buffalo mike Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 Huh? That's just not right. Curios because the date has been set for the 12th for months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 Perhaps NASA isn't triskaidekaphobic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadBuffaloDisease Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 Perhaps NASA isn't triskaidekaphobic. I'm Triscuitphobic. Those things taste like particle board! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JÂy RÛßeÒ Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 Huh? That's just not right. Curios because the date has been set for the 12th for months. 377798[/snapback] The original launch date was in May but they decided to get an even newer fuel tank on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie68 Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 whats wrong with the 13th? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo mike Posted July 9, 2005 Author Share Posted July 9, 2005 The original launch date was in May but they decided to get an even newer fuel tank on it. 377820[/snapback] I understand that, but after the fuel tank they re-scheduled for the 12th of July for quite sometime. Just seems that out of the blue they moved the date up a day to the 13th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewPort71 Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 Hurricane Dennis might further alter the launch schedule... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMadCap Posted July 10, 2005 Share Posted July 10, 2005 NASA hasn't even finished upgrading the items that the CAIB recommended yet. In fact, they probably never will since it would cost too much and would be nearly impossible to prevent all the foam from comming off the tank. That POS has loooong outlived its usefulness... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted July 10, 2005 Share Posted July 10, 2005 NASA hasn't even finished upgrading the items that the CAIB recommended yet. In fact, they probably never will since it would cost too much and would be nearly impossible to prevent all the foam from comming off the tank. That POS has loooong outlived its usefulness... 378183[/snapback] Who's to say the CAIB's correct, anyway? Fundamentally, space flight will always be dangerous to some degree, and the only way to keep it from killing people is to mandate everyone stay on the ground at all times. As Sally Ride said after Challenger: "Perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live in the real world." That's not to say, of course, that a spacecraft design that sheds pieces and basically kills itself on takeoff and a supposedly engineering-oriented organization that can't do a simple risk analysis aren't both seriously flawed, of course... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMadCap Posted July 10, 2005 Share Posted July 10, 2005 Who's to say the CAIB's correct, anyway? Fundamentally, space flight will always be dangerous to some degree, and the only way to keep it from killing people is to mandate everyone stay on the ground at all times. As Sally Ride said after Challenger: "Perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live in the real world." That's not to say, of course, that a spacecraft design that sheds pieces and basically kills itself on takeoff and a supposedly engineering-oriented organization that can't do a simple risk analysis aren't both seriously flawed, of course... 378260[/snapback] Well, I think that some of the CAIB recommendations are impossible to implement. For example recommendation R3.2-1, is to "Initiate an aggressive program to eliminate all External Tank Thermal Protection System debris-shedding at the source with particular emphasis on the region where the bipod struts attach to the External Tank"... Of course it will always be inherently dangerous for manned space flight. Which is why until they have a clear, worthwhile mission to undertake, they shouldn't be taking the risks. Especially not on a design that is outdated, and fundementally flawed to begin with... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMadCap Posted July 10, 2005 Share Posted July 10, 2005 Huh? That's just not right. Curios because the date has been set for the 12th for months. 377798[/snapback] Don't worry.....they won't.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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