STS-126

[Zoe]

PLT Eric Boe now boarding Endeavor.


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MS3 Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper now boarding Endeavor. MS1 Donald Pettit now in white room.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Surely all of the UK has unlimited broadband by now? We got auto-switched to unlimited by NTL 4 years ago!

Not if you're with BT. We've only just been moved up from 5GB! And we only get 512MB download speed!!!

 

[Bj]

How heavy are those pumpkin suits?

If they have the cooling and heating features of the suits then they must be carrying a lot of water weight.

 

[Zoe]

MS4 Shane Kimbrough now in the white room.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Now only 2h 57m until launch...

 

[Bj]

Not if you're with BT. We've only just been moved up from 5GB! And we only get 512MB download speed!!!

512 MBS?? I am stuck at 256kbs

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Sun is starting to set now over KSC...


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This is the part I hate. Where everything is done & it's just the waiting...

 

[Zoe]

PLT Eric Boe now doing comm checks.


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MS4 Shane Kimbrough now boarding Endeavor, MS2 Steve Bowen now in the white room.

 

[Urwumpe]

How heavy are those pumpkin suits?

If they have the cooling and heating features of the suits then they must be carrying a lot of water weight.

The ACES (advanced crew escape suit) weights "Only" 35 kg, including survival gear.

 

[Bj]

The ACES (advanced crew escape suit) weights "Only" 35 kg, including survival gear.

'only' :lol:

Those suits weigh 60% of my own weight.

 

[Zoe]

MS5 Sandra Magnus now doing comm checks.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

For people who are worried about how many MB of download limit they are using:

Simply type your router's IP address into internet explorer, and you should be able to see how many bytes you have received.

Then, copy & paste the bytes you have received into the bytes box on the following page, and it will convert them to MB & GB for you...
http://egret.net/kb__mb.htm

 

[Zoe]

MS1 Donald Pettit now boarding Endeavor.

 

[Bj]

On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the orbiter access arm and White Room are extended toward space shuttle Endeavour after rollback of the rotating service structure. The rotating structure provides protected access to the shuttle for changeout and servicing of payloads at the pad. It is supported by a rotating bridge that pivots on a vertical axis on the west side of the pad's flame trench. After the RSS is rolled back, the orbiter is ready for fuel cell activation and external tank cryogenic propellant loading operations.

Large Picture

 

[Zoe]

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[Urwumpe]

'only' :lol:

Those suits weigh 60% of my own weight.

Become 30, then it suddenly weights only 40% of your own weight.

I really hope we have one day astronauts with such suits for SSU.

 

[Zoe]

MS4 Shane Kimbrough now doing comm checks.

 

[Arrowstar]

Out of curiosity, how does the USA staff walk through the flight deck there without hitting any switches, panels, or whatnot?

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Out of curiosity, how does the USA staff walk through the flight deck there without hitting any switches, panels, or whatnot?

By being careful, I assume:speakcool:


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What are the guys on the flight deck standing on?

They can't be standing on the RMS panel at the back, can they???

 

[Zoe]

Steve Lindsey now doing weather reconnaissance in STA. MS1 Donald Petitt now doing comm checks and MS2 Steve Bowen now boarding Endeavor.