[mutu87]

those pics are awesome Paul. T minus how much time now? hope you didn't waste your vacation time and no launch!

[Paul Bacon]

Originally posted by mutu87:
those pics are awesome Paul. T minus how much time now? hope you didn't waste your vacation time and no launch!

9 days 5 hours 43 mins till launch (i looked on Nasa site, i dodnt actually work it out )

Will be annoyed if they dont launch on time after taking time off (ive worked it out so im off for the landing), but either way im due some time off

[Paul Bacon]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle

Thats a good read

[Francis Cole]

Brought up in another thread but far too geeky to talk about it there.

While none of us want another distaster I think something like a TAL (Transoceanic Abort Landing ) would possibly the coolest thing ever ever to see. Basically the shuttle goes up - (they find a problem) and so it heads straight back around and lands somewhere in Europe :cool:

[Paul Bacon]

Has that ever happened Fran? That would be so funny, you watch it go up, get home to find on the news its landed at Heathrow

[Synthahols_for_Girls]

Originally posted by Francis Cole:
Brought up in another thread but far too geeky to talk about it there.

While none of us want another distaster I think something like a TAL (Transoceanic Abort Landing ) would possibly the coolest thing ever ever to see. Basically the shuttle goes up - they find a problem) and it so its straight back around and lands somewhere in Europe :cool:

Spain

[Francis Cole]

No don't think it has Paul. Theres another plan where if there is a very sudden emergency they basically turn it around immediatly and it lands at the same place it took off.

But apparently its so dangerous no-one wants to even practice it. \o/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_abort_modes

[Paul Bacon]

Originally posted by Francis Cole:
No don't think it has Paul. Theres another plan where if there is a very sudden emergency they basically turn it around immediatly and it lands at the same place it took off.

But apparently its so dangerous no-one wants to even practice it. \o/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_abort_modes

:cool:

"July 29, 1985, 5:00:00 p.m. EDT. Launch countdown July 12 halted at T-3 seconds after main engine ignition when a malfunction of number two Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) coolant valve caused shutdown of all three main engines"

[Paul Bacon]

The documentary on Apollo 11 aswell revealed that the astronauts were told in an emergency, they could just eject out of the shuttle into safety. In reality this would never have worked tho as they didnt have enough time to eject. Nasa knew but didnt tell them

[Paul Bacon]

http://www.abo.fi/~mlindroo/SpaceLVs/Slides/index.htm

Bit geeky but we're all geeks anyway