Posted on 06/21/2007 6:52:42 PM PDT by KevinDavis
Let try it again.. The first landing attempt will be at the cape at 2:18 pm est at the Cape.
Details of the launch can be found at Spaceflightnow.com.
White Sands is not longer an option.
I live in CA - but am a NASA FAN.
WAVE OFF on attempt one.
Wave off for Opp 1 @ KSC
Stay tuned.
Next landing opportunity could be EITHER Edwards or Kennedy.
Clarifying: The Shuttle could go to either place off the same orbit.
Edwards 2, KSC 3, Edwards 4, Edwards 5 to follow.
Edwards is big time favorite for landing now (on this next opportunity.)
About two ++ hours.
T-38 being launched @ KSC And EDW for approach info.
OK, so I’m a nerd. I try not to be, but on shuttle days (take off and landings), it always comes out.
Had a thought this morning. If Garmin (of GPS fame) could rig it so the lat long of the shuttle or the ISS could be directly via the i-net input into a gps receiver, you could see how far away the shuttle / ISS is away from you. Might be a fun use of your GPS sets.
What cha think (other nerds)?
.....Bob
STA @ KSC
“Coming down to South to take a look at other buildups
“220 at 13 biggest buildup (no idea what that means)
STA at 14,000, buildup is well above STA
“Weather at 33mi on radar.”
KSC has a chance right now!
Edwards weather officially classed as go at this time.
KSC is no go.
More as we know.
KSC STA:
“Thunderstorms 23mi South with lightning.”
Go for Fluid Loading.
No official decision for KSC vs. EDW.
Smart $$ is on EDW.
No Go at KSC. Going to Edwards.
We knew that was gonna happen.
Which orbit are they on?
219
Well, at least they’ll have video coverage on NASA TV.
I just saw a great example of why NASA costs so much to operate. A Gulfstream jet was launched from Edwards, into the CAVU California sky, to do a “weather reconnaisance”. After 30 minutes it came down to shoot an approach on runway 22, then went back up to stooge around a while longer and shoot one on 40. Reminds me of the blue cards with a hole in the middle, that we used to see for sale at airport coffee shops: “Hold card up to sky. If sky matches card, file flight plan.”
You clearly don’t understand why they did it.
It’s not BLUE SKIES - LOOKS GOOD... it’s actually 1,000,000 times more detailed than that.
The Shuttle - once it enters .. is a GLIDER and the GLF2 did the recon to find out more about the winds. If I can find the actual weather transition from Houston to Atlantis - I will post for your continued education.
Thanks for playing.
Do you have a link for that? I’m trying to find a live stream for this landing.
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