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January 5th 11, 02:28 PM
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Longest time shuttle stacked?
I can find stats for longest mission, but does anyone know the longest
time the shuttle's been stacked? I guess the ET could be empty or full, as long as it was left attached to the stack. Thanks! 
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January 5th 11, 11:37 PM
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Longest time shuttle stacked?
On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 06:28:02 -0800 (PST), Ed Treijs
wrote: I can find stats for longest mission, but does anyone know the longest time the shuttle's been stacked? I guess the ET could be empty or full, as long as it was left attached to the stack. 126 days for STS-6 Challenger from 29 Nov 82 to 4 Apr 83. STS-133 Discovery is presently at 117 days or so. Brian
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January 6th 11, 01:17 PM
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Longest time shuttle stacked?
On Jan 5, 6:37*pm, Brian Thorn wrote:
On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 06:28:02 -0800 (PST), Ed Treijs wrote: I can find stats for longest mission, but does anyone know the longest time the shuttle's been stacked? I guess the ET could be empty or full, as long as it was left attached to the stack. 126 days for STS-6 Challenger from 29 Nov 82 to 4 Apr 83. STS-133 Discovery is presently at 117 days or so. Brian Thanks Brian. Good to know that there's still some non-spam acitivity here! .....Ed
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January 6th 11, 10:17 PM
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Longest time shuttle stacked?
On Jan 6, 8:17*am, Ed Treijs wrote:
On Jan 5, 6:37*pm, Brian Thorn wrote: On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 06:28:02 -0800 (PST), Ed Treijs wrote: I can find stats for longest mission, but does anyone know the longest time the shuttle's been stacked? I guess the ET could be empty or full, as long as it was left attached to the stack. 126 days for STS-6 Challenger from 29 Nov 82 to 4 Apr 83. STS-133 Discovery is presently at 117 days or so. Brian Thanks *Brian. Good to know that there's still some non-spam acitivity here! ....Ed wonder how long a stacked shuttle had its ET fueled? Probably not long....
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January 7th 11, 01:36 AM
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Longest time shuttle stacked?
On Thu, 6 Jan 2011 14:17:58 -0800 (PST), "
wrote: wonder how long a stacked shuttle had its ET fueled? Probably not long.... Why would it be? Tanking only begins 6 hours or so before launch. If they scrub, they drain and re-tank later. Brian
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