[urbaindk]

Anybody watching the shuttle launch today? It's online at www.nasa.gov.

Maybe DRB can give us a play-by-play a la the tour since he now has nothing better to do... I don't think I've watched one since sometime in the early '80s. Good luck y'all.

 

[MTB_Rob_NC]

Anybody watching the shuttle launch today? It's online at www.nasa.gov.

Maybe DRB can give us a play-by-play a la the tour since he now has nothing better to do... I don't think I've watched one since sometime in the early '80s. Good luck y'all.

I will go outside around 10:39 face north and take a look

 

[I Are Baboon]

Shuttle lunch:

 

[TreeSaw]

I will go outside around 10:39 face north and take a look

I got to see a shuttle launch or 2 when I was little and lived in Daytona Beach. It was quite a site

 

[DRB]

53 minutes to go and like a billion miles.

All 7 Return to Flight astronauts are strapped into their seats inside Discovery's crew cabin. With good luck wishes and waves, the Closeout Crew has sealed Discovery's hatch for launch. The STS-114 team is now going through final checks inside the orbiter to prepare for liftoff.

Today's launch time is precisely calculated for 10:39:00 a.m. EDT.

Team Discovery wins the tour. Discovery goes to space. Take that Frenchy.

 

[urbaindk]

I will go outside around 10:39 face north and take a look

Awesome. I've always wanted to watch one in person. I better hurry before they scrap the thing huh?

 

[MTB_Rob_NC]

I got to see a shuttle launch or 2 when I was little and lived in Daytona Beach. It was quite a site

being about 200 miles away it isnt quite as exciting, but with clear skies I should be able to see the trail

 

[TreeSaw]

being about 200 miles away it isnt quite as exciting, but with clear skies I should be able to see the trail

True, I think we watched one from Cocoa Beach and it was AWESOME!

 

[DRB]

42 mintues to launch

NASA's two Solid Rocket Booster retrieval ships, Freedom Star and Liberty Star, are reporting to be in position for launch. Both ships are currently on station 140 nautical miles out in the Atlantic Ocean to the east of Jacksonville, Fla. The ships will tow the boosters back to Kennedy Space Center following each rocket's 7-minute descent into the ocean. The ships and their cargo are expected to arrive at the Center at 7 p.m. EDT Wednesday.

You asked for it.

 

[urbaindk]

42 mintues to launch


You asked for it.

Yes, I suppose I did.

 

[BillT]

The night my wife and I got married was the last time they did a night launch of the shuttle - everyone at our reception was able to look out these huge glass windows and see the shuttle go up.

 

[MTB_Rob_NC]

Freedom Star and Liberty Star, are reporting to be in position for launch. Both ships are currently on station 140 nautical miles out in the Atlantic Ocean to the east of Jacksonville, Fla. The ships will tow the boosters back to Kennedy Space Center following each rocket's 7-minute descent into the ocean. The ships and their cargo are expected to arrive at the Center at 7 p.m. EDT Wednesday.

You asked for it.

Can you imagine being those dudes? I got it, I got it... wait wait.. You get it

 

[DRB]

Can you imagine being those dudes? I got it, I got it... wait wait.. You get it

Those things are like giant lawn darts.

 

[firetoole]

Shuttle lunch:

my thoughts exactly

 

[Drunken_Ninja]

well that might even make tomorrows newspaper. we'll see what page.

 

[DRB]

So the NASA guy spilled coffee on the panel and wiped it up but he accidentally hit the button and they launched the shuttle early.

 

[firetoole]

T-9:00

 

[DRB]

I wonder if any astronauts are like "What the hell was I thinking?"

 

[firetoole]

I don't think I could ever trust NASA to light a big explosion under my A**

 

[firetoole]

Go for launch

 

[urbaindk]

10:26 - we are go for lunch. I mean launch...

 

[firetoole]

10:26 - we are go for lunch. I mean launch...

 

[urbaindk]

I don't think I could ever trust NASA to light a big explosion under my A**

And who exactly would you trust to light a big explosion under your A**?

 

[urbaindk]

Count resumed

 

[urbaindk]

They appear to be singing the national anthem. Either that or 'For those about to rock, BOooooooM, We salute you..."

 

[DRB]

40 seconds to go

 

[DRB]

Launched....

 

[urbaindk]

My feed is 10 seconds behind yours. Don't give it away@!

 

[robdamanii]

And it's up and away.

 

[firetoole]

where were they going?

 

[firetoole]

2000 mph

 

[urbaindk]

where were they going?

Duh, Up and away! Geesh...

 

[urbaindk]

5500 mph!!!!! Dang

 

[oly]

Just watched it live on the computer...... about 5000 mile per hour now......

 

[oly]

6700 MPH now.... Hot Damn.

 

[MTB_Rob_NC]

I could see it clearly from here about 200 miles away





























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on CNN, its cloudy here

 

[manhattanprjkt83]

Just watched it live on the computer...... about 5000 mile per hour now......

pfffffffffffft thats penuts, my turbo'ed acura does that

 

[firetoole]

will get too 17400 mph

 

[DRB]

 

[urbaindk]

3 g's of acceleration. Can your acura do that?