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- From: kentm@aix.rpi.edu (Michael V. Kent)
- Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
- Subject: Re: Re : Atlantis
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- Date: 14 Sep 92 16:33:29 GMT
- References: <1992Sep7.133449.3330@titan.ksc.nasa.gov> <1992Sep10.140934.1@vf.jsc.nasa.gov>
- Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
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- In article <1992Sep10.140934.1@vf.jsc.nasa.gov> oliver@vf.jsc.nasa.gov writes:
- >
- >The extended duration mods that Atlantis is getting do NOT include plumbing for
- >the EDO pallet. All extended or long duration flights that Atlantis will be
- >making it will do attached to the space station.
-
- How does this extended duration kit differ from the EDO mods? How long can
- Atlantis stay at Freedom with and without the kit? At what point will SSF
- be able to support these extended flights -- at MTC? Are these just going
- to be utilization flights, or can some of the manned-base flights use this
- capability as well?
-
- >on-going discussion as to whether it would be best to relocate the current
- >airlock in the payload bay (about 4 months of work) or to install a Russian
- >airlock and fly with two airlocks (lots of extra weight but probably much
- >cheaper to install).
-
- Weight doesn't appear too critical (from an outsider's view) until we get to
- the space station construction flights. Then it becomes very critical.
- Could the Russian airlock be installed now and have the other one removed
- at the next OMDP -- right before the manned-base flights begin?
-
- >OV-102 had its OMDP following its 11th flight and has the next one scheduled
- >following its 17th flight (STS-66). OV-103 will finish its OMDP at the end
- >of the month, while OV-104 will be going to Palmdale next month to begin its
- >first OMDP. Many of the OMDP requirements, with the exception of most of the
- >structural inspections, will probably be performed on OV-105 following its 5th
- >or 6th flight.
-
- Why is Atlantis taking so much longer than Discovery for its OMDP? I noticed
- on Ken's manifest that Atlantis is not scheduled to return to the flight
- rotation for another year-and-a-half. Discovery was in and out in 10 months.
-
- Mike
-
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- Michael Kent kentm@rpi.edu
- McDonnell Douglas Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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