STS 41D DISCOVERY LAUNCH PAD ABORT

[steve7onfire]

sound???????

[captainpiccard]

@steve7onfire turn your speakers on

[steve7onfire]

@captainpiccard They are on.

[Postie218]

Mike Mullane's book, "Riding Rockets" spends some time detailing what was going on during the shut down. I highly recommend the book, it's a great read, and gives you insight into things NASA doesn't talk about.

[Zoomer30]

The fire was minor but as this was the first time this had happened they had some issues to iron put. They had to manually command the water spray to put out the small fires. After 41D this was automatic ( they got a LOT of practice at RSLS aborts). The LH2 that had flowed into the engines had to be vented out the nozzle, which caused spot fires.

[Cellmate412162]

@Zoomer30 That's true, but one question remains. I know that there were fire detectors on the pad during that event, but why didn't they detect the fire earlier? That's what gets to me.

[penfat1]

poor crew they get to we have a go for main engine start 7-6-5 we have main engine start.....WE HAVE A CUTOFF

[RJY4356]

The brightness on his video needs to be turned down- it's too bright and obscures the actual video.

[Zoomer30]

I watched this live on CBS back in 84. Knew way too much about the shuttle even at age 13. At SSME start (the close up view) I noticed that engine 2 started before 3. I went "uh oh" and then the cuttoff happened. This abort wad nothing compared to the one Endevorer had in aug 1994. 3 engines up untin just 1.4 sec before srb start and cutoff

[laurenwuzhere915]

my uncle was on this mission. but now hes the director of the johnson space center. steve hawley, who was on it, made a comment. he said, "i thought we would be a lot higher when the engines cut off." haha! my uncle told me.

[helixspiral]

Your uncle is Mike Coats?

[laurenwuzhere915]

yeah why?

[helixspiral]

That's just really cool.

[laurenwuzhere915]

oh thankss

[jeffdon4]

can your uncle sign an autographed photo for me?

Jeff

[laurenwuzhere915]

@jeffdon4 oh man im sorry i didnt get your comment until just now

hes really busy and i dont see him that often...i havent seen him since the space shuttle launch in april

[jeffdon4]

hey there. Well, if you can get in contact with him, it would mean a lot if he could sign a picture for me.

do you want my email address?

jeff

[maicod]

what a dangerous fire (flame) is lurking near the shuttle @ 2m50secs in this video !