jmw@psuhcx.psu.edu (Jonathan M. Weiss) (05/05/89)
Could some one in-the-know kindly e_mail me dates of planned shuttle launches for the next year or so. I'd like to plan a trip to KSC to watch a launch. Also, if some one has been to KSC to view a launch and has some tips on where to view from and/or where to stay (camp) I'd appreciate the info. Thanks in advance. PS: Just watched Atlantis lift off safely (~14:50 EDT). I'm grateful to the networks for bringing the event to my living room (though one day I plan to watch it in real life) but I wish they'd keep the commentary to a minimum and let mission control do the talking. -- | Jonathan M. Weiss | BITNET: jmw@psuecl, jmw@psuhcx | | NASA Center for Space Propulsion | UUCP : ...!psuvax1!jmw@psuecl.BITNET | | Engineering | ...!psuvax1!jmw@psuhcx.BITNET | | Penn State Univeristy, PA | ARPANET: jmw@ecl.psu.edu, jmw@hcx.psu.edu |
daver@sci.UUCP (Dave Rickel) (05/09/89)
Hmm, that's an interesting question--how accurate has NASA been at predicting when a shuttle would take off? If on tuesday NASA says that a shuttle will be launched wednesday, how likely is it that it will actually be launched wednesday? If in January NASA says that it will launch a shuttle in March, how likely is it that it will actually be launched in March? If in 1989 NASA says it will launch 8 flights in 1990, how likely is it that all 8 of those flights will be launched in 1990? How likely is it that all 8 would be launched at all? Just guessing, but i'd say to take any predicted launch date that's more than three months away with several grains of salt. At least, have a back-up plan if the launch gets delayed. david rickel decwrl!sci!daver
thomas@mvac23.UUCP (Thomas Lapp) (05/16/89)
> Just guessing, but i'd say to take any predicted launch date that's more than > three months away with several grains of salt. At least, have a back-up > plan if the launch gets delayed. > Here's my guess, but it would seem to me that NASA's accuracy at prediction any given launch date is about the same as a meteorologist predicting the weather on that same date. (ie. the further away from the date, the less chance they will be accurate). - tom ============================================================================== ! NOTICE: Site 'mvac' is no more. uucp: ...!udel!mvac23!thomas ! all mail must be sent to Internet: mvac23!thomas@udel.edu ! site 'mvac23' instead. Internet: mvac23!thomas@udel.edu ! Thanks. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------