WSC 2007
I almost forgot to tell you... my alma mater is racing again in the World Solar Challenge, 2007 edition.Go here for their blog... Calgary Solar Team
Not bad as they're in the top 10 currently!
Oh, and Discovery is up on the most complicated Shuttle mission ever, STS-120. In true NASA fashion, however, everyone has stepped up and the mission proceeds smoothly so far. Launch was good, and the chase to the ISS is on. They are expected to dock on Thursday morning at 0833 CDT.
Major objectives this mission are to install the Harmony node, which will complete the American backbone of components to the station. Harmony will be the linking module for the Italian- and Japanese-built research laboratories to come up later and will be the permanent location for the Pressurised Mating Adapter that the Orbiter uses to dock with the station. They also must relocate the P6 truss section which contains the first set of solar arrays to be installed when the station was just getting going. It will be permanently relocated to its rightful spot outboard of the P3/4/5 sections already installed. There is one more set of arrays yet to come up. Five spacewalks, yes five, are scheduled to wire and prepare the new and newly moved modules for permanent operation. More to come!
Wow, what a mission!
posted by Kyle @ 19:43
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