11-29-08 Nana Heads 3: Tiara Bob & The Dreamboats Reunion Cruise CONT'D THREAD #10!

[dsparks]

And the next ones the top!

 

[jollyg]

Okay, I was just curious and playing on NASA's web site. There is a shuttle launch scheduled for November 14. No big deal for us, okay.

HOWEVER, if things stay on schedule, the Shuttle will be landing at Kennedy Space Center on....wait for it....November 29th!!!!!

Now, for those traveling to the port, depending on the timing, this could be an issue. But, this could also be an awesome opportunity if it occurs while we are still in the area!

If it lands on the 29th....I AM SO THERE!!!

 

[TiggerKing]

Tiggerking, I hate to break the bad news, but even at KSC it is very hard to see the shuttle land, unless you are VERY close to the landing strip (it falls much faster than it is traveling forward). My building is on KSC property and it is a challange to see the shuttle as it makes it final landing approach. However, there is no mistaking the 2 sonic booms!
By the way, because of the lack of visability, there is usually no traffic issues.

I'll just have to bring the binoculars...or maybe we can get Greg to bring us some secret high-tech super agent type viewing scope to watch it! Heck, knowing him, he may have access to the on-board camera system on his laptop!

I was curious about the traffic though, so thanks for the information on that as well!

 

[TiggerKing]

Hey Dawn!
Hey Greg! (come out of stealth mode)

 

[jollyg]

I wonder when they'll know for sure the landing date and time?

Any "insider info" Steve..Lisarae?

 

[jollyg]

I'd be very tempted to stay no matter what time it lands on the 29th and even drive down to Key West to get on the ship if I have to.

 

[mickeyluv]

Hey thanks for the shuttle landing info!! I would love for DD to see this. How will we know for sure if it will be landing on the 29th? And if it does, is there anywhere at KSC that has a viewing area?

 

[lisarae]

Okay, I was just curious and playing on NASA's web site. There is a shuttle launch scheduled for November 14. No big deal for us, okay.

HOWEVER, if things stay on schedule, the Shuttle will be landing at Kennedy Space Center on....wait for it....November 29th!!!!!

Now, for those traveling to the port, depending on the timing, this could be an issue. But, this could also be an awesome opportunity if it occurs while we are still in the area!

This is my mission. It's called STS-126, ULF-2 (Space Transportation System, Mission 126, Utilization and Logistics Flight 2) I have to work at the Launch Control Center on Friday night for launch at 7:55 p.m. I am right now reviewing the procedures for the payloads to be loaded onto the Orbiter, and for the payloads to be off-loaded from the Orbiter and turned back over to the experimenters at landing. We have some neat payloads going on this mission.

In case anyone is interested in the mission:
STS-126 is the second "Utilization and Logistics Flight" to the International Space Station, a new mission category implemented after the Columbia accident to combine assembly, resupply, and research in a single flight. (ULF-1 was STS-121 in 2006.)

The principal payload of STS-126 is the Multipurpose Pressurized Logsitics Carrier Leonardo. This will be the fifth flight of Leonardo and will be the heaviest MPLM load to date. Leonardo will be carrying racks and supplies to outfit the newly-installed Columbus and Kibo laboratory modules, as well as equipment to prepare the Space Station for six permanent crew members beginning in mid-2009.

STS-126 will also feature four spacewalks, mostly to disassemble the troubled SARJ (Solar Alpha Rotary Joint) which is clogged with debris and no longer can be rotated to allow the solar panels on the starboard side to track the sun. Astronauts will remove the SARJ's damaged trundle bearings and also add more lubrication to the functioning-normally portside SARJ. NASA's forward plan is to completely replace the SARJ in 2010, a complicated procedure never expected to be attempted in space.

 

[jollyg]

Hey Dawn!
Hey Greg!:waves2: (come out of stealth mode)

Howdy Bob!!

I'm doing battle with Kathy for the top on the 09 site and need to be invisible. ixiedust:

 

[lisarae]

Hmm...so now we have two rocket scientists and a member of the CIA going on our cruise....

This could either be very interesting, or very dangerous!

Who is the CIA person?

 

[lisarae]

It didn't take very long for signs of the Apocalypse to show up

ooh, I think I'm gonna like you!

 

[TiggerKing]

This is my mission. It's called STS-126, ULF-2 (Space Transportation System, Mission 126, Utilization and Logistics Flight 2) I have to work at the Launch Control Center on Friday night for launch at 7:55 p.m. I am right now reviewing the procedures for the payloads to be loaded onto the Orbiter, and for the payloads to be off-loaded from the Orbiter and turned back over to the experimenters at landing. We have some neat payloads going on this mission.

In case anyone is interested in the mission:
STS-126 is the second "Utilization and Logistics Flight" to the International Space Station, a new mission category implemented after the Columbia accident to combine assembly, resupply, and research in a single flight. (ULF-1 was STS-121 in 2006.)

The principal payload of STS-126 is the Multipurpose Pressurized Logsitics Carrier Leonardo. This will be the fifth flight of Leonardo and will be the heaviest MPLM load to date. Leonardo will be carrying racks and supplies to outfit the newly-installed Columbus and Kibo laboratory modules, as well as equipment to prepare the Space Station for six permanent crew members beginning in mid-2009.

STS-126 will also feature four spacewalks, mostly to disassemble the troubled SARJ (Solar Alpha Rotary Joint) which is clogged with debris and no longer can be rotated to allow the solar panels on the starboard side to track the sun. Astronauts will remove the SARJ's damaged trundle bearings and also add more lubrication to the functioning-normally portside SARJ. NASA's forward plan is to completely replace the SARJ in 2010, a complicated procedure never expected to be attempted in space.

Okay, I am SUCH a geek! I read this and then wanted to know more detail!

 

[woogal]

This is my mission. It's called STS-126, ULF-2 (Space Transportation System, Mission 126, Utilization and Logistics Flight 2)

If it's your mission, why didn't you give it a prettier, girlier name? Like LisaRae's Pretty Pink Mission?

 

[TiggerKing]

Who is the CIA person?

Greg-Idaho....JollyG

He won't admit to it, but we have all determined that he HAS to be CIA, NSA or Secret Service. Just not sure which one yet.

 

[woogal]

This is my mission. It's called STS-126, ULF-2 (Space Transportation System, Mission 126, Utilization and Logistics Flight 2) I have to work at the Launch Control Center on Friday night for launch at 7:55 p.m. I am right now reviewing the procedures for the payloads to be loaded onto the Orbiter, and for the payloads to be off-loaded from the Orbiter and turned back over to the experimenters at landing. We have some neat payloads going on this mission.

In case anyone is interested in the mission:
STS-126 is the second "Utilization and Logistics Flight" to the International Space Station, a new mission category implemented after the Columbia accident to combine assembly, resupply, and research in a single flight. (ULF-1 was STS-121 in 2006.)

The principal payload of STS-126 is the Multipurpose Pressurized Logsitics Carrier Leonardo. This will be the fifth flight of Leonardo and will be the heaviest MPLM load to date. Leonardo will be carrying racks and supplies to outfit the newly-installed Columbus and Kibo laboratory modules, as well as equipment to prepare the Space Station for six permanent crew members beginning in mid-2009.

STS-126 will also feature four spacewalks, mostly to disassemble the troubled SARJ (Solar Alpha Rotary Joint) which is clogged with debris and no longer can be rotated to allow the solar panels on the starboard side to track the sun. Astronauts will remove the SARJ's damaged trundle bearings and also add more lubrication to the functioning-normally portside SARJ. NASA's forward plan is to completely replace the SARJ in 2010, a complicated procedure never expected to be attempted in space.

Wow, there were an awful lot of really big, multi-syllable words in there ... You must be all super ed-ju-ma-cated there LisaRae

 

[TiggerKing]

If it's your mission, why didn't you give it a prettier, girlier name? Like LisaRae's Pretty Pink Mission?

But see, to a rocket scientist, that name is VERY sexy!

 

[jollyg]

Okay, I am SUCH a geek! I read this and then wanted to know more detail!

I'm right behind ya?!

 

[woogal]

But see, to a rocket scientist, that name is VERY sexy!

Yes, you're probably right!

 

[jollyg]

Who is the CIA person?

That's classified.....

 

[tigger-too]

This is my mission. It's called STS-126, ULF-2 (Space Transportation System, Mission 126, Utilization and Logistics Flight 2) I have to work at the Launch Control Center on Friday night for launch at 7:55 p.m. I am right now reviewing the procedures for the payloads to be loaded onto the Orbiter, and for the payloads to be off-loaded from the Orbiter and turned back over to the experimenters at landing. We have some neat payloads going on this mission.

In case anyone is interested in the mission:
STS-126 is the second "Utilization and Logistics Flight" to the International Space Station, a new mission category implemented after the Columbia accident to combine assembly, resupply, and research in a single flight. (ULF-1 was STS-121 in 2006.)

The principal payload of STS-126 is the Multipurpose Pressurized Logsitics Carrier Leonardo. This will be the fifth flight of Leonardo and will be the heaviest MPLM load to date. Leonardo will be carrying racks and supplies to outfit the newly-installed Columbus and Kibo laboratory modules, as well as equipment to prepare the Space Station for six permanent crew members beginning in mid-2009.

STS-126 will also feature four spacewalks, mostly to disassemble the troubled SARJ (Solar Alpha Rotary Joint) which is clogged with debris and no longer can be rotated to allow the solar panels on the starboard side to track the sun. Astronauts will remove the SARJ's damaged trundle bearings and also add more lubrication to the functioning-normally portside SARJ. NASA's forward plan is to completely replace the SARJ in 2010, a complicated procedure never expected to be attempted in space.

Hello Dear Wife, you never answered the question...What time is landing?