SCRUB!

0802 GMT (4:02 a.m. EDT)

SCRUB! Today's launch attempt has been stopped by the fuel cell problem.
Another try could come as early as Thursday, with a target liftoff time of
12:03 p.m. EDT.

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttl...15/status.html



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Jacques van Oene wrote:
0802 GMT (4:02 a.m. EDT)

SCRUB! Today's launch attempt has been stopped by the fuel cell
problem. Another try could come as early as Thursday, with a target
liftoff time of 12:03 p.m. EDT.

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttl...15/status.html

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Brian Gaff wrote:
Jacques van Oene wrote:
0802 GMT (4:02 a.m. EDT)


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NASA cursing because of another Shuttle launch delay?

;-)

Rusty

OK, so a fan is bust?

How do these things happen, I wonder.

Brian

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0802 GMT (4:02 a.m. EDT)

SCRUB! Today's launch attempt has been stopped by the fuel cell problem.
Another try could come as early as Thursday, with a target liftoff time of
12:03 p.m. EDT.

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttl...15/status.html



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"Brian Gaff" wrote in news:YYALg.14549$r61.13576
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OK, so a fan is bust?

How do these things happen, I wonder.

On any complex system, Murphy's Law is especially applicable.
Even more so for a very tight schedule.

--Damon

Well, a spike could mean lots of things. Debris in the coolant, a dodgy
drive or bearing, cavitations implying a leak,. I suppose the cells are
under the cargo in the payload bay, which would mean a lot of work to get to
them.

Brian

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"Brian Gaff" wrote in
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OK, so a fan is bust?

How do these things happen, I wonder.

On any complex system, Murphy's Law is especially applicable.
Even more so for a very tight schedule.

--Damon

Damon Hill wrote:
On any complex system, Murphy's Law is especially applicable.
Even more so for a very tight schedule.

I don't buy the "very tight schedule" argument. Atlantis has been
sitting in the OPF for years getting looked at closely by the
maintenance technicians. They've had plenty of time to get things fixed
up, checked, tested.


The scrubs due to glitches on the pad at last minute are not "common"
but not uncommon either. Makes me wonder if the testing done in the OPF
is really thorough or not.

Could they stage a "countdown" in the OPF all the way down to engine
ignition (but stopping short of it, of course) to test all of the
orbiter's systems , including having the payload bay doors closed so
that any escaping gas from a poor seal would be detected by the gas
detectors ?

Or are there too many systems that can only be turned on once and
require maintenance once they've been activated before they can be
activated again ?

Brian Gaff wrote:
Well, a spike could mean lots of things. Debris in the coolant, a dodgy
drive or bearing, cavitations implying a leak,. I suppose the cells are
under the cargo in the payload bay, which would mean a lot of work to get to
them.


There was another space mission that had a defective oxygen tank, and
they knew it wasn't up to spec but they decided to fly with it anyway.
Bad move, that was Apollo 13. Only good thing was that it decided to
blow just before they were going to use the LM to land on the Moon, not
afterwards. Of course if it never blew...

My point is that you don't want to launch a space mission if you know of
a defect in your spacecraft.

"Damon Hill" wrote in message
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"Brian Gaff" wrote in
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OK, so a fan is bust?

How do these things happen, I wonder.

On any complex system, Murphy's Law is especially applicable.
Even more so for a very tight schedule.

--Damon



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Well said!!!!!

Look at my site and see how NASA treats a creative mind!!!
The summary is "Not Very Well" :-)
www.mobbinggonemad.org

I don't buy the "very tight schedule" argument. Atlantis has been
sitting in the OPF for years getting looked at closely by the
maintenance technicians. They've had plenty of time to get things fixed
up, checked, tested.


The scrubs due to glitches on the pad at last minute are not "common"
but not uncommon either. Makes me wonder if the testing done in the OPF
is really thorough or not.


Maybe it got damaged by that lightning strike a couple weeks ago? I
kinda doubt it, being buried deep inside.