STS-121 update

Atlantis remains stuck in the Orbiter Processing Facility. The orbiter was
to move to the Vehicle Assembly Building on Wednesday. A series of problems
with its landing gear postponed the rollover.


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(update)

Atlantis' rollover from its hangar to the Vehicle Assembly Building won't
take place until at least 2 p.m. at Kennedy Space Center.

Wednesday, Atlantis had a tire pressure problem. Workers changed out a wire
harness linked to the tires and put another tire on, then topped off the
pressure Wednesday night, NASA says. When they lifted the landing gear, an
indicator that shows if the gear is locked in position didn't work. Workers
are troubleshooting the problem.

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"Jacques van Oene" schreef in bericht
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Atlantis remains stuck in the Orbiter Processing Facility. The orbiter was
to move to the Vehicle Assembly Building on Wednesday. A series of
problems
with its landing gear postponed the rollover.


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Jacques :-)

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"Jacques van Oene" wrote in message
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(update)

Atlantis' rollover from its hangar to the Vehicle Assembly Building won't
take place until at least 2 p.m. at Kennedy Space Center.

Wednesday, Atlantis had a tire pressure problem. Workers changed out a
wire
harness linked to the tires and put another tire on, then topped off the
pressure Wednesday night, NASA says. When they lifted the landing gear, an
indicator that shows if the gear is locked in position didn't work.
Workers
are troubleshooting the problem.

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Jacques :-)

www.spacepatches.info

"Jacques van Oene" schreef in bericht
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Atlantis remains stuck in the Orbiter Processing Facility. The orbiter
was
to move to the Vehicle Assembly Building on Wednesday. A series of
problems
with its landing gear postponed the rollover.


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Jacques :-)

www.spacepatches.info




I wonder if anyone costs these many problems which afflict aging equipment.
What exactly was the design life of a Shuttle, anyway? Maybe they should
have built some more. If given the same brief now, could it be done better?

Brian

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Atlantis' rollover has been delayed again, to no earlier than 6 p.m.



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"Jacques van Oene" schreef in bericht
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(update)

Atlantis' rollover from its hangar to the Vehicle Assembly Building won't
take place until at least 2 p.m. at Kennedy Space Center.

Wednesday, Atlantis had a tire pressure problem. Workers changed out a
wire
harness linked to the tires and put another tire on, then topped off the
pressure Wednesday night, NASA says. When they lifted the landing gear, an
indicator that shows if the gear is locked in position didn't work.
Workers
are troubleshooting the problem.

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Jacques :-)

www.spacepatches.info

"Jacques van Oene" schreef in bericht
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Atlantis remains stuck in the Orbiter Processing Facility. The orbiter
was
to move to the Vehicle Assembly Building on Wednesday. A series of
problems
with its landing gear postponed the rollover.


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Jacques :-)

www.spacepatches.info

I think that I recall that the Orbiter themself has the lifetime
expectancy of around 100 flights, I forgot though if a refit can
reconditioned the Orbiter for more flights.

But of course, I think that's when a fleet of Space Shuttles was
expected to orbit and land a few dozen times a year (around once per
two weeks?).

I guess with that figure above and if it's combined with a fleet of 5
orbiters, the Orbiter probably was expected to normally last for around
20 years until either decommisioned or refitted.

In article .com,
wrote:
I think that I recall that the Orbiter themself has the lifetime
expectancy of around 100 flights...

That was the theory, but it's a fairly arbitrary number and how well it
relates to reality may never be known.
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