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Posted by OM on July 30, 2005, 2:33 am
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...There's rumor tonight that Discovery's mission will be extended for
at least one day. This reportedly comes from a request by the ISS crew
so as to give them time to stuff the Raphael Module with as much trash
and returnables as they can. The reasoning is that the Module can
carry as much as 7 or 8 Progress cargo pods, and that it might be some
time before another Shuttle makes the trip to ISS. Apparently the
trash has been backing up a bit on ISS, and Streaklov sees this as an
opportunity to play a bit of catch-up.
...There's one problem with this rumor, tho - It not only was first
reported on the Weeknight Edition of whatever the Art Bell Show is
calling itself when he's not running his mouth on it - Coast to Coast
AM with George Knaury, or something like that - the source was our
other favorite fuckwit troll himself, Richard "Conjob" Hoagland.
...And to make matters worse, he also called our own Phill Plait a
coward because he refuses to waste his time debating Hoaxland on his
retarded bogus theories.
...In any case, Jim, I leave it up to you to confirm or debunk this
one. If anyone else had reported it, I wouldn't be concerned about
disinformation. But Hoaxland's proven he's incapable of telling the
truth about anything.
OM
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Posted by Dale on July 30, 2005, 12:40 am
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On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 02:33:19 -0500, OM
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>...There's one problem with this rumor, tho - It not only was first
>reported on the Weeknight Edition of whatever the Art Bell Show is
>calling itself when he's not running his mouth on it - Coast to Coast
>AM with George Knaury, or something like that - the source was our
>other favorite fuckwit troll himself, Richard "Conjob" Hoagland.
It's more than a rumor. Wayne Hale pretty much announced the extension
in his press briefing today. If it hasn't been made official yet, it probably
will be during tomorrow's press briefing, with ISS officials attending that
one.
Dale
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Posted by Dale on July 30, 2005, 12:51 am
Please log in for more thread options BTW, Hale also said that rather than just leaving parts to
repair the ISS' troublesome treadmill, they might repair it
during the extra day so Discovery can carry the old parts
back to Earth. And some added "get ahead" tasks are being
considered for EVA 3.
I guess they're getting ready for a long winter.
Dale
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Posted by Jim Oberg on July 30, 2005, 11:44 am
Please log in for more thread options also, I went fishing at the 5 pm presser yesterday and innocently asked
about
what ELSE the station folks might want to ask, such as, oh, on any EVAs?
Struck paydirt with that question. Answer is yes, a new task, maybe, on
EVA-3.
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Posted by Pat Flannery on July 30, 2005, 1:07 pm
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Jim Oberg wrote:
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>also, I went fishing at the 5 pm presser yesterday and innocently asked
>about
>what ELSE the station folks might want to ask, such as, oh, on any EVAs?
>Struck paydirt with that question. Answer is yes, a new task, maybe, on
>EVA-3.
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They going to have a look at the underbelly nose tile ding by any chance?
Pat
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>reported on the Weeknight Edition of whatever the Art Bell Show is
>calling itself when he's not running his mouth on it - Coast to Coast
>AM with George Knaury, or something like that - the source was our
>other favorite fuckwit troll himself, Richard "Conjob" Hoagland.