Hum Posted July 10, 2005 Share Posted July 10, 2005 CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) -- The seven astronauts who will make the first space shuttle flight since the Columbia disaster arrived early at the launch site Saturday, beating Hurricane Dennis by a day. Commander Eileen Collins and her crew flew in by NASA corporate jet in the evening, and were greeted by Kennedy Space Center's director and nearly 100 journalists. Less than five miles away stood space shuttle Discovery, prepped for a Wednesday liftoff. The crew's exuberance was apparent. "It's been 2 1/2 years since a crew stood here before you, and that's way too long," astronaut Andrew Thomas told the crowd gathered at the runway. "It is definitely time that we went back to flight and back to space." source: http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/07/09/s...n.ap/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianmac45 Posted July 10, 2005 Share Posted July 10, 2005 hmm cool, i guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostShell Posted July 10, 2005 Share Posted July 10, 2005 Well that's great. :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sachleen Posted July 10, 2005 Share Posted July 10, 2005 so why did they arrive early, something good for lunch? :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted July 10, 2005 Author Share Posted July 10, 2005 so why did they arrive early, something good for lunch? :p 586189503[/snapback] They had to wash the shuttle windows. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lav-chan Posted July 10, 2005 Share Posted July 10, 2005 so why did they arrive early, something good for lunch? :p 586189503[/snapback] They only have a certain window to launch in. If Hurricane Dennis gets too close, it'll ruin everything, because they won't be able to launch again until September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeM741 Posted July 10, 2005 Share Posted July 10, 2005 They only have a certain window to launch in. If Hurricane Dennis gets too close, it'll ruin everything, because they won't be able to launch again until September. 586192551[/snapback] Wouldn't it make more sense, if the hurricane did come, to just launch from a different state where the hurricane wasn't affecting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lav-chan Posted July 10, 2005 Share Posted July 10, 2005 That would make awesome sense, if they could move Discovery and the Kennedy Space Center to another state. You better start pushing now, i guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhangm Supervisor Posted July 10, 2005 Supervisor Share Posted July 10, 2005 Wouldn't it make more sense, if the hurricane did come, to just launch from a different state where the hurricane wasn't affecting 586192561[/snapback] You're forgetting that even though the shuttle can be moved, all the facilaties for launching it can't be...at least not in any sort of reasonable timeframe (you'd be launching a few years from now rather than in September). Also, there are specific reasons why NASA chose the current launch location - one of which is that if there were to be a mishap during launch and the shuttle fell back to earth, the debris would fall into the ocean rather than on Atlanta, or Houston. Think of what damage would have been caused if pieces of Challenger had fallen onto a populated area. Instead, debris from Challenger fell into the Atlantic ocean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted July 10, 2005 MVC Share Posted July 10, 2005 well can't say they haven't had alot of practice time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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