Scrubbed!

Looks like the launch has halted due to a fuel leak

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3033063

Nothing further on MSN or BBC....

Quick, get out there with some sealant and a jubilee clip!
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Looks like the launch has halted due to a fuel leak

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3033063

Nothing further on MSN or BBC....

On Mar 11, 6:21�pm, "Brian Gaff" wrote:
Quick, get out there with some sealant and a jubilee clip!
Brian

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Looks like the launch has halted due to a fuel leak

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3033063

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they could of lost the vehicle, crew and pad.

that was a serious problem

I don't think the levels got anywhere near the flammable mixture myself, at
least if what was said is true.
Brian

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On Mar 11, 6:21?pm, "Brian Gaff" wrote:
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Looks like the launch has halted due to a fuel leak

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3033063

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they could of lost the vehicle, crew and pad.

that was a serious problem

On Mar 12, 4:46�am, "Brian Gaff" wrote:
I don't think the levels got anywhere near the flammable mixture �myself, at
least if what was said is true.
Brian

they would have during launch..........

Brian Gaff wrote:
I don't think the levels got anywhere near the flammable mixture myself, at
least if what was said is true.

According to NASA's web site, the problem was on an arm that attaches to
the ET from the fixed structure (launch tower). It provides a path to
vent excess hydrogen away from shuttle.

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/1...-pad-720-2.jpg

( I realise Brian Gaff can't view images ).


Nasa says this arm is in the intertank area of the ET (so roughly 2/3 of
the way up).

I take it we never see this arm because it is hidden by the passenger
bridge from the tower to the shuttle ? Does it swing back at the same
time as the passenger bridge ?

John Doe wrote:

Brian Gaff wrote:
I don't think the levels got anywhere near the flammable mixture
myself, at least if what was said is true.

According to NASA's web site, the problem was on an arm that attaches to
the ET from the fixed structure (launch tower). It provides a path to
vent excess hydrogen away from shuttle.

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/1...-pad-720-2.jpg

( I realise Brian Gaff can't view images ).


Nasa says this arm is in the intertank area of the ET (so roughly 2/3 of
the way up).

I take it we never see this arm because it is hidden by the passenger
bridge from the tower to the shuttle ? Does it swing back at the same
time as the passenger bridge ?

Yes. Apparently it's helped on it's way by a small pyrotechnic charge, which
is presumably why a leak at that point isn't a great idea.

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On Mar 12, 8:40*am, bob haller wrote:
On Mar 12, 4:46 am, "Brian Gaff" wrote:

I don't think the levels got anywhere near the flammable mixture myself, at
least if what was said is true.
Brian

they would have during launch..........

No they wouldn't

Everything you post has to be "sky is falling"

Go away Chicken Little

On Mar 12, 12:06�pm, wrote:
On Mar 12, 8:40�am, bob haller wrote:

On Mar 12, 4:46 am, "Brian Gaff" wrote:

I don't think the levels got anywhere near the flammable mixture myself, at
least if what was said is true.
Brian

they would have during launch..........

No they wouldn't

Everything you post has to be "sky is falling"

Go away Chicken Little

no doubt you thought that before columbias disaster when i asked what
would happen if a shuttle got stuck at station.......

nasa had no plans for such a event, which in retrospect was very
possible


incidently theres a pyro by the leak area, that would of really caused
bad things