[DeTomaso] [EXTERNAL] Re: NPC NPC but Pantera adjacent

[Himes, Terry (US 397C)]

Yep. Just another day in the office.   HaHa.  Pretty cool and great story.


"A Purple Heart proves you were smart enough to hatch a plan,
 stupid enough to try it and lucky enough to survive!"
 
Terry W. Himes 
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Deep Space Exploration – Mission Operations
 
Dawn Spacecraft Team
Europa Lander Science Support Team
TGO Sequence Lead 
MEX Sequence Lead
Odyssey Sequence Team
Spitzer Space Telescope Data Team
 
Phone: (818) 393-6261
Cell:     (818) 653-8213
thimes at jpl.nasa.gov

 

On 7/22/20, 9:35 PM, "Mike Drew" <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:

    Terry,

    Sorry, not much to tell. The payload travels in a specially modified C-5 Galaxy called the C5-C. There are only two of them, initially created by accident when each suffered an aux power unit fire that burned up the passenger compartments.  They were rebuilt without the compartments and with different doors that allow for much larger payloads than a regular C-5. 

    The satellite payload travels in a giant can that clears the inside of the cargo box by inches. It takes about six hours to load it and requires a bunch of specialized equipment.  A second, regular C-5 is needed to carry that equipment. 

    A pair of C-5s had travelled to Florida to drop off a satellite and the regular one then went home.  It takes a couple of days to get the loaded can to a hangar and unload it, then another couple of days to return it to the C-5C and load it on the plane for its return journey. I flew out there Saturday as the empty can had been loaded in the C-model and it and the equipment had to then return to California. So I flew a regular C-5 out there empty, loaded the loading equipment, and then the two airplanes returned to California.  We offloaded our trash and our trash was used it offload their trash, then we all went home.

    Just another day in the office. :)

    Mike

    Sent from my iPad

    > On Jul 22, 2020, at 17:38, Himes, Terry (US 397C) via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
    > 
    >    Here is a link to a short-video of Mars 2020 travels from JPL to KSC.
    > 
    >  Launch window starts July 30 and extends to Aug 15. NAV is really
    > 
    >  extending the trajectory with that late date. Hopefully it will get off
    > 
    >  on July 30^th.  We will still do six (6) TCM's (Trajectory Correction
    > 
    >  Maneuvers <burns>) during the 7 month cruise.
    > 
    > 
    >  Hitting our Mars landing ellipse is like hitting a golf ball in San
    >  Diego and
    > 
    >  making a hole-in-one in Ireland.
    > 
    > 
    >  [1]https://youtu.be/WVEXpNR-W90
    > 
    > 
    >  The reason I bring this up, is our friend Mike Drew was involved in
    >  some
    > 
    >  way with his C-5. Maybe he can regale us with his escapades in Coco
    >  Beach.
    > 
    > 
    >  Terry
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > 
    >  "A Purple Heart proves you were smart enough to hatch a plan,
    > 
    >   stupid enough to try it and lucky enough to survive!"
    > 
    > 
    >  Terry W. Himes
    > 
    >  JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
    > 
    >  Deep Space Exploration - Mission Operations
    > 
    > 
    >  Dawn Spacecraft Team
    > 
    >  Europa Lander Science Support Team
    > 
    >  TGO Sequence Lead
    > 
    >  MEX Sequence Lead
    > 
    >  Odyssey Sequence Team
    > 
    >  Spitzer Space Telescope Data Team
    > 
    > 
    >  Phone: (818) 393-6261
    > 
    >  Cell:     (818) 653-8213
    > 
    >  [2]thimes at jpl.nasa.gov
    > 
    >  signature_117325739
    > 
    > References
    > 
    >  1. https://youtu.be/WVEXpNR-W90
    >  2. mailto:thimes at jpl.nasa.gov
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