S-IC-15 vs. Hurricane Katrina

Pat Flannery wrote:

Here's an update on the damage from NASA:
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=17918

"News from the STS-121 scheduling meeting today:

-MAF (Michoud Assembly Facility), the very place where we needed the
most intensive work activity for Return To Flight Part 2, was almost
directly in Katrina's path and was hit pretty hard. Lots of damage to
facility. Rough estimate is that 60% of workers there lost their homes.
Also estimate 4-6 weeks to restore power and water to facility. Since
the ET is so key right now, KSC has been asked to ascertain what, if
any, ET PAL ramp rework could possibly be done here. Also: the OV-104
demate from ET-120 still set to start tomorrow- unless someone stops us
today."

Moving the ET rework work to KSC sounds like a good
idea if it is possible, given the conditions in
New Orleans and Michoud. Might as well move some
of the Michoud workers temporarily to Florida.
Many of them won't be able to go home for months
anyway.

- Ed Kyle

OM wrote:
On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 18:21:17 -0500, Pat Flannery
wrote:

Oh boy...can you imagine driving out of the city to escape the hurricane
as it strikes, and out ahead of you something becomes visible in the
pounding rain...and swiftly rumbling down the road toward you, like a
huge white rolling pin with black stripes and a red "USA" painted on
it... :-)

...Let's not joke about this. I just got a call from one of my local
news sources, and he says See-BS news has gotten an unconfirmed report
that the S-IC has suffered damage. Again, it's unconfirmed, and
there's no footage yet.

The Saturn first stage is visible in this post-hurricane
image.

"http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/katrina_gallery/images/HK021.jpg"

The stage is still in one piece, but it is too distant
in this image to see details. S-IV-15 does appear to
be positioned at the "wet" end of Michoud where a few
feet of water is (or was on August 30) standing.

- Ed Kyle

Ed Kyle wrote:
OM wrote:
On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 18:21:17 -0500, Pat Flannery
wrote:

Oh boy...can you imagine driving out of the city to escape the hurricane
as it strikes, and out ahead of you something becomes visible in the
pounding rain...and swiftly rumbling down the road toward you, like a
huge white rolling pin with black stripes and a red "USA" painted on
it... :-)

...Let's not joke about this. I just got a call from one of my local
news sources, and he says See-BS news has gotten an unconfirmed report
that the S-IC has suffered damage. Again, it's unconfirmed, and
there's no footage yet.

The Saturn first stage is visible in this post-hurricane
image.

"http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/katrina_gallery/images/HK021.jpg"

The stage is still in one piece, but it is too distant
in this image to see details. S-IV-15 does appear to
be positioned at the "wet" end of Michoud where a few
feet of water is (or was on August 30) standing.

- Ed Kyle

Here is another view of S-IC-15 from NOAA.

"http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/storms/katrina/24712573.jpg"

accessible from he

"http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/katrina/090A30A_KATRINA.HTM"

- Ed Kyle

"Ed Kyle" wrote in message
ups.com...

The Saturn first stage is visible in this post-hurricane
image.

"http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/katrina_gallery/images/HK021.jpg"


Whazzat really long, white building in the lower part of the picture that
appears to run into the blue building? Anyone know?

JD