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Month: April 2005
Elektron Problems Continue

NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 29 April 2005“Update on Elektron: After yesterday’s two unsuccessful tries at restarting the Elektron O2 generator (one before, one after an effort by Krikalev to repair a leak in the nitrogen feed hose), ground specialists are considering plans to replace the currently installed BZh-7 (Liquid Unit #7) with the spare (but used) BZh-6 in the near future (BZh-6 was checked out for functionality by Sharipov […]

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  • April 30, 2005
New Report Seeks Aeronautics Increase

Report contradicts Bush NASA plan, Daily Press“NASA should spend billions more dollars on aeronautics research to keep the United States from slipping further behind Europe, according to a new strategic plan prepared for Congress. If implemented – and that’s a big if – the plan would restore aeronautics funding to 1998 levels and likely soften drastic budget cuts that the Bush administration has planned for NASA Langley Research Center, industry […]

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  • April 30, 2005
Shuttle Team Comments on Launch Slip

Transcript of a NASA Press Briefing with Bill Parsons, Wayne Hale, and Bill Gerstenmaier“MR. HALE: Well, I’d just say that one of the things we’ve learned, or I’ve learned anyway, is you have to be very careful with your every-day intuition in this business because what we’re dealing with defies every-day intuition, whether you’re talking about orbital mechanics or in fact ice.”

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  • April 29, 2005
Today's Telecon With Griffin and Readdy

Transcript of Press Conference with NASA Adminstrator Mike Griffin and SMOD AA Bill Readdy on STS-114 Launch Delay Decision, NASA HQ“[Griffin] Part of the problem, I think, is that as the decades have gone by, when we have been able to do human space flight, we’ve come to accept it as more or less routine. From an engineering point of view, it isn’t. When some of us–some of you weren’t […]

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  • April 29, 2005
Stafford/Covey Waved Off

Space Shuttle Return to Flight Task Group Postpones Meeting“The Stafford-Covey Return to Flight Task Group is postponing its public meeting and news conference scheduled for Friday, May 6, in Houston. New dates for a public meeting and media briefing have not been set.”

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  • April 29, 2005
Hutchison on STS-114 Decision

Sen. Hutchison Expresses Support for NASA Administrator’s Decision to Delay Return to Flight Editor’s note: commenting on this release, Sen. Hutchison’s press officer, Chris Paulitz, added “Last night, when Sen. Hutchison spoke with Dr. Griffin, she told him she worked hard to get him confirmed quickly just for this purpose — so he would have ample time to look at the systems thoroughly before launch. This is exactly why, as […]

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  • April 29, 2005
Minutes from MIke Griffin's Weekly Tag-up

NASA Senior Management ViTS Minutes 25 April 2005“- Dr. Griffin also talked about the New York Times story that referenced internal documents forwarded to Times reporters. The documents indicated NASA had changed at least some of the statistical methods used to understand the risks of ice, foam insulation, or other launch debris impacts. The fact that the documents were leaked did not matter to Dr. Griffin, as it cannot be […]

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  • April 29, 2005
The Full Story

Editor’s note: The following appears in Space News: “According to sources closely tracking the effort, Shank and senior NASA officials met behind closed doors April 22 to discuss what to do about the current CEV solicitation. Notably absent from the meeting was Craig Steidle, NASA’s associate administrator for exploration systems, who was taking a personal day while options were being discussed about the single biggest acquisition managed by his organization.”According […]

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  • April 29, 2005
ESMD ICP and BAA for ESR&T On Hold

NASA Internal Email: ESMD Technology ICP & BAA“As I’m sure you are aware, there are a number of acceleration actions being implemented at the request of the NASA Administrator. Many of these involve acquisition approaches and planning (including schedules) for major systems developments by ESMD. As a result, it is premature to continue with the previously planned Intramural Call for Proposals (ICP) and the Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for the […]

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  • April 29, 2005
Its Official: STS-114 Slipped to July

Editor’s update: NASA will hold a press conference on Friday at 10:30 am EDT at NASA Headquarters with Bill Readdy and Mike Griffin. This will be followed at 11:30 am EDT by another press event from Johnson Space Center. Both events will air live on NASA TV. Editor’s note: Around 6:00 pm EDT Thursday evening NASA decided to delay the launch of STS-114 until July. The new launch window extends […]

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  • April 29, 2005