Progress M-51 update, 17-12-2004

Prelaunch processing of Russian cargo vehicle Progress M-51 to fly to the
ISS is in progress.


Baikonur Cosmodrome, 17-12-2004

Designers inspection of the Progress M-51 cargo vehicle and payload shroud
roll on to the cargo vehicle was completed in the Spacecraft Assembly and
Test Facility.

Photo-report:
http://www.energia.ru/english/energi...oto_12-17.html


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Jacques :-)

www.spacepatches.info

Prelaunch processing of Russian cargo vehicle Progress M-51 to fly to the
ISS is in progress.

I hope it detonates into a nice fireball on the pad, before clearing the tower.

Taking out pad, vehicle all at once requiring station unmanning, is first
necessary step to moving forward in space....
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End the dangerous wasteful shuttle now before it kills any more astronauts....

(bob haller) wrote in
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Prelaunch processing of Russian cargo vehicle Progress M-51 to fly to
the ISS is in progress.

I hope it detonates into a nice fireball on the pad, before clearing
the tower.

Taking out pad, vehicle all at once requiring station unmanning, is
first necessary step to moving forward in space....

STATION BURNS UP, NO SERIOUS INJURIES

September 28, 2005

Pittsburgh (AP) - The International Space Station, abandoned since January,
burned up in the Earth's atmosphere this morning, raining debris over a
wide swath of Ohio and western Pennsylvania.

The station's crew, Leroy Chiao and Salizhan Sharipov, were ordered to
evacuate the station due to low food supplies. The Progress supply ship
carrying new food supplies failed to reach the station.

Before departing, the crew configured the station to be completely
controlled from its two Mission Control Centers in Houston and Star City,
Russia. However, a computer failure in March resulted in the station losing
the capability to point itself. Station Program Manager Bill Gerstenmaier
was quoted as saying at the time that the computer could easily have been
recovered had there been a crew onboard.

With the loss of pointing control, the station could no longer recharge its
batteries from its large solar arrays. Its electrical power systems failed,
and its orbit slowly decayed. Another Progress supply ship was launched in
April to attempt to dock with the slowly tumbling station, but failed. In
July, the station's orbit decayed below 280 km, below which re-entry could
not be prevented.

With the loss of electrical power, mission controllers could not orient the
station to attempt to control its re-entry location, as was done with
Skylab in 1979. Fortunately, re-entry occurred before dawn, when most
people were sheltered indoors.

Although most of the station's structure disintegrated during re-entry,
many large pieces survived to impact the ground. There have been widespread
reports of property damage throughout the greater Pittsburgh area, but so
far there are no reports of deaths or serious injuries. One large piece of
debris slammed through the roof of a residence and struck its occupant,
Robert Haller, but fortunately the impact was to the skull, so no vital
organs were hit. Mr. Haller was taken to Allegheny General Hospital for
observation, where he is reportedly conscious but babbling incoherently.
According to friends and co-workers, this is Mr. Haller's normal state.
Mrs. Haller could not be reached for comment.

On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 13:14:16 -0600, Bill the Cat wrote:

Although most of the station's structure disintegrated during re-entry,
many large pieces survived to impact the ground. There have been widespread
reports of property damage throughout the greater Pittsburgh area, but so
far there are no reports of deaths or serious injuries. One large piece of
debris slammed through the roof of a residence and struck its occupant,
Robert Haller, but fortunately the impact was to the skull, so no vital
organs were hit. Mr. Haller was taken to Allegheny General Hospital for
observation, where he is reportedly conscious but babbling incoherently.
According to friends and co-workers, this is Mr. Haller's normal state.
Mrs. Haller could not be reached for comment.

LOL

I've been sitting here watching NASA TV, hoping for some launch coverage.
Unless I had my times mixed up, they didn't cover it. But mission control
just told the ISS crew that the launch was a success, and wished them a
good night.

Sorry Bob, maybe next time...

Dale

Although most of the station's structure disintegrated during re-entry,
many large pieces survived to impact the ground. There have been widespread
reports of property damage throughout the greater Pittsburgh area, but so
far there are no reports of deaths or serious injuries. One large piece of
debris slammed through the roof of a residence and struck its occupant,
Robert Haller, but fortunately the impact was to the skull, so no vital
organs were hit. Mr. Haller was taken to Allegheny General Hospital for
observation, where he is reportedly conscious but babbling incoherently.
According to friends and co-workers, this is Mr. Haller's normal state.
Mrs. Haller could not be reached for comment.

LOL

I've been sitting here watching NASA TV, hoping for some launch coverage.
Unless I had my times mixed up, they didn't cover it. But mission control
just told the ISS crew that the launch was a success, and wished them a
good night.

Sorry Bob, maybe next time...

Dale








Although most of the station's structure disintegrated during re-entry,
many large pieces survived to impact the ground. There have been widespread
reports of property damage throughout the greater Pittsburgh area, but so
far there are no reports of deaths or serious injuries. One large piece of
debris slammed through the roof of a residence and struck its occupant,
Robert Haller, but fortunately the impact was to the skull, so no vital
organs were hit. Mr. Haller was taken to Allegheny General Hospital for
observation, where he is reportedly conscious but babbling incoherently.
According to friends and co-workers, this is Mr. Haller's normal state.
Mrs. Haller could not be reached for comment.

LOL

I've been sitting here watching NASA TV, hoping for some launch coverage.
Unless I had my times mixed up, they didn't cover it. But mission control
just told the ISS crew that the launch was a success, and wished them a
good night.

Sorry Bob, maybe next time...

Dale


DONT APOLOGIZE! This is absolutely the funniest thing I have read in years. I
laughed so hard I cried!

YOU ARE FUNNY!

I pull jokes on others every chance I get. You got me good, congrats! bob

Lets have the next progress fail on launch so the ISS shuttle program can end
as it must to do anything new in space!

On 24 Dec 2004 03:44:52 GMT, (bob haller) wrote:

DONT APOLOGIZE! This is absolutely the funniest thing I have read in years. I
laughed so hard I cried!

YOU ARE FUNNY!

I pull jokes on others every chance I get. You got me good, congrats! bob

Just to make it clear, "Bill the Cat" wrote that, not me. And yeah, it was really
funny

Lets have the next progress fail on launch so the ISS shuttle program can end
as it must to do anything new in space!

Wouldn't just having a launch failure of an ISS resupply flight be "new" enough
for you? Geez, you're never satisfied...

Merry Christmas, Bob (and everybody else in sci.space.whatever land).

Dale

Wouldn't just having a launch failure of an ISS resupply flight be "new"
enough
for you? Geez, you're never satisfied...

Shuttle MUST end permanetely. At least a ISS progress failure on the pad will
not endanger any astronauts....

Shuttlev RTF means more will surely die


Merry Christmas, Bob (and everybody else in sci.space.whatever land).

Dale


HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!!!

I want to see a Mars crew wishing earth happy holidays!

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End the dangerous wasteful shuttle now before it kills any more astronauts....