No go for launch tonight :(

[Duddy]

Just heard it from Shuttle Launch Control.

Do the fuel tanks on the shuttle use liquid fuel or solid fuel?

 

[PottedMeat]

boosters = solid
large external tank powers shuttle engines + onboard tanks = liquid

 

[Duddy]

Originally posted by: PottedMeat
boosters = solid
large external tank powers shuttle engines + onboard tanks = liquid

Doesn't the solid rocket fuel have to be used within a certain amount of time before it "expires"?

 

[manlymatt83]

looks like they may launch.

 

[Duddy]

Originally posted by: manlymatt83
looks like they may launch.

No sir it's officially scrubbed. Straight from the launch director's mouth.

 

[Freshgeardude]

son of a bitch

4th time it was scrubbed


oh and if you guys didnt know, every time they scrub it, it costs 1 million dollars.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Duddy

Originally posted by: PottedMeat
boosters = solid
large external tank powers shuttle engines + onboard tanks = liquid

Doesn't the solid rocket fuel have to be used within a certain amount of time before it "expires"?

short answer: no, that's kind of the point of solid fuel rockets

long answer: the stuff must surely have some expiration date on it, but if it's at all like the rocket fuel used in ICBMs, that years or decades

 

[krylon]

Originally posted by: freshgeardude
son of a bitch

4th time it was scrubbed


oh and if you guys didnt know, every time they scrub it, it costs 1 million dollars.

Source? I think its about half that.

 

[TheVrolok]

I wish I knew someone who would be interested in going to see the launch. I wouldn't mind the 3 hour (each way) drive if I had someone with which to do it.

 

[Freshgeardude]

Originally posted by: krylon

Originally posted by: freshgeardude
son of a bitch

4th time it was scrubbed


oh and if you guys didnt know, every time they scrub it, it costs 1 million dollars.

Source? I think its about half that.

i guess i missread the article.

each time does cost around 500,000

the two scrubs in june costed aprox 1 million

http://www.nowpublic.com/tech-...-due-hydrogen-gas-leak

 

[MovingTarget]

Thunderstorms. Bah. Hopefully they will get to launch soon.

 

[Freshgeardude]

pic taken around the time they called the scrub

http://www.nasa.gov/images/con...ain_200907120004HQ.jpg