitude was 64000 miles I think
it was but he caught that one right away and corrected himself :-)

/J

"Jesper Thomsen" wrote in message
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"John" wrote in message
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Was it me . . . or did I hear the PAO announce that the vehicle's speed
was 1,000 mph at some point just after the stack completed roll
program? It was at some point less than T+ 60 seconds and it was
before the typical PAO call that the engines were throttling down in a
3 step fashion to minimize maximum dynamic pressure (as the vehicle
approachs and passes through Mach 1).


Jup heard that too :-) "Wait a minute - that can't be right" kinda moment
;-)

I am not harshing on the guy . . . we are all human . . . mistakes get
made. I just wondered if I really heard him right?


True enough - later on I heard him say that altitude was 64000 miles I
think it was but he caught that one right away and corrected himself :-)

/J

Yeah, I caught both of those.

George

On 11 Dec 2006 23:34:09 -0800, "John" wrote:

Was it me . . . or did I hear the PAO announce that the vehicle's speed
was 1,000 mph at some point just after the stack completed roll
program? It was at some point less than T+ 60 seconds and it was
before the typical PAO call that the engines were throttling down in a
3 step fashion to minimize maximum dynamic pressure (as the vehicle
approachs and passes through Mach 1).

I am not harshing on the guy . . . we are all human . . . mistakes get
made. I just wondered if I really heard him right?

Blue skies . . .

John

I'm not sure what mistakes were really made by the PAO. I had the Nasa
feed on my PC (56K modem so lousy picture) and was switching between
Fox, CNN, and another station on the TV for a good picture. Different
things were happening on different feeds. I suspect everyone along the
chain was worried about something bad happening and inserted their own
delays so you had delays piled on top of delays. At least one of them
seemed to have delayed the picture but not the sound. They had the PAO
calling events well before the video showed them happening.

One network had a scroll across the bottom which had the shuttle going
4000+ MPH very shortly after lift-off. I think the picture and/or PAO
voice on that channel had the vehicle just having gone supersonic.

Does anyone know what the feed was like on Nasa Select viewed directly
on satellite?

-- David

"John" wrote in message
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Was it me . . . or did I hear the PAO announce that the vehicle's speed
was 1,000 mph at some point just after the stack completed roll
program? It was at some point less than T+ 60 seconds and it was
before the typical PAO call that the engines were throttling down in a
3 step fashion to minimize maximum dynamic pressure (as the vehicle
approachs and passes through Mach 1).

I am not harshing on the guy . . . we are all human . . . mistakes get
made. I just wondered if I really heard him right?

Blue skies . . .


You heard right. I thought the same. I was watching/listening on my PC.

We all make mistakes.

Will
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UK - Scotland

I agree, we all make mistakes, but it seems that the quality of the
commentary is going slightly south. My son was watching with me the other
day and we counted the "uh"'s and it was terrible. Each time they would talk
we could count at least 10-12. We are all human, but these guys get paid for
this stuff!
I am not a big fan of the PAO. I really think that if NASA were better
publicized that it would be much better funded. I never see a commercial
about what NASA has given to the world. A good PR campaign would do wonders.
I wonder what their budget is and what they use it for?
Just my 2 cents.
Jim
"William Gordon" wrote in message
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"John" wrote in message
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Was it me . . . or did I hear the PAO announce that the vehicle's speed
was 1,000 mph at some point just after the stack completed roll
program? It was at some point less than T+ 60 seconds and it was
before the typical PAO call that the engines were throttling down in a
3 step fashion to minimize maximum dynamic pressure (as the vehicle
approachs and passes through Mach 1).

I am not harshing on the guy . . . we are all human . . . mistakes get
made. I just wondered if I really heard him right?

Blue skies . . .


You heard right. I thought the same. I was watching/listening on my PC.

We all make mistakes.

Will
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UK - Scotland