NASA ANNOUNCES WEB COVERAGE OF NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION

In reading about writing science fiction I am told that the Dialogue is
supposed to help present the theme and to contribute to the suspense or
stress that is needed to interest the reader. How to interest you?

Move that story forward, the shuttle to launch to the ISS October 23
with some known cracks. Risk is acceptable. What will really happen?
Tune in next week.
- LRK -
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http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/ft-071012-sts120-shuttledate.html

CAPE CANAVERAL � In an engineering showdown next week, shuttle managers
will recommend launching Discovery on Oct. 23 despite concerns raised by
an independent safety group about tiny cracks in critical wing panels.

NASA shuttle chief Wayne Hale will tell agency leaders that the defects
are too small to allow hot gases to burn through the composite carbon
covers and destroy the spaceship during atmospheric re-entry.

And he'll note that new testing techniques developed after the 2003
Columbia accident show the cracks have not grown despite repeated
exposure to re-entry temperatures as high as 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

"As it stands right now, based on the discussions and the detail that
Wayne Hale heard yesterday, he said the risk as laid out is acceptable
to proceed with the launch," Kyle Herring, a spokesman for NASA's
Johnson Space Center, said Thursday.

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Just like in the Saturday Matinee
<http://heroesofthesaturdaymatinee.com/> of old, often you were left
with some pending disaster and you wouldn't know if the hero would save
the heroine unless you came back next week. The story of shuttle cracks,
creaks, and groans goes on. Will it make it to the ISS in one piece?
Tune in for the live web cast and see for yourself.
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/

When we start sending astronauts back to the Moon the suspense will be
there too.
A new rocket, new space capsule, new crew, new launch pads, new
controllers, tune in,
well in a year or two if we are still funding this thriller.

We will be funding this thriller, won't we!

Will there be a women in the lunar crew?

Thanks for looking up with me.
- LRK -

Larry Kellogg

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NASA Announces Web Coverage of Next Space Shuttle Mission
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2007/oct/HQ_M071039_STS-120_Web_Coverage.html

Oct. 18, 2007

Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-3749
katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov

Jeanne Ryba
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
jeanne.m.ryba@nasa.gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-139

NASA ANNOUNCES WEB COVERAGE OF NEXT SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A prelaunch webcast, live blogs, podcasts,
pictures and videos highlight NASA's Internet coverage of space
shuttle Discovery's STS-120 mission to the International Space
Station. Discovery is scheduled to lift off on Oct. 23 at 11:38 a.m.
EDT. NASA will provide continuous online updates at:

http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle

A live webcast featuring STS-112 astronaut Sandra Magnus will start
the in-depth coverage of the mission at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, Oct.
22.

A blog will update the countdown beginning about six hours before
Discovery's launch. Originating from NASA's Kennedy Space Center,
Fla., the blog is the definitive Internet source for prelaunch
information.

During the 14-day mission, Discovery's seven astronauts will add a
module called Harmony to the International Space Station. The
Italian-built segment will become a connecting point for future
laboratories built by the European and Japanese space agencies.
Discovery's crew includes astronaut Daniel Tani, who will move into
the orbiting laboratory as part of the Expedition 16 crew. He will
replace Clayton Anderson, who launched to the station in June and
will return to Earth aboard Discovery. Tani will live and work on the
station until returning to Earth aboard space shuttle Atlantis on the
STS-122 mission, targeted to launch Dec. 6. Visitors to NASA's
shuttle Web site can read about the crew's progress and watch the
spacewalks live from the space station.

As Discovery's flight concludes, the NASA blog will detail the
spacecraft's return to Earth.
 
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To subscribe to the list, send a message to:
hqnews-subscribe@mediaservices.nasa.gov

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http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
Space Shuttle Crew Arrives Friday
As preparations for the launch of space shuttle Discovery on mission
STS-120 enter the final days, Discovery at the launch pad. the
astronauts are due to arrive at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida
midday on Friday. The countdown will begin at 2 p.m. EDT on Saturday,
starting at the T-43 hour mark.
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http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts120/index.html
STS-120 is the 23rd shuttle mission to the International Space Station,
and will launch an Italian-built U.S. multi-port module for the station.

Retired Air Force Col. Pamela A. Melroy will command the STS-120 mission
to take the Node 2 connecting module to the station. Melroy, a veteran
shuttle pilot, is the second woman to command a shuttle. Marine Corps
Col. George D. Zamka will serve as pilot. The flight's mission
specialists will be Scott E. Parazynski, Army Col. Douglas H. Wheelock,
Stephanie D. Wilson and Paolo A. Nespoli, a European Space Agency
astronaut from Italy. Zamka, Wheelock and Nespoli will be making their
first spaceflight.

Expedition 15/16 Flight Engineer Clayton Anderson will return to Earth
from the space station aboard shuttle mission STS-120. That flight will
carry his replacement, Daniel Tani, to the station. Tani will return on
shuttle mission STS-122.

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NASA Sets Space Shuttle Discovery Prelaunch Events
Oct. 18, 2007

Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-3749
katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov

George Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
george.h.diller@nasa.gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-140

NASA SETS SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY PRELAUNCH EVENTS

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - News conferences, events and operating hours
for NASA's Kennedy Space Center News Center are set for the upcoming
launch of space shuttle Discovery. The STS-120 mission to the
International Space Station is set to lift off at 11:38 a.m. EDT on
Oct. 23.

On Friday, Oct. 19, the seven Discovery crew members are scheduled to
arrive at the Kennedy Space Center at 12:30 p.m. Badged media
planning to cover the event must be at Kennedy's News Center by 11
a.m. for transportation to the Shuttle Landing Facility. Commander
Pam Melroy will make a brief statement to media. NASA Television will
provide live coverage.

NASA TV also will broadcast live countdown status briefings and news
conferences Oct. 20-22. Complete listings of news briefing times and
participants as well as hours of operation for the Kennedy News
Center and media credentialing office are available at:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/news/index.html

For NASA TV streaming video, scheduling and downlink information,
visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For the latest information about the STS-120 crew and mission, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle

 
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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK

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