Space Shuttle STS-121 - Mission ULF1.1 to the International Space Station

Hmm. The countdown clock on NASA TV is running approximately 59 seconds behind the live data feed I'm getting from KSC. Conspiracy theories, anyone? :D

Oh, and the monitor's fixed. Too much brightness apparently. :)

NightSt@lk3r said:
Andelusion seems to be on a role the last 2 threads ive read he has had a post deleted in
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He didn't break any forum rules, but he was trying to jinx the launch, so the post here had to go. :)
 
Berserker said:
Oh, and the monitor's fixed. Too much brightness apparently. :)
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Do they still use CRT's or do you think they been brought up to date with TFT's, considering when most of them were built I would imagine they were orignally CRT's but must have been replaced as it would save a huge amount of weight.

HEADRAT
 
HEADRAT said:
Do they still use CRT's or do you think they been brought up to date with TFT's, considering when most of them were built I would imagine they were orignally CRT's but must have been replaced as it would save a huge amount of weight.

HEADRAT
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quoted from a page at NASA :)

Eleven new full-color, flat-panel display screens in the shuttle cockpit replace 32 gauges and electromechanical displays and four cathode-ray tube displays. The new "glass cockpit" is 75 pounds lighter and uses less power then the older model, and its color displays provide easier pilot recognition of key shuttle functions. The new cockpit is expected to be installed on all shuttles in the NASA fleet by 2002, and it sets the stage for the next cockpit improvement planned to fly in 2005: a "smart cockpit" that reduces the pilot's workload during critical periods. During STS-101, Atlantis will fly as the most updated shuttle ever, with more than 100 new modifications incorporated during a ten-month period in 1998 at Boeing's Palmdale, Calif., shuttle factory.
 
HEADRAT said:
Do they still use CRT's or do you think they been brought up to date with TFT's, considering when most of them were built I would imagine they were orignally CRT's but must have been replaced as it would save a huge amount of weight.
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Actually, you're correct. The NASA technicians were calling them CRTs, but they are actually TFT panels.

There's a nice view of a large part of the flight deck controls with all the panels working here (large image - 1.5MB). Looks mighty impressive. :)
 
Berserker said:
Actually, you're correct. The NASA technicians were calling them CRTs, but they are actually TFT panels.

There's a nice view of a large part of the flight deck controls with all the panels working here (large image - 1.5MB). Looks mighty impressive. :)
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Cool :cool: looks mighty old though even with the new stuff, look how the floor has worn out ! lol, reminds me of that trek episode where with the bajoran space sailing ship,lol. Im guessing your a space fanatic more than even me Berserker, im obsessed with space/man space flight, progress of mankind in space type stuff, id give my right leg to be in the trek universe,haha
 
They're not going to be 'bleeding edge' in a space shuttle. Old tech = reliable, maintainable, etc. Use what works, not what looks pretty. :)

For those who were't aware, the hatch has been closed for some time now, although they're still doing final checks, leak checks, removing all the loose hardware from the 'white room', etc.

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WOOHOO!

Now at home and watching with sound. :D

Looking pretty good tbh. Weather looks nice.

Targeted time of launch 2:37:55 :D

Missed anything good while I've been at work?
 
Berserker said:
They're not going to be 'bleeding edge' in a space shuttle. Old tech = reliable, maintainable, etc. Use what works, not what looks pretty. :)
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Too right.

Nasa a few years ago went hunting for spares on ebay and places like that. They were after such powehouse chips like the Intel 8086 :D

8" floppy drives as well.

Simon/~Flibster
 
T-MINUS 00:20:00 and counting now. :D

Weather looks great. Completely blue skies. Apparently it's a bit windy but shouldn't stop it.

WOOHOO!!
 
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