Katie...

was this because you were using the garage?

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NASA KSC Shuttle Status Report
Orbiter Atlantis remains in OPF bay 3 today while technicians continue tile-drying efforts. It is expected that Atlantis will roll over to the Vehicle Assembly Building no earlier than Tuesday, May 29. As a result, the target launch date has been reset for no earlier than June 20.

In the OPF, engineers continue to evaluate orbiter Atlantis' thermal protection system while technicians use clusters of 200-300 watt heat lamps to dry or "bake" about 600 Shuttle tiles. The orbiter was exposed to significant rainfall while at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., following its landing there in February, at the conclusion of mission STS-98.

At this time, the drying work is focused on the black tile located below the leading edge of the orbiter's right wing. Tile baking is also in work near the left-hand main landing gear door. Engineers are evaluating the current procedures to assure the tiles are in a safe and flight-ready condition. A wet tile can freeze in orbit and possibly debond or separate from the orbiter during reentry.

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You didn't expect me to keep my Suburban outside, did you?:p

You can just leave the 22s on the curb.

'Course, I doubt they're in a hangar large enough to hold a shuttle.

Columbia's status report is cute, too. They left in in the "aisle" while Atlantis hogs the OPF bay. I guess it is a good sign when your space program has shuttles waiting in the aisles.

"yah...Just pull her around back"

talk about Double parking!

:D

Where is everybody today? I know this isn't Friday...I'm sure I'd remember if it was! :confused:

I remember on the first shuttle flight they lost a pile of tiles off the back of the shuttle during take-off. The mission control guys are all going "yeah, but it shouldn't effect anything during re-entry", and I'm sure the poor astronauts are thinking "Right, well why the bloody hell did you bother to put them on in the first place! Of course there bloody important!!!"

As it happened they all landed okay, but those two (I think there was only two first time) astronauts where either sh*tting themsleves in fear or have the biggest testicles on (or off) the planet.

Actually thinking about it, they had to be pretty bloody brave in the first pace to go up there. "Okay guys, we haven't actually done this before, but we're pretty sure it's going to work. What's that? landing?, ah yes, well basically you'll be falling like a brick, with no power and if we're out in any of our calculations by the smallest fraction you're going to go into the ground like a *****ing dart. Any questions?"


My hat goes off to them. I would't have done it.

SD

I wouldn't have gone up the first time but I would love to now!

Heh... I don't work on Fridays. Course... I'm not working much today.

Yeah, SD, they all had a very big pair. I am especially impressed by the Apollo men, going to the moon. Fortunately, we have never lost a man in space.

I think we have lost 10 or more on the ground, though.

Yeah.

I don't think I'd even like to up now. It's hardly safe. I'm not trying to be funny, but the Challenger explosion pretty much highlighted how dangerous this whole business is.

Anybody that goes up into space for a job (I don't include Tito in this because he struck me as just being plain old nuts) has alot more guts than I have.

I would love to do it, but I'm basically a big cowardy custard at heart when it comes to those sort of odds. It's not so much dying, I'm insured, my family will be taken care off, but more the method of dying. The poor folk in the Challenger disaster apparently lived for quiet a few minutes after the explosion. And the alternative is freezing to death in space (or your blood boiling with depressurisation). Really not the sort of way you want to go.

Nope, give me a good all car-crash any day, or maybe a heart attack, or maybe a freak fairground accident or being tramplede to death by rampaging pygmies...... well it happened to my grandfather.

SD

I want to go out with a huge smile on my face whilst having the most wonderful, spine tingly, ............. oops..got carried away for a minute.......nevermind.:o

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oops..got carried away for a minute.......

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:p

You should tell Tom to take more time..... try getting him to think of Margaret Thatcher naked on a cold day (in the words of Austin Powers).

SD

Good idea...that way I'll never die because he could never keep it up:rolleyes:

Yeah, but there are worse things than dying...


... and I think Margaret thatcher naked on a cold day is one of them.


Poor Dennis, no wonder he was raving alchoholic.

SD

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... and I think Margaret thatcher naked on a cold day is one of them.SD

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I wouldn't have gone up the first time but I love to now!

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Heard that about women:eek:. I always find if you introduce the body oil first thing.................oops wrong site:rolleyes:

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Yeah, but there are worse things than dying...


... and I think Margaret thatcher naked on a cold day is one of them.


Poor Dennis, no wonder he was raving alchoholic.

SD

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*Sob* You weren't supposed to tell anybody about that... *sob*... The only reason I started drinking was because it was you and Mararet thatcher... if it was just one I would've turned my head, but I couldn't... if it wasn't you, it was her...



Errrm, who's margaret thatcher?

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*Sob* You weren't supposed to tell anybody about that... *sob*... The only reason I started drinking was because it was you and Mararet thatcher... if it was just one I would've turned my head, but I couldn't... if it wasn't you, it was her...



Errrm, who's margaret thatcher?

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Ex pommie Prime MInister...called the Iron Lady by her friends, wonbt mention what the rest of us called her. Dennis was her panty waist husband by the way.

Oh... :o

I think Jamagei is their love child.:rolleyes:

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Errrm, who's margaret thatcher?

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Whhhatttt!!! Are you serious!

She was (as Jethro pointed out) British Prime-Minister for about 10 years up until about 6 years ago. She was EVIL EVIL EVIL.

Imagine an old lady thats ugly even for an old lady. Now set her face on fire and put it out with a brick. Now you're getting pretty close to how attractive Maggie Thatcher is.

SD

LOL :D