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wanttorun100
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 Posted: 07/13/05 - 13:37 Post subject: Scrubbed Shuttle Launch
equipment trouble
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HYPERASHEL
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Posted: 07/13/05 - 13:41 Post subject:
is it the window cover? they were reporting that this morning before i left for work but the launch was still "GO" then. did something else go screwy?
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Ms. Jenn
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Posted: 07/13/05 - 13:48 Post subject:
Hyper, you mean the window that FELL OUT and damaged the thermal tiles?
DH says "If I were an astronaut, I'd be worried about getting in a glider whose window just fell out while standing upright on the pad, while this glider that is supposed to withstand going in and out of the atmosphere. I think there'd be a problem on exit and reentry."
You think?
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HYPERASHEL
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Posted: 07/13/05 - 14:03 Post subject:
http://www.wsbtv.com/technology/4711825/detail.html
OK, Not the window but the fuel gauge is not working. ok, that's a bit funny and sad at the same time.
on the Window issue, Maybe they didin't ask Bill Gates for permission to use Windows or thier release verion did not have a "patch" written yet. 
seriously i heard that this morning about the window and could do nothing but groan at that news.
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copteacher
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Posted: 07/13/05 - 14:44 Post subject:
I wonder how much money this just cost.
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cherylpf
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Posted: 07/13/05 - 14:55 Post subject:
This launch is a pretty huge deal here in Nasa-ville, particularly since the wound from Columbia is still fresh 2 1/2 years later.
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Cappy
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Posted: 07/13/05 - 14:56 Post subject:
| cherylpf wrote: | | This launch is a pretty huge deal here in Nasa-ville, particularly since the wound from Columbia is still fresh 2 1/2 years later. |
Did you Tivo it 
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airehead
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Posted: 07/13/05 - 15:07 Post subject:
| HYPERASHEL wrote: | http://www.wsbtv.com/technology/4711825/detail.html
OK, Not the window but the fuel gauge is not working. ok, that's a bit funny and sad at the same time.
on the Window issue, Maybe they didin't ask Bill Gates for permission to use Windows or thier release verion did not have a "patch" written yet.
seriously i heard that this morning about the window and could do nothing but groan at that news. |
Oh good. I'm glad it's not the spedometer we're having trouble with. 
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RexRacer
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Posted: 07/13/05 - 16:01 Post subject:
Yeah, the window. . . I'd be freaked out if my window fell out on the highway, hell, just about anywhere. But OUTER SPACE?!!!
OH MY GOD. 
I mean, what kinda crappy caulk job are we talkin about?!!
And, boy, it sadly must keep getting harder and harder to get life insurance when you're an astronaut.
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