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According to Flight Director Phil Engelauf, "[It] wasn’t until the morning of the rendezvous that we had finally gotten an agreement from the Russians that we were going to be able to go ahead and make the close approach." Onboard Discovery, Wetherbee told veteran cosmonaut Vladimir Titov that, if the leak was still a problem, he would not bring the Orbiter close to Mir—no matter what the flight controllers said. But, when the shuttle crew woke up on the morning of the rendezvous, the leak had diminished.
www.nasa.gov...
After extensive negotiations and technical information exchanges between U.S. and Russian space teams, Russians concluded close approach could be safely achieved and STS-63 crew was given 'go' to proceed.
Originally posted by RFBurns
Hardly half a dozen..anyway to remind you of what not just me, but others as well, for you to answer is this...
..why are there no full length, unaltered, unedited videos, audio recordings, documents and transcripts available directly from any NASA site?
Also, why should anyone have to jump through hoops to get what we already own as taxpaying citizens who pays for everything that NASA does?
Originally posted by Exuberant1
Thanks phage!
That is what I wanted to know ;-)
Originally posted by JimOberg
Exubie, is it possible you just don't read the material you yourself cite? You got outraged over a non-inconsistency because you never finished reading the very link you provided originally, where it was clear the approach was made to 35 feet.
Originally posted by Exuberant1
Originally posted by JimOberg
Exubie, is it possible you just don't read the material you yourself cite? You got outraged over a non-inconsistency because you never finished reading the very link you provided originally, where it was clear the approach was made to 35 feet.
"Non-inconsistency"...
Wrong again, Jimbo.
Both the sources I recently cited had different distances(NASA and SPACEWARN).
The link that Phage posted had both distances being mentioned, and unlike the links cited by myself earlier; this one accurately described their relationship, and explained the disparity... which is what I wanted to know more about. ;-)
STS 63 was finally allowed to come close to the MIR station, within about twelve meters, as a prelude to a planned docking in the future. Initial orbital parameters were period 91 min, apogee 342 km, perigee 310 km, and inclination 51.6 deg. (nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov...)
*Then you have following statement from the astronauts logs - which contradicts the first: "Russian engineers were "very sharp and astute and asked all the right questions." They changed the minimum separation to 400 feet, still not close enough for meaningful data."
(history.nasa.gov...)
The Discovery crew brought the Orbiter up to within 35 feet of Mir.
Originally posted by JimOberg
...Is it possible that you did not see that statement in that link, that you read '400 feet' and then stopped reading the rest of the report?....
....It includes the '35 feet' statement as the actual closest approach. You, apparently, are claiming it did NOT include that information....