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well good day and welcome to the johnson

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space center for today's first status

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briefing of the sts-132 mission atlantis

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flight to the international space

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station

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almost 24 hours into the mission and

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with us today to discuss the day's

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events and upcoming activities is the

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lead space shuttle flight director mike

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well thank you for tuning in to this

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second day of the flight of atlantis to

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the international space station during

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the sts-132 mission

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some days in space flight are easier

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than others and today is one of those

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days where we've run into a couple of

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problems that we're tracking uh

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specifically a uh a piece of space

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debris that

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we're watching that will be in proximity

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to the international space station and

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the space shuttle after docking tomorrow

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as well as some difficulties we ran into

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with respect to the inspection of

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atlantis heat shield today

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overall we're proceeding towards docking

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tomorrow we we expect to be able to dock

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with the international space station and

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i'll talk briefly about the the two

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items that i mentioned earlier

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first provide a brief video clip of some

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items that occurred earlier today during

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the timeline if we could queue up the

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video i'll show you one of the

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rendezvous burns we did earlier today

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uh early on uh shortly after crew wake

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up we fired up the right orbital

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maneuvering system and here you can see

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some video the crew took out the back

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window we fired the engine

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for just a handful of seconds to raise

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the altitude of atlantis and then once

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that was complete we took the shuttle's

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arm and maneuvered it across the payload

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bay to grapple the shuttle's orbiter

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boom sensor system to begin the heat

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shield inspection

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while doing that

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the checkout of the orbiter boom we ran

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into a couple of difficulties that

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caused us to

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use a backup mode you see the video here

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of a digital camera that does not reside

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on what we call a pan tilt unit which is

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a means of gimbaling

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the primary sensor on the end of the

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boom

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started to inspect the heat shield the

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crew noted that they couldn't get to the

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desired uh angles on the uh on the pan

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and tilt unit or basically gimbal the

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the cameras and sensors on the end of

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the boom to the desired position

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and after some troubleshooting we pulled

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the the boom up over the side of the

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payload base so that we could observe it

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not only from the uh the flight deck

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with eyeballs and binoculars and digital

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cameras but also with the payload bay

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cameras and we determined that we'd

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quite literally run into a snag with the

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gimbal system on the end of the boom uh

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one of the cables on the end of the boom

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is uh pulling taut and causing us to not

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be able to tilt the

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system fully up which is affecting our

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ability to see all of the heat shield on

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atlantis so what we've done is we've

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gone to a secondary mode

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which is a different camera it's a

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digital camera that is hard mounted to

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the boom it doesn't sit on this pan and

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tilt unit and we're proceeding with the

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inspection of the starboard wing we

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completed that earlier today before i

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we're currently in the process of

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scanning the nose cap

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the reinforced carbon carbon on the on

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the nose cap and we expect to get the

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majority of the port wing

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reinforced carbon carbon later the team

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all of that imagery data they'll review

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that via the standard review process

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over the next day or so in combination

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with all of the launch imagery and the

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imagery that will obtain during

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tomorrow's approach to the international

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space station the rendezvous pitch

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so once we get all that imagery on the

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ground the team will determine if we

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need to go get additional information or

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views of atlantis before

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we're ready to declare the the heat

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shield ready to go and to bring atlantis

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home or if we've got all of what we need

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on the uh on the uh

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side of the uh conjunction the piece of

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space debris that we're watching there's

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a uh piece of debris from an unknown

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origin that has a very uh what we call

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elliptical orbit it it ranges from

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several thousand miles above the

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international space station to uh just

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below the international space station in

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we know what we know that this object is

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there but we don't know the source of it

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and we know that it's going to come in

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relatively close proximity to the

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about an hour after the shuttle is

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so what we've done is we've developed a

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parallel path we've got a plan to do a

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debris avoidance maneuver if it's

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necessary and we've got a plan to just

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proceed with the rendezvous today and

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tomorrow as planned

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and the determination and whether or not

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we need to lower the altitude of station

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to avoid this debris

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that will come in close proximity

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shortly after docking tomorrow will be

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if the debris avoidance maneuver is

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required it will occur uh roughly 807

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and we'll just continue to watch it

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we've got some tracking on this

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object and right now it's right on the

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threshold of whether or not we need to

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take any action at all

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that threshold is around 10 kilometers

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in distance and we're just going to

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basically get as much information as we

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can before we determine whether or not

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we need to maneuver station and then

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modify the shuttle's approach to the

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international space station tomorrow or

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whether we can proceed as planned and go

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to station at its current higher

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we've worked through those anomalies

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today we still have some forward work

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in addition to all those activities the

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crew checked out three of the space

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suits two that are planned for use

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during this mission as well as a spare

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that we plan to leave on the

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international space station as well as

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the rescue unit called safer that

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is used during the spacewalk all those

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items checked out just fine the crew

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again is proceeding towards rendezvous

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and docking tomorrow as planned and

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we've got some open work ahead of us

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associated with the heat shield

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inspection and with that

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i'd be happy to take any questions okay

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mike thanks we'll take questions here in

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houston then go to a handful of

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reporters on our phone bridge and we'll

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go here to mark

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uh thank you it's mark caro for aviation

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week and i have a couple of questions

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in broad strokes compare the

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strategy that you're

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executing today as compared to the one

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use a a laser range imager called or the

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that sits on this pan tilt unit and it

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a little bit more coverage of all of the

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thermal blankets and the heat shield on

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of the ohms pod and all the ohms pod

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imagery today we have an opportunity to

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station crew during the approach

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combination of all the assets available

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to determine what the what gaps we have

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thanks and just to follow that if it was

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when would that fall in the timeline and

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what would be affected at this point

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uh it's a good question we have a

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reserve time on the fifth day of the

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mission so it would be after we install

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the rossvet module on the international

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late that day on flight day five we have

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about an hour and a half of crew time

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inspection if that's required

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again it's too early to tell whether

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we'll need to go down that path

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because one we haven't reviewed all the

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rpm imagery ahead of us tomorrow

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and then we may be able to obtain other

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imagery from station without focus

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okay we'll go to the reporters on our

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phone bridge and uh if you can hear me

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we'll start off with marcia dunn of the

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hi can you hear me yeah we can marcia um

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a couple of questions um quick question

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on the space debris do you have any idea

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have any of that information marcia we

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of of its orbit relative to the

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international space station but i don't

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know its size or origin

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the boom i'm wondering um

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how you think this snag might have

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occurred getting pinched like that would

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when would you do it or would you just

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we will uh get all the imagery for the

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port wing uh via some method uh there's

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already some discussion of using the uh

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the high power uh digital still cameras

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from the international space station

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during the approach tomorrow

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and just having an extra crew member

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snap those images

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if we don't get what we need there we

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have a number of options including focus

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inspection but again it's too early to

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tell there

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how did the snag happen it's really too

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early to tell we just know that the

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cable is routed in such a manner that

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it's pulling on the back side of the

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camera and and doesn't allow us to tilt

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up we do have a a digital still image of

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the

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of your screen you can see

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canada

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i don't know a little bit past 90

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degrees

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laser

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dynamic range imager as well as the

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intensified television camera which is a

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low light imagery camera on the end of

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the pan tilt unit it kind of narrows

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down and then towards the left hand side

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of your screen is the structure on the

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end of the boom

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running between the two running between

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the structure of the boom and the uh the

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pan tilt unit on the camera you can see

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some cables routed and for some reason

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there's a canon connector a big round

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metal connector that sits on the on the

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side of the camera on the right hand

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side there that

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is pulling taut and and not allowing us

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to get full range of motion on that

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camera um it's too early to tell if uh

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it happened prior to launch or whether

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just due to the the shake and rattle and

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roll of launch that the the cable got

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into a position that

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wasn't good for the inspection

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the crew did try to manipulate the

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camera around

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so that the the cable would come free

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and we didn't have any success in that

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today we we spent uh probably about two

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orbits worth of time roughly three hours

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today

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trying to troubleshoot and get this snag

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free on that cable and we had no no luck

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with that so

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we've got lots of time to solve this

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problem prior to bringing atlantis home

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we've got again a number of assets

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available on the international space

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station and we'll just see what coverage

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we get with the the planned surveys that

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we've got and then determine if any

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further action is required

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thank you and lastly i think ken ham

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called down at one point that he thought

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that a spacewalker could just sort of

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smooth that out

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would that always be a

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last-ditch alternative if you really

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needed a

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proper laser image

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uh we do need to uh discuss what to do

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with respect to late inspection you know

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we do have an orbital debris environment

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there's a lot of space junk and

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micrometeoroids and other items up there

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that we need to manage and there's a

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number of ways to do that our primary

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method of doing that is using the

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the sensors and cameras on the end of

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that pin tilt unit and that was our plan

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going into the flight

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now whether the appropriate course of

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action is to go out and do a spacewalk

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and and just kind of move that cable or

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whether it's best to just leave that

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alone due to the risks associated with

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that is yet to be determined i know

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folks are off talking about that and uh

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we're investigating all of our options

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our first spacewalk is a little over two

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days from now and and we probably

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wouldn't do anything any earlier than

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our second spacewalk on flight day six

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if we were to need to manipulate this

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this cable but again that's work that's

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in front of us and i know a number of

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the team members are off looking at that

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okay next up is claire moscow with

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space.com

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hi um i'm wondering if you have an idea

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of when you might be able to make the

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decision about whether a debris

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avoidance maneuver is needed

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uh yes we've got a uh a plan in place to

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determine whether or not the debris

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avoidance maneuver is required the

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debris avoidance maneuver again is is

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scheduled to occur at about 807 central

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in about three hours prior to that

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roughly around 5 p.m central uh this

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decision will be made as to whether we

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actually lower the altitude of the space

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station roughly a half a nautical mile

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in orbit or whether we leave it in its

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planned place so about three hours prior

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to the debris avoidance maneuver is uh

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is what we're planning we've got uh both

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plans out there and we just need to

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decide which path to go down based on

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all the latest information and we've got

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some hours ahead of us to make that

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decision

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thank you

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okay next is bill harwood from cbs news

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yeah hi mike uh bill harwood cbs um do

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you have a a missed distance or where

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this debris would be in the box uh

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for this maneuver

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bill we do the missed distance is right

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on the edge of our our criteria to

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maneuver out of the way of it it's right

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around 10 kilometers in this distance

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a complicating factor in

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determining whether a debris avoidance

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maneuver is required is when when the

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shuttle docks with the international

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space station

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it takes

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some amount of time to

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hard mate the two vehicles we need to

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retract the ring and then close some

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hooks that provide a good structural

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load path and then we do

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a

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pressure check between the two

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the two vehicles to make sure that

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they're they're sealed properly

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and then we maneuver the whole

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stack uh the shuttle and station to

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attitude and that takes a finite amount

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of time we're talking about a million

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pounds of spacecraft that we need to get

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into it's

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it's what we call uh docked or uh mated

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attitude which

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ranges uh in in time from 15 minutes to

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45 minutes in duration so we're kind of

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cutting it close uh as to whether or not

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we can dock and then

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get structurally mated to the

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international state space station and

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then into the docked attitude

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relative to this debris avoidance

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maneuver so folks looked at that

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within the last day and determined that

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we really can't get confident that if we

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need to get out of the way of this piece

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of space debris that

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we'll be able to do that after the

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shuttle docks just due to the timeline

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and the amount of time available it's a

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very compressed window

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so folks just decided that it was

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appropriate to maneuver station before

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the shuttle ever got there and then we

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would modify the shuttle's trajectory uh

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and just come in a little bit lower in

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in altitude to the international space

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station

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thanks um but it's 10 kilometers is

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where you stand six miles roughly right

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now is what you think the missed

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distance is

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that's correct and uh you know with some

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of these objects up there uh they're

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moving at such high rates and of course

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the the international space station and

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the space shuttle are moving at 17 500

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miles an hour uh just a a small error in

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the amount of time that

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we determine where something is could

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make a big difference in your total

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missed distance

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you know a couple of seconds at that

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speed could mean you miss by a huge

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amount of distance or you miss uh by a

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very little distance so uh that's being

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factored into the debris avoidance

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maneuver plan uh there's an uncertainty

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range that we use to determine whether

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or not to get out of the way of of

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something and folks are using that along

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with all of the the tracking information

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that we're getting from uh from the

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piece of space junk that's out there to

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determine whether or not we need to

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maneuver

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thanks and one last one for me just to

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be sure i understood your your

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analysis of the flight day 2 inspection

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what you're saying is that regardless of

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what it takes to fix this you're

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confident you're going to get all the

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data you need in the end i mean there's

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nothing that you're visualizing that

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you're not going to get because of this

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thanks

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yeah the the team obviously is a

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world-class team a very talented team

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and we've got some of the best engineers

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and imagery analysts on the planet to

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supporting

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atlantis

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as well as the international space

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station

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i'm confident that given a little bit of

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time we'll come up with a solution that

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will cover the entire heat shield on

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atlantis and we'll get there well in

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advance of when a decision is required

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to bring her home

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we just need to give that process a

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little bit of time we need to give those

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folks a little bit of time the problem

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that we're dealing with has only reared

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its head in the last eight or ten hours

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and i bet you given a day things will

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come together very quickly

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okay next up todd halverson from florida

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um hi todd halberson of florida today um

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i i was wondering if mike if you could

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um

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recall for me the

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evolution of the sensors on the um

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inspection boom um

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if i recall

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was this camera that was heart mounted

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it was that in an an initial camera that

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was used uh during return to flight and

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then something better came along or ldri

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came along uh on lighter flights i'm

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just trying to remember the evolution in

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these sensors

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yeah that's a good question

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when we were in the return to flight

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process uh obviously uh time and

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schedule and budget were

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were of essence and what we did at the

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time was

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procured a number of imaging systems

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there was the intensified camera that

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we've used for years in the payload bay

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it's a low light

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camera that has high resolution in low

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light

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there's the laser dynamic range imager

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which sits on this pan tilt unit that

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was a new sensor that came along after

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return to flight

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there's this digital camera that we use

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today and then there's a laser camera

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system that came along

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we

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basically used all of those during the

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return to flight missions just to kind

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of test out the systems and make sure

564
00:21:12,230 --> 00:21:10,080
that we understood uh which ones

565
00:21:14,390 --> 00:21:12,240
operated best during day and night time

566
00:21:16,870 --> 00:21:14,400
and which one we could use to most

567
00:21:19,430 --> 00:21:16,880
efficiently uh perform the heat shield

568
00:21:20,390 --> 00:21:19,440
inspection uh following the columbia

569
00:21:22,630 --> 00:21:20,400
accident

570
00:21:26,070 --> 00:21:22,640
and uh what it turned out to be was that

571
00:21:27,350 --> 00:21:26,080
the uh the ldri imager the laser dynamic

572
00:21:30,230 --> 00:21:27,360
range imager

573
00:21:31,110 --> 00:21:30,240
has its own illumination source

574
00:21:33,669 --> 00:21:31,120
which

575
00:21:36,870 --> 00:21:33,679
it basically illuminates its target and

576
00:21:39,669 --> 00:21:36,880
we decided that that was the best to get

577
00:21:42,870 --> 00:21:39,679
the entire heat shield inspected within

578
00:21:45,590 --> 00:21:42,880
the time available or most efficiently

579
00:21:47,990 --> 00:21:45,600
inspect the heat shield

580
00:21:49,190 --> 00:21:48,000
without impacting the cruise day and the

581
00:21:50,789 --> 00:21:49,200
reason that we determined that was

582
00:21:51,990 --> 00:21:50,799
because you could use that guy during

583
00:21:53,590 --> 00:21:52,000
day or night

584
00:21:56,070 --> 00:21:53,600
because it had its own illumination

585
00:21:57,830 --> 00:21:56,080
source the the digital camera that we

586
00:22:00,230 --> 00:21:57,840
used today to do the heat shield

587
00:22:01,909 --> 00:22:00,240
inspection is only usable while it has

588
00:22:04,789 --> 00:22:01,919
an illumination source either from the

589
00:22:06,549 --> 00:22:04,799
ldri which we tried to position

590
00:22:08,310 --> 00:22:06,559
to illuminate

591
00:22:10,070 --> 00:22:08,320
or provide an illumination source for

592
00:22:12,070 --> 00:22:10,080
the digital camera but we just

593
00:22:14,789 --> 00:22:12,080
physically couldn't position it because

594
00:22:17,029 --> 00:22:14,799
of this pan tilt problem and it didn't

595
00:22:18,710 --> 00:22:17,039
allow us to gimble the illumination

596
00:22:21,190 --> 00:22:18,720
source towards the

597
00:22:23,590 --> 00:22:21,200
towards what the camera was seeing

598
00:22:26,710 --> 00:22:23,600
so we ended up

599
00:22:28,950 --> 00:22:26,720
going to just taking images using the

600
00:22:31,029 --> 00:22:28,960
the digital camera during the day pass

601
00:22:33,110 --> 00:22:31,039
so roughly half of your orbit is when

602
00:22:37,190 --> 00:22:33,120
you're allowed to gather imagery so now

603
00:22:40,230 --> 00:22:37,200
if you're going through 16 orbits a day

604
00:22:42,390 --> 00:22:40,240
and seeing 16 sunrises and sunsets half

605
00:22:45,350 --> 00:22:42,400
your day is no longer available to you

606
00:22:47,590 --> 00:22:45,360
if you use the digital camera to inspect

607
00:22:49,590 --> 00:22:47,600
the heat shield so there were a number

608
00:22:51,110 --> 00:22:49,600
of considerations

609
00:22:53,590 --> 00:22:51,120
resolution was also another

610
00:22:55,430 --> 00:22:53,600
consideration because we have to have

611
00:22:58,710 --> 00:22:55,440
real high

612
00:23:00,950 --> 00:22:58,720
detail imagery of in particular the

613
00:23:03,669 --> 00:23:00,960
reinforced carbon carbon

614
00:23:04,789 --> 00:23:03,679
when we looked at that the again the

615
00:23:07,110 --> 00:23:04,799
ldri

616
00:23:09,190 --> 00:23:07,120
came out at the top in terms of giving

617
00:23:11,510 --> 00:23:09,200
us the resolution that we wanted and

618
00:23:13,190 --> 00:23:11,520
then uh determining whether or not we

619
00:23:15,510 --> 00:23:13,200
needed to go inspect it further we could

620
00:23:17,909 --> 00:23:15,520
go use some of the other assets uh the

621
00:23:21,270 --> 00:23:17,919
intensified television camera the laser

622
00:23:24,310 --> 00:23:21,280
camera system and go gather imagery with

623
00:23:26,630 --> 00:23:24,320
that and then the last consideration was

624
00:23:29,029 --> 00:23:26,640
how fast could we maneuver the arm while

625
00:23:30,950 --> 00:23:29,039
gathering the imagery because the ldri

626
00:23:33,110 --> 00:23:30,960
uses a streaming video

627
00:23:35,110 --> 00:23:33,120
that allowed us to send that down in

628
00:23:37,270 --> 00:23:35,120
real time as opposed to the

629
00:23:40,390 --> 00:23:37,280
laser camera system that takes a

630
00:23:43,110 --> 00:23:40,400
snapshot and you have to basically

631
00:23:44,710 --> 00:23:43,120
maneuver the arm only so fast so that

632
00:23:47,909 --> 00:23:44,720
the snapshots occur so you don't have

633
00:23:50,630 --> 00:23:47,919
gaps in your coverage uh the the digital

634
00:23:53,269 --> 00:23:50,640
camera also has a similar uh

635
00:23:55,029 --> 00:23:53,279
limitation where it takes snapshots and

636
00:23:57,029 --> 00:23:55,039
you need to maneuver the arm such that

637
00:23:58,789 --> 00:23:57,039
there is overlap in the imagery so there

638
00:23:59,750 --> 00:23:58,799
were a whole bunch of considerations and

639
00:24:01,430 --> 00:23:59,760
folks

640
00:24:04,390 --> 00:24:01,440
tested all those out during return to

641
00:24:07,190 --> 00:24:04,400
flight sts-114 and sts-121

642
00:24:09,430 --> 00:24:07,200
and that led us to use an ldri

643
00:24:12,149 --> 00:24:09,440
for the the remainder of the shuttle

644
00:24:15,350 --> 00:24:13,990
thanks very much and i just have a

645
00:24:17,750 --> 00:24:15,360
couple more

646
00:24:19,669 --> 00:24:17,760
the first one is did you see anything at

647
00:24:22,310 --> 00:24:19,679
all during your uh

648
00:24:25,190 --> 00:24:22,320
surveys today that um

649
00:24:27,269 --> 00:24:25,200
uh jumped out at you or are looked as if

650
00:24:29,350 --> 00:24:27,279
it might be damaged that uh might

651
00:24:30,830 --> 00:24:29,360
require extra um

652
00:24:34,310 --> 00:24:30,840
an extra

653
00:24:35,830 --> 00:24:34,320
look uh yeah regarding the

654
00:24:38,070 --> 00:24:35,840
information we gathered today the

655
00:24:40,789 --> 00:24:38,080
imagery we gathered today

656
00:24:43,350 --> 00:24:40,799
we saw only a limited subset of that

657
00:24:45,590 --> 00:24:43,360
information on the ground

658
00:24:48,390 --> 00:24:45,600
most of that will be sent to the ground

659
00:24:49,430 --> 00:24:48,400
via the laptop computer system later

660
00:24:51,190 --> 00:24:49,440
today

661
00:24:52,549 --> 00:24:51,200
of the imagery that i saw i didn't see

662
00:24:55,269 --> 00:24:52,559
anything that was obvious that would

663
00:24:57,830 --> 00:24:55,279
give me concern regarding the health of

664
00:25:00,470 --> 00:24:57,840
atlantis or its heat shield

665
00:25:03,190 --> 00:25:00,480
again we'll let the imagery analyst uh

666
00:25:04,870 --> 00:25:03,200
review all that data there's a there's

667
00:25:06,710 --> 00:25:04,880
uh probably more data than they know

668
00:25:08,230 --> 00:25:06,720
what to do with right now but i'm sure

669
00:25:09,510 --> 00:25:08,240
they'll find a way to get through it all

670
00:25:11,830 --> 00:25:09,520
they always do

671
00:25:13,269 --> 00:25:11,840
within the next day day and a half and

672
00:25:15,190 --> 00:25:13,279
once they do that we'll make a final

673
00:25:17,190 --> 00:25:15,200
determination as to whether there's any

674
00:25:19,190 --> 00:25:17,200
further work that we need to do to clear

675
00:25:20,710 --> 00:25:19,200
atlantis before we turn either via focus

676
00:25:22,710 --> 00:25:20,720
inspection or

677
00:25:26,310 --> 00:25:22,720
other action

678
00:25:29,110 --> 00:25:26,320
thanks and the last one for me is

679
00:25:31,350 --> 00:25:29,120
if you uh make the

680
00:25:33,029 --> 00:25:31,360
if the station guys make a debris

681
00:25:34,710 --> 00:25:33,039
avoidance maneuver

682
00:25:38,149 --> 00:25:34,720
or if they don't

683
00:25:40,149 --> 00:25:38,159
um what impact

684
00:25:43,750 --> 00:25:40,159
would there be on the crew and

685
00:25:46,470 --> 00:25:43,760
rendezvous procedures i mean would the

686
00:25:49,190 --> 00:25:46,480
timing of burns be different i'm just

687
00:25:52,470 --> 00:25:49,200
trying to get an idea of uh how this

688
00:25:54,789 --> 00:25:52,480
will impact their rendezvous day

689
00:25:57,830 --> 00:25:54,799
yeah that's a good question uh with

690
00:25:59,269 --> 00:25:57,840
respect to uh changing the orbit of

691
00:26:00,390 --> 00:25:59,279
station you know

692
00:26:02,070 --> 00:26:00,400
essentially what we're going to do is

693
00:26:03,990 --> 00:26:02,080
we're going to change where station is

694
00:26:05,430 --> 00:26:04,000
in the sky and

695
00:26:06,710 --> 00:26:05,440
that's something that we don't normally

696
00:26:08,870 --> 00:26:06,720
do

697
00:26:10,390 --> 00:26:08,880
for a space shuttle mission from the

698
00:26:12,950 --> 00:26:10,400
time that we launch until the time that

699
00:26:14,630 --> 00:26:12,960
the shuttle arrives the space station is

700
00:26:17,430 --> 00:26:14,640
normally always in the same position and

701
00:26:19,029 --> 00:26:17,440
we don't change its altitude or

702
00:26:21,350 --> 00:26:19,039
we tried to minimize the amount the

703
00:26:23,350 --> 00:26:21,360
number of propulsive events propulsive

704
00:26:24,470 --> 00:26:23,360
events that can change its position in

705
00:26:26,549 --> 00:26:24,480
the sky

706
00:26:27,430 --> 00:26:26,559
so this case is a little bit unique in

707
00:26:30,070 --> 00:26:27,440
that

708
00:26:32,230 --> 00:26:30,080
we may actually change the altitude of

709
00:26:33,909 --> 00:26:32,240
the international space station so the

710
00:26:35,830 --> 00:26:33,919
impact to the rendezvous tomorrow is

711
00:26:39,110 --> 00:26:35,840
that we'll use the standard procedures

712
00:26:40,549 --> 00:26:39,120
and standard process to track the

713
00:26:43,029 --> 00:26:40,559
position of the international space

714
00:26:45,269 --> 00:26:43,039
station and then tell the crew where

715
00:26:47,830 --> 00:26:45,279
station is relative to

716
00:26:49,269 --> 00:26:47,840
the altitude changes that atlantis needs

717
00:26:52,149 --> 00:26:49,279
to perform

718
00:26:53,990 --> 00:26:52,159
the only difference is that the timing

719
00:26:55,990 --> 00:26:54,000
of the burn will change by a couple of

720
00:26:57,669 --> 00:26:56,000
minutes and the actual magnitude of the

721
00:26:58,870 --> 00:26:57,679
burn will will actually decrease

722
00:26:59,990 --> 00:26:58,880
slightly

723
00:27:01,430 --> 00:27:00,000
because the altitude of the

724
00:27:04,390 --> 00:27:01,440
international space station will be

725
00:27:11,590 --> 00:27:07,990
thanks very much okay and finally on the

726
00:27:16,710 --> 00:27:14,630
hi can you hear me yeah sure can robert

727
00:27:17,909 --> 00:27:16,720
great um

728
00:27:19,990 --> 00:27:17,919
mike rob perlman with uh

729
00:27:23,110 --> 00:27:20,000
collectspace.com

730
00:27:25,590 --> 00:27:23,120
with regards to the pinch uh cable are

731
00:27:28,070 --> 00:27:25,600
there any concerns for when uh for

732
00:27:29,269 --> 00:27:28,080
stowing the obss

733
00:27:30,470 --> 00:27:29,279
later today

734
00:27:31,830 --> 00:27:30,480
um

735
00:27:32,630 --> 00:27:31,840
with regards to

736
00:27:35,269 --> 00:27:32,640
not

737
00:27:37,510 --> 00:27:35,279
causing more damage

738
00:27:40,470 --> 00:27:37,520
yeah we'll uh be able to stow the uh the

739
00:27:43,990 --> 00:27:40,480
boom no problem with the this

740
00:27:45,990 --> 00:27:44,000
uh snag and the uh limitation on the

741
00:27:47,110 --> 00:27:46,000
panning and tilting of the sensor on the

742
00:27:49,430 --> 00:27:47,120
end of it

743
00:27:51,750 --> 00:27:49,440
stowing the boom we've got uh

744
00:27:54,070 --> 00:27:51,760
three uh positions that we structurally

745
00:27:55,990 --> 00:27:54,080
attach it to the uh to the shuttle and

746
00:27:57,830 --> 00:27:56,000
the edge of the payload bay the sill on

747
00:28:00,230 --> 00:27:57,840
the starboard side of the payload bay

748
00:28:02,470 --> 00:28:00,240
and uh those have nothing to do with

749
00:28:03,909 --> 00:28:02,480
this pan tilt unit or the cameras that

750
00:28:07,269 --> 00:28:03,919
sit on the end of it

751
00:28:09,990 --> 00:28:07,279
the cameras will be positioned

752
00:28:11,510 --> 00:28:10,000
once we get the boom stowed or prior to

753
00:28:14,230 --> 00:28:11,520
stowing the boom

754
00:28:16,070 --> 00:28:14,240
but we'll be able to to stow that no

755
00:28:18,630 --> 00:28:16,080
problem

756
00:28:21,029 --> 00:28:18,640
okay and uh with regards to tomorrow's

757
00:28:23,269 --> 00:28:21,039
rpm um and the imagery that the station

758
00:28:24,710 --> 00:28:23,279
will take i know you said that you want

759
00:28:26,710 --> 00:28:24,720
you'll be gathering data from that

760
00:28:28,310 --> 00:28:26,720
usually the photographs are mostly

761
00:28:30,070 --> 00:28:28,320
focused on

762
00:28:31,830 --> 00:28:30,080
the underneath of the orbiter so will

763
00:28:35,590 --> 00:28:31,840
the station crew be

764
00:28:37,350 --> 00:28:35,600
told to uh to also uh target areas that

765
00:28:38,870 --> 00:28:37,360
weren't covered by this

766
00:28:41,350 --> 00:28:38,880
late inspection

767
00:28:43,669 --> 00:28:41,360
set of procedures such as the crew cabin

768
00:28:46,549 --> 00:28:43,679
services

769
00:28:49,750 --> 00:28:46,559
yeah uh we're talking about adding a

770
00:28:51,909 --> 00:28:49,760
third crew member uh to the

771
00:28:54,149 --> 00:28:51,919
digital still images that we take of

772
00:28:57,029 --> 00:28:54,159
atlantis during the backflip maneuver

773
00:28:59,190 --> 00:28:57,039
which is the rendezvous pitch maneuver

774
00:29:01,350 --> 00:28:59,200
the normal scan pattern that we perform

775
00:29:04,149 --> 00:29:01,360
where we have the crew perform of the

776
00:29:06,870 --> 00:29:04,159
heat shield includes uh

777
00:29:09,669 --> 00:29:06,880
nose on images of the heat shield as

778
00:29:12,389 --> 00:29:09,679
well as top side images of

779
00:29:14,310 --> 00:29:12,399
atlantis or any any other approaching

780
00:29:16,950 --> 00:29:14,320
shuttle and then we actually gather some

781
00:29:18,630 --> 00:29:16,960
images of the tail end of the of the

782
00:29:22,549 --> 00:29:18,640
shuttle as it approaches because it goes

783
00:29:24,870 --> 00:29:22,559
through a full 360 360 degree backflip

784
00:29:27,110 --> 00:29:24,880
you're right in that the majority of the

785
00:29:28,870 --> 00:29:27,120
images are focused on the tile on the

786
00:29:30,070 --> 00:29:28,880
lower surface because that's the hottest

787
00:29:32,389 --> 00:29:30,080
surface

788
00:29:34,789 --> 00:29:32,399
and we like to gather overlapping images

789
00:29:37,430 --> 00:29:34,799
all the way across the the wing and then

790
00:29:39,590 --> 00:29:37,440
the mid body and then the nose area

791
00:29:41,750 --> 00:29:39,600
on the on the tile on the lower surface

792
00:29:45,350 --> 00:29:41,760
but we do actually gather a number of

793
00:29:47,269 --> 00:29:45,360
images again nose on top side and

794
00:29:49,110 --> 00:29:47,279
tail end of the shuttle and there's a

795
00:29:50,870 --> 00:29:49,120
number of reasons for that some is to

796
00:29:52,789 --> 00:29:50,880
determine if there's a gap filler

797
00:29:54,470 --> 00:29:52,799
sticking out if you get a nice edge on

798
00:29:55,669 --> 00:29:54,480
view you can see the gap filler poking

799
00:29:57,990 --> 00:29:55,679
out the bottom

800
00:29:58,710 --> 00:29:58,000
as opposed to a gap filler poking out at

801
00:30:01,269 --> 00:29:58,720
you

802
00:30:02,789 --> 00:30:01,279
out the front of the uh

803
00:30:05,350 --> 00:30:02,799
of the heat shield it's a little harder

804
00:30:07,190 --> 00:30:05,360
to determine that so we'll get to good

805
00:30:08,950 --> 00:30:07,200
imagery and

806
00:30:11,830 --> 00:30:08,960
we'll uh wait for the right lighting

807
00:30:13,830 --> 00:30:11,840
tomorrow we always do and uh at the at

808
00:30:15,590 --> 00:30:13,840
the appropriate portion of the approach

809
00:30:17,990 --> 00:30:15,600
to the international space station we'll

810
00:30:20,389 --> 00:30:18,000
gather all the images uh using both the

811
00:30:22,549 --> 00:30:20,399
400 millimeter digital still camera as

812
00:30:24,549 --> 00:30:22,559
well as a 400 millimeter with a a

813
00:30:26,310 --> 00:30:24,559
doubler we call it the 800 millimeter

814
00:30:28,310 --> 00:30:26,320
lens and then we'll probably have an

815
00:30:31,350 --> 00:30:28,320
additional 800 millimeter camera

816
00:30:33,990 --> 00:30:31,360
available uh to focus in

817
00:30:36,470 --> 00:30:34,000
on some of the areas that we didn't get

818
00:30:37,510 --> 00:30:36,480
on the port wing today using the digital

819
00:30:39,269 --> 00:30:37,520
camera

820
00:30:41,110 --> 00:30:39,279
on the on the end of the boom just

821
00:30:43,430 --> 00:30:41,120
because of the amount of coverage that

822
00:30:46,149 --> 00:30:43,440
we had with the planned uh wing scans

823
00:30:47,590 --> 00:30:46,159
and wing surveys

824
00:30:49,430 --> 00:30:47,600
great thank you

825
00:30:50,710 --> 00:30:49,440
okay we're back here in houston follow

826
00:30:53,110 --> 00:30:50,720
up mark

827
00:30:53,909 --> 00:30:53,120
thank you mark caro for aviation week

828
00:30:54,950 --> 00:30:53,919
again

829
00:30:56,710 --> 00:30:54,960
um

830
00:30:58,470 --> 00:30:56,720
if you make maneuver with the station

831
00:31:01,350 --> 00:30:58,480
would the propulsion source be a

832
00:31:02,389 --> 00:31:01,360
progress or some other

833
00:31:05,350 --> 00:31:02,399
some other

834
00:31:08,310 --> 00:31:05,360
thruster source yeah the uh the primary

835
00:31:09,990 --> 00:31:08,320
plan uh right now is to use uh the

836
00:31:12,389 --> 00:31:10,000
russian portion of the international

837
00:31:14,310 --> 00:31:12,399
space station uh specifically progress

838
00:31:17,190 --> 00:31:14,320
and then there's a combination of uh

839
00:31:19,750 --> 00:31:17,200
attitude uh control thrusters and then

840
00:31:21,830 --> 00:31:19,760
orbital rays thrusters that we use and

841
00:31:24,789 --> 00:31:21,840
we've coordinated all that work with our

842
00:31:26,870 --> 00:31:24,799
russian counterparts in moscow and again

843
00:31:28,470 --> 00:31:26,880
we're carrying a parallel path as to

844
00:31:29,350 --> 00:31:28,480
whether or not we actually need to do

845
00:31:30,549 --> 00:31:29,360
that

846
00:31:33,430 --> 00:31:30,559
decision will be made in the next

847
00:31:37,110 --> 00:31:33,440
handful of hours leading up to the

848
00:31:42,470 --> 00:31:39,750
and finally for me do you recall

849
00:31:45,909 --> 00:31:42,480
how how large an object has to be before

850
00:31:49,269 --> 00:31:45,919
you can track it i'm kind of hazy as is

851
00:31:51,990 --> 00:31:49,279
it's five inches or more or less

852
00:31:54,470 --> 00:31:52,000
yeah it's uh

853
00:31:56,070 --> 00:31:54,480
it's smaller than a bread box but uh

854
00:31:58,630 --> 00:31:56,080
bigger than uh

855
00:32:00,630 --> 00:31:58,640
you know bigger than i don't know

856
00:32:02,630 --> 00:32:00,640
there's there is a limitation on what we

857
00:32:05,029 --> 00:32:02,640
can track uh some of that depends on

858
00:32:06,070 --> 00:32:05,039
whether or not the the object is

859
00:32:08,630 --> 00:32:06,080
uh

860
00:32:09,990 --> 00:32:08,640
metallic in nature and the color of the

861
00:32:11,990 --> 00:32:10,000
material um

862
00:32:14,630 --> 00:32:12,000
but uh some of that information i don't

863
00:32:16,149 --> 00:32:14,640
readily have available

864
00:32:18,070 --> 00:32:16,159
okay i think that wraps up all the

865
00:32:20,470 --> 00:32:18,080
questions so before we close a few

866
00:32:22,230 --> 00:32:20,480
programming notes deputy shuttle program

867
00:32:24,470 --> 00:32:22,240
manager leroy kane who is the chairman

868
00:32:27,269 --> 00:32:24,480
of the mission management team will hold

869
00:32:29,590 --> 00:32:27,279
his first briefing of the flight at 3 pm

870
00:32:31,509 --> 00:32:29,600
central time 4 p.m eastern time on nasa

871
00:32:32,789 --> 00:32:31,519
television so you'll want to stay tuned

872
00:32:33,830 --> 00:32:32,799
and tune in for that later this

873
00:32:35,830 --> 00:32:33,840
afternoon

874
00:32:38,950 --> 00:32:35,840
atlantis six crew members begin their

875
00:32:40,710 --> 00:32:38,960
sleep period at 6 20 p.m central time

876
00:32:43,190 --> 00:32:40,720
enabling us to begin the airing of our

877
00:32:45,190 --> 00:32:43,200
flight day highlights at 7 pm central

878
00:32:46,870 --> 00:32:45,200
time those highlights will be replayed

879
00:32:48,870 --> 00:32:46,880
every hour on the hour throughout the

880
00:32:50,789 --> 00:32:48,880
course of the crew sleep period this

881
00:32:53,029 --> 00:32:50,799
evening and the wake-up call for

882
00:32:55,830 --> 00:32:53,039
atlantis crew will come sunday morning

883
00:32:57,669 --> 00:32:55,840
at 2 20 a.m central time as they begin

884
00:32:59,750 --> 00:32:57,679
activities for their arrival at the

885
00:33:01,990 --> 00:32:59,760
international space station a few hours

886
00:33:04,070 --> 00:33:02,000
later you can follow all of the work

887
00:33:06,230 --> 00:33:04,080
being conducted by atlantis astronauts

888
00:33:08,149 --> 00:33:06,240
and the expedition 23 crew on the

889
00:33:11,990 --> 00:33:08,159
international space station on our

890
00:33:13,350 --> 00:33:12,000
website at www.nasa.gov

891
00:33:14,950 --> 00:33:13,360
with that we'll call it a briefing and

892
00:33:17,269 --> 00:33:14,960
go back to mission control for