Pack bags for May 31st, 2010 Last Shuttle flight scheduled

On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:34:56 -0700 (PDT), rjn
wrote:


And there was more on the line then, too.
An unmanned space station (Skylab) was depending
on STS for a reboost. Didn't get it. Poof.

No it wasn't, that was an afterthought. There were no plans to occupy
SkyLab beyond SkyLab 4. And it wasn't all Shuttle's fault. When
launched in 1973, SkyLab was expected to have a 9-to-10 year orbital
lifetime, instead it came down in 1979. Shuttle was expected to fly in
November 1978 but slipped to April 1981. The Shuttle/SkyLab TRS flight
was originally to be something like the 5th or 6th Shuttle flight. As
the Shuttle was delayed and SkyLab's entry period advanced, that moved
all the way up to STS-2 before the two dates passed one another going
in opposite directions.

At least during this gap the US can buy launch seats
to ISS from the RKA, although I shouldn't be at
all surprised if RKA "discovers" they need to raise
the price of the tickets post-STS.

Count on it.

Brian

In sci.space.shuttle message
, Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:24:56, "johnny@." posted:

It shouldn't be that hard going back to the moon. Didn't we do it in 1969?


No : an earlier generation did it. Essentially none of them will have
an active part in the return attempt.

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my prediction, the new crew vehicle will get placed on delta heavy
existing expendables as it should have from day one.

the moon mars plan will be delayed, but studied..........

nasa loves studying stuff

the shuttle will continue to fly till the new crew vehicle is
operational, or the shuttles next accident whichever comes first......

obama priorties will be afghan war, energy, and our economy.

there wouldnt be bucks for space, ISS will be lucky if it survives the
budget ax.

our entire country is just getting the message, were becoming a 2nd
class country, being bankrupted by oil costs and excess pork spending.

the current recession will only get worse becoming a mini depression