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Subject: Re: Lost: Question Mark

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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BIG_SNOWSTORM_THE_LATEST?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-01-21-22-51-45

AP


Jan 21, 10:51 PM EST

THE LATEST: FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO CLOSE AT NOON FRIDAY

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The latest on the heavy snowfall expected to hit the Washington area and the Northeast. (all times local)

10:50 p.m.

The federal government has announced that it will be closing its offices in the Washington, D.C., area at noon Friday as the nation's capital braces for what could be a historic blizzard.

The Office of Personnel Management says offices will be open Friday morning, although non-emergency employees have the option to telework or use unscheduled leave.

Those who do come into work are being told they must leave before noon, when all federal offices will be closed.

The National Weather Service says more than 2 feet of snow could fall on Washington on Friday and Saturday. States of emergency have been declared in five states and the District of Columbia.










http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066206/quotes

IMDb


Patton (1970)

Quotes


Patton: What's the matter with you?

Soldier Who Gets Slapped: I... I guess I... I can't take it sir.

Patton: What did you say?

Soldier Who Gets Slapped: It's my nerves, sir. I... I... I just can't stand the shelling anymore.

Patton: Your *nerves*?










http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1992-05-07/news/9202060993_1_crew-rescue-satellite-rescue-self-rescue-techniques

SunSentinel


`Endeavour` To Practice Rescue Of Spacewalkers

May 7, 1992 By ARDEN MOORE, Staff Writer

Imagine floating helplessly in space, out of reach of your spacecraft, alone in the vast darkness.

America`s space program has lacked a proven self-rescue plan for spacewalking astronauts, NASA officials say.

But the crew of Endeavour plans to change that as it prepares for an ambitious, weeklong voyage set to begin at 7:06 p.m. today.

Forecasts of bad weather at the launch site and at emergency landing strips give NASA only a 30 percent chance of an on-time launch, however. Shuttle weather officer Ed Priselac said on Wednesday that rain, thunderstorms, low clouds, haze and even hail were possible at the Kennedy Space Center and at touchdown sites in California, New Mexico and Africa.

``Right now, it certainly looks pretty unfavorable,`` Priselac said.

The mission is designed to prepare astronauts for long days in space as NASA moves closer to the construction of Space Station Freedom and colonies on the moon and Mars.

Practicing different self-rescue techniques is a priority for the Endeavour crew, Commander Dan Brandenstein said.

``Crew rescue is very important in the space station assembly period,`` Brandenstein said. ``Astronauts could become untethered and float away from the space station.``

Endeavour`s maiden voyage is packed with several firsts for the 11-year-old shuttle program:

-- There will be three consecutive days of spacewalking, each expected to last six to seven hours. Four astronauts plan to repair a satellite, build space station-type structures and practice self-rescue methods.

-- The crew will perform the most complex satellite rescue mission ever attempted. The crew must match the orbit of a wayward satellite, snag it and fit it with a rocket motor.

-- A drag chute will pop out of the orbiter seconds before touching down for added safety.

-- Some viewers will have a chance to feel as if they have a front-row seat to a satellite rescue. All conversations between the crew and mission control will be live and unedited.

``Certainly, it is a difficult mission,`` said G.P. Pennington, flight director. ``Yes, this is ambitious, but we are up to it.``

For months, the crew has practiced countless what-if scenarios at Johnson Space Center in Houston. The biggest what-if: suddenly finding oneself solo in space and out of reach of a space shuttle.

Four crew members will practice self-rescue techniques using rope, a pole and gas-bottled propulsion packs.

``Space Station Freedom will be in operation in a few years, and there may come a time on a (spacewalk) that you don`t have a shuttle around to rescue you if you become untethered,`` said astronaut Tom Akers, in charge of self- rescue techniques.

Akers, one of Endeavour`s astronauts, said NASA engineers have yet to design a foolproof self-rescue method. This mission will give astronauts a chance to try out a few.

``All of these are just concepts and all have limitations,`` Akers said. ``With the grapple devices, you must be able to see your target. With the propulsive type, you are limited by the amount of propellant.``

The mission features another first for space buffs: a ``hot microphone`` to be used during the crew`s retrieval, repair and re-boosting of an Intelsat international telecommunications satellite.

Some viewers can watch and listen as spacewalking astronauts attach a rocket motor to the satellite, which has been spinning uselessly in a wrong orbit since a flawed launch two years ago.

``Everything the crew says in the cabin, we will hear on the ground,`` NASA spokesman Jeff Carr said. ``You will feel like you are right with them.``

The live, unedited coverage will be carried on the NASA Select cable channel during the fourth day of the mission. Also, owners of satellite dishes can tune in by pointing to SATCOM F-2R, transponder 13.

NASA officials call the satellite rescue attempt the trickiest to date. Pilot Keven Chilton must steer Endeavour into a matching orbit with the satellite. Astronauts Pierre Thuot and Rick Hieb will stand ready in the orbiter`s payload bay as the satellite approaches.

``Right now, Intelsat is in a 300-nautical-mile orbit, and the space shuttle will be launched into a 200-nautical-mile orbit,`` Chilton said. ``The spot in the sky where we come together is called the control box. We hope to do that 46 hours after launch.``

Thuot and Hieb must maneuver the 8,900-pound satellite into place, attach a rocket motor and guide Intelsat into a proper orbit.

``This is the first time we have ever brought up a motor to achieve a desired orbit,`` Pennington said.

Brandenstein said this mission, sandwiched between two focusing on science, is crucial to NASA`s future success in space.










http://lessonslearned.faa.gov/ll_main.cfm?TabID=3&LLID=17

Federal Aviation Administration


United Airlines Flight 232, DC-10

Location: Sioux City, Iowa

Date: July 19, 1989

United Airlines (UAL) Flight 232, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10, was a scheduled passenger flight from Stapleton International Airport in Denver, Colorado to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with an en route stop in Chicago, Illinois. On July 19, 1989, at 14:09 Central Daylight Time (CDT), Flight 232 departed Denver with 285 passengers and 11 crewmembers on board.



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