Space Shuttle Discovery - Page 2

The Gaffer · 07-15-2005, 09:51 AM

Hey, the Russians and Chinese seem to manage it fine

Spock · 07-15-2005, 09:58 AM

I sincerely suspect you have no idea of how many failures they each have had nor how many lives have been lost. It's ok, you're not supposed to know. It's just that I do. Perhaps by this date the web may have more information than I but on this you can, to quote The Terminator, "trust me".

***Tessar*** · 07-15-2005, 11:13 AM

[EDIT]

Never mind. I think we were just made to disagree with eachother, Spock

. No point in turning this into another argument thread.

Spock · 07-15-2005, 03:07 PM

..a well edited post at last....

Re-reading will set you free

Mercutio · 07-15-2005, 10:13 PM

Thank you Tessar

***Tessar*** · 07-16-2005, 03:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mercutio

Thank you Tessar

I'm just a sucker for a pretty lady

.

Mercutio · 07-24-2005, 05:06 PM

Discovery 'ready to go' for Tuesday launch:

Quote:

Eleven days after mission controllers scrubbed a launch of the shuttle Discovery, NASA test director Jeff Spaulding said there are "no significant issues" that technicians know about that would stand in the way of the liftoff, set for 10:39 a.m. ET.

***Khamûl*** · 07-24-2005, 11:55 PM

I did the toy rocket thing for a while when I was younger. It was pretty when the chute opened and it gracefully and gently floated back to earth, but it was also spectacular when the chute didn't open and gravity took effect.

Spock · 07-25-2005, 10:40 AM

....yep, I always wanted one of those. Now as an adult all I can think of it the shuttle exploding in mid-air as it returned.....

brownjenkins · 07-25-2005, 10:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Khamûl

I did the toy rocket thing for a while when I was younger. It was pretty when the chute opened and it gracefully and gently floated back to earth, but it was also spectacular when the chute didn't open and gravity took effect.

i had one for a bit... i wonder if it's still in that tree

Spock · 07-25-2005, 10:46 AM

Probably. It's the same tree that eats Charlie Browns kite!

Mercutio · 07-25-2005, 08:23 PM

One of my friends and I are going to shoot off model rockets again in a week or so. We just need to find a good field. My brother has tons of them that he doesn't use anymore.

Mercutio · 07-26-2005, 04:41 PM

Success!

but I wasn't home and missed it

I guess it will be on the evening news

.

***IronParrot*** · 07-29-2005, 09:30 AM

So now it appears they've grounded the shuttle fleet once more.

To be honest, they should have started moving away from the shuttle a decade ago. Why they keep dawdling on it and putting off research and development for better spacecraft is beyond me, considering they've had plans sitting around for rocketless "taxis" since the late eighties.

Mercutio · 07-29-2005, 10:23 PM

Yeah...problems with the foam insulation or something.

*sigh*

***IronParrot*** · 07-31-2005, 01:56 AM

And the same problem, actually - the shuttle was cut by pieces flying off the rocket during the launch sequence. The sooner NASA moves ahead with their technology for a change, the better.

***Earniel*** · 07-31-2005, 01:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IronParrot

The sooner NASA moves ahead with their technology for a change, the better.

Aye, but they need funding for that. And someone keeps cutting their budget.

***Jonathan*** · 12-09-2006, 10:04 PM

Minutes ago, Discovery lifted off from Cape Canaveral for a mission to the International Space Station. The launch is especially interesting since it puts the first Scandinavian into space - Swedish/Norwegian Christer Fuglesang. He's unique in that he's got both cosmonaut and astronaut training. Poor guy had been waiting for over ten years for this and he's been known in Sweden as the astronaut who's never been to space

. Well, now he's in orbit.

There's been a huge media hype here prior to the launch.

CNN: Discovery lights up night sky

BeardofPants · 12-10-2006, 01:53 AM

That is soooo frakkin' kewl, Jon. *headbang*

07-15-2005, 09:58 AM	#22
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	I sincerely suspect you have no idea of how many failures they each have had nor how many lives have been lost. It's ok, you're not supposed to know. It's just that I do. Perhaps by this date the web may have more information than I but on this you can, to quote The Terminator, "trust me". __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

07-15-2005, 11:13 AM	#23
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	[EDIT] Never mind. I think we were just made to disagree with eachother, Spock . No point in turning this into another argument thread. Last edited by Tessar : 07-15-2005 at 12:17 PM.

07-15-2005, 03:07 PM	#24
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	..a well edited post at last.... Re-reading will set you free __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

07-24-2005, 11:55 PM	#28
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	I did the toy rocket thing for a while when I was younger. It was pretty when the chute opened and it gracefully and gently floated back to earth, but it was also spectacular when the chute didn't open and gravity took effect. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

07-25-2005, 10:40 AM	#29
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	....yep, I always wanted one of those. Now as an adult all I can think of it the shuttle exploding in mid-air as it returned..... __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

07-15-2005, 09:51 AM	#21
The Gaffer Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: In me taters Posts: 3,288	Hey, the Russians and Chinese seem to manage it fine

07-15-2005, 10:13 PM	#25
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	Thank you Tessar

07-25-2005, 10:46 AM	#31
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	Probably. It's the same tree that eats Charlie Browns kite! __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

07-25-2005, 08:23 PM	#32
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	One of my friends and I are going to shoot off model rockets again in a week or so. We just need to find a good field. My brother has tons of them that he doesn't use anymore. __________________ Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries.

07-26-2005, 04:41 PM	#33
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	Success! but I wasn't home and missed it I guess it will be on the evening news . __________________ Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries.

07-29-2005, 09:30 AM	#34
*IronParrot* Fowl Administrator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Calgary or Edmonton, Canada Posts: 53,420	So now it appears they've grounded the shuttle fleet once more. To be honest, they should have started moving away from the shuttle a decade ago. Why they keep dawdling on it and putting off research and development for better spacecraft is beyond me, considering they've had plans sitting around for rocketless "taxis" since the late eighties. __________________ All of IronParrot's posts are guaranteed to be 100% intelligent and/or sarcastic, comprising no genetically modified content and tested on no cute furry little animals unless the SPCA is looking elsewhere. If you observe a failure to uphold this warranty, please contact a forum administrator immediately to receive a full refund on your Entmoot registration. Blog: Nick's Café Canadien

07-29-2005, 10:23 PM	#35
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	Yeah...problems with the foam insulation or something. sigh __________________ Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries.

07-31-2005, 01:56 AM	#36
*IronParrot* Fowl Administrator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Calgary or Edmonton, Canada Posts: 53,420	And the same problem, actually - the shuttle was cut by pieces flying off the rocket during the launch sequence. The sooner NASA moves ahead with their technology for a change, the better. __________________ All of IronParrot's posts are guaranteed to be 100% intelligent and/or sarcastic, comprising no genetically modified content and tested on no cute furry little animals unless the SPCA is looking elsewhere. If you observe a failure to uphold this warranty, please contact a forum administrator immediately to receive a full refund on your Entmoot registration. Blog: Nick's Café Canadien

12-09-2006, 10:04 PM	#38
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	Minutes ago, Discovery lifted off from Cape Canaveral for a mission to the International Space Station. The launch is especially interesting since it puts the first Scandinavian into space - Swedish/Norwegian Christer Fuglesang. He's unique in that he's got both cosmonaut and astronaut training. Poor guy had been waiting for over ten years for this and he's been known in Sweden as the astronaut who's never been to space . Well, now he's in orbit. There's been a huge media hype here prior to the launch. CNN: Discovery lights up night sky __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻ Last edited by Jonathan : 12-09-2006 at 10:16 PM.

12-10-2006, 01:53 AM	#39
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	That is soooo frakkin' kewl, Jon. headbang __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

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