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Pressure, pressure, and more pressure...
Apr. 28th, 2001 08:38 pmLots to do at work. A dozen radiograms arrived just around lunch time and I was able to get them all done, but it took quite a bit out of me. Between words, I was drinking in the wild speculation about what's supposed to happen (and not happen) on-orbit over the next couple of days.
Monitoring the loop to the Russian control center, this morning I heard the NASA flight director ask for confirmation from the Russian side that the Soyuz capsule on its way to the ISS performed two so-called "DV" burns that would irrevocably rendezvous the vehicle with the ISS on Monday. After some delay, the answer came back, "Yes."
Computer problems continue to plague the mission, but slowly things seem to be getting back in line (and on line). The Italian multipurpose logistics module was stowed back in the Shuttle payload bay yesterday, and I was so busy with the radiograms today, I have no idea how much further the Shuttle crew got toward achieving a goal of an undocking sometime tomorrow. If that happens, then the arrival of the Soyuz on Monday will be a moot point, though it is said that someone did find a flight rule that says no ISS-bound flights may launch (much less rendezvous or dock) while the Shuttle is docked to the station.
In the morning, I did a bunch of reading about XML, and though I understand (somewhat) the purpose of XML, I cannot immediately understand the benefit of using it, say, in Web pages. As it turns out, there is precious little time to "sharpen the saw," and that's something I'm going to have to make time for.
I spoke with Galina earlier; she tells me Lee is leaving for Houston tonight. That'll put her in town tomorrow evening, I guess. I look forward to seeing her.
Cheers...
Monitoring the loop to the Russian control center, this morning I heard the NASA flight director ask for confirmation from the Russian side that the Soyuz capsule on its way to the ISS performed two so-called "DV" burns that would irrevocably rendezvous the vehicle with the ISS on Monday. After some delay, the answer came back, "Yes."
Computer problems continue to plague the mission, but slowly things seem to be getting back in line (and on line). The Italian multipurpose logistics module was stowed back in the Shuttle payload bay yesterday, and I was so busy with the radiograms today, I have no idea how much further the Shuttle crew got toward achieving a goal of an undocking sometime tomorrow. If that happens, then the arrival of the Soyuz on Monday will be a moot point, though it is said that someone did find a flight rule that says no ISS-bound flights may launch (much less rendezvous or dock) while the Shuttle is docked to the station.
In the morning, I did a bunch of reading about XML, and though I understand (somewhat) the purpose of XML, I cannot immediately understand the benefit of using it, say, in Web pages. As it turns out, there is precious little time to "sharpen the saw," and that's something I'm going to have to make time for.
I spoke with Galina earlier; she tells me Lee is leaving for Houston tonight. That'll put her in town tomorrow evening, I guess. I look forward to seeing her.
Cheers...
