question on next space shuttle launch

[polishsausage248]

i was watching the news and they mentioned that the next shuttle to fly will be discovery, which is odd as i thought it would be atlantis which was schduled to fly in september...any one know why they are not flying another shuttle instead since discovery just flew a mission?

[SammyG]

I don't know, I was wondering the same thing. I will try to find out at work tonight.

[Dantheman]

"Shuttle Discovery will make the return flight to space in March 2006, instead of shuttle Atlantis. Atlantis will be used for the following mission, which will carry truss segments to the International Space Station that are too heavy for Discovery to manage. Atlantis is a lighter orbiter than Discovery and, so it can carry heavier payloads."

Source: http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7870

[polishsausage248]

so are there any of differences with the three remaining shuttles? such as size and so forth...btw is endeavor(or however you spell it) the newest and yougest shuttle in the current fleet

[wannabepilot777]

The space shuttle is a train wreck. Replace them or stop going to space.

[bbuse]

so are there any of differences with the three remaining shuttles? such as size and so forth...btw is endeavor(or however you spell it) the newest and yougest shuttle in the current fleet

The shuttles are all the same physical size, but there are difference in shuttle weight and engines/other systems that affect how much payload a particular shuttle can carry.

Endeavor is the newest shuttle in the fleet.

[Excalibur2004]

The space shuttle is a train wreck. Replace them or stop going to space.

amen! if man kind can build something like the a380 than surely something much smaller shouldn't take 20 years of BS.

NASA needs to get moving on the prototype, we cant afford another 7 lives!

[c0ex]

Boeing should build the next space shuttle or lockheed!

[polishsausage248]

i remember watching some spaceshuttle movies and i saw a newreport and there was a video feed from the spacew shuttle cocpit, i noticed in the movies and the report the shuttle was getting a lot of turbulence, so i was wondering if the space shuttle is made to withstand going into space and back why it get so much turbulence

[wannabepilot777]

Boeing should build the next space shuttle or lockheed!

They both build parts for the current one already.

[Katamarino]

NASA needs to get moving on the prototype, we cant afford another 7 lives!

Well, about another 8 hours in Iraq and you're buggered if you can't afford to lose another 7 people. What a weird thing to say.