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STS 131 Discovery, March 18, 2010.

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    #182
    Beeker
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    #183
    Ghost Train
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    all looking good :D


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    #184
    Beeker
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    Oh yeah! makes the heart beat faster every time:D


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    #185
    Beeker
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    #186
    Beeker
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    #187
    lord lucan
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    Woohoo!!!! Fantastic stuff!!:D


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    #188
    Beeker
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    Mach 17 12000mph now:)
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    #189
    Beeker
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    Single engine press to MECO.....go baby go:D


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    #190
    Beeker
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    Engine shut down, tank separation............175000mph...in space:)


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    #191
    Beeker
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    Very smooth countdown and launch. Great to see, pity they are giving it all up.


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    #192
    Beeker
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    #193
    ynotdu
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    Woo-Hoo they are relativly safe now! Looks like You's can open the spare Easter eggs now:)

    They are all going so well now makes the heart sink,Pffffttttt to Augustine and his 1 in 8 chance of failure.They are flying now as if they could have continued forever:(


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    #194
    lord lucan
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    Great stuff,launch first time in perfect conditions,launch looked clean.:)


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    #195
    lord lucan
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    ynotdu wrote: »
    Woo-Hoo they are relativly safe now! Looks like You's can open the spare Easter eggs now:)

    They are all going so well now makes the heart sink,Pffffttttt to Augustine and his 1 in 8 chance of failure.They are flying now as if they could have continued forever:(

    The return to flight launches post- Columbia have been the cleanest and safest ever. Makes their retirement all the more puzzling!


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    #196
    Beeker
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    lord lucan wrote: »
    The return to flight launches post- Columbia have been the cleanest and safest ever. Makes their retirement all the more puzzling!
    Makes me mad:mad:


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    #197
    lord lucan
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    #198
    ynotdu
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    Beeker wrote: »
    Makes me mad:mad:

    Yep my head is full of "if only.................... about the STS:(

    lord the feed from Nasa was worst ever for time! sky almost a full three minutes ahead

    Edit that posting of Launch was however the FASTEST i've ever seen LL :-)


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    #199
    lord lucan
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    ynotdu wrote: »
    Edit that posting of Launch was however the FASTEST i've ever seen LL :-)

    I'm quick and i'm good!:D


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    #200
    ynotdu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,817 ✭✭✭ynotdu


    lord lucan wrote: »
    I'm quick and i'm good!:D

    Still bringing sex into it i see:D

    Beeker on about Soyuz:confused:

    Strange days indeed!:)


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    #201
    lord lucan
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    ynotdu wrote: »
    Still bringing sex into it i see:D

    Beeker on about Soyuz:confused:

    Strange days indeed!:)

    :D:D:D:D


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    #202
    Trotter
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    How do they manage the tank separation? Is it some sort of remote pyrotechnic charge on the bolts that fix the vehicle to the tanks?


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    #203
    lord lucan
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    Trotter wrote: »
    How do they manage the tank separation? Is it some sort of remote pyrotechnic charge on the bolts that fix the vehicle to the tanks?

    A combo of Pyrotechnic charge and vent valves iirc.


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    #204
    lord lucan
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    #205
    lord lucan
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    #206
    lord lucan
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    #207
    Beeker
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    ynotdu wrote: »
    Still bringing sex into it i see:D

    Beeker on about Soyuz:confused:

    Strange days indeed!:)
    I am slowly starting to embrase the Soyuz:o The only show in town soon.
    Good to see you back ynotdu:)


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    #208
    Beeker
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    Trotter wrote: »
    How do they manage the tank separation? Is it some sort of remote pyrotechnic charge on the bolts that fix the vehicle to the tanks?
    After the engines are shut off the orbiter computers command the external tank separation, the 3 bolts attaching it to the orbiter are severed by pyrotechnic devices. All done automatically.


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    Beeker
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    #210
    iceage
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    Looked like a perfect launch. Any idea of the soonest we can see a pass? Nasa are giving it the 11th?

    http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/view.cgi?country=Ireland&region=None&city=Kilkenny

    Just watching NASA TV...


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    Beeker
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    iceage wrote: »
    Looked like a perfect launch. Any idea of the soonest we can see a pass? Nasa are giving it the 11th?

    http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/view.cgi?country=Ireland&region=None&city=Kilkenny

    Just watching NASA TV...
    11th looks like it OK. Early morning passes from that date.


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