[Fido969]

TTIUWP.

[Lx]

“It’s the largest rocket ever to be launched from Vandenberg,” Hennigan said. “They launched the same rocket in January of 2011, and it was so big, it caused such a stir, people were pulling off the road to see this and some people reported hearing it about 50 miles away.”

How can it be the largest when they launched the same rocket in 2011. That would make it the second time the largest rocket was launched from Vandeberg.

I wish they had launched the shuttle from there. They spent all the money to set it up and mothballed it all after Challenger.

[Doogle]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL1dEBZ6Vyc

Loud SOB....*smiles*

[Zuben Elgenubi]

That’s the biggest drone around, no doubt.

[null and void]

I’d like to hear about these with enough time to spare to step out side and see it rise into the skies.

[eclecticEel]

Once it reaches orbit in about two days

Do they proof these things before printing them? If it wasn't in orbit already it would be a pile of rubble in the middle of the Mojave by now.

[RJS1950]

I can believe that it was heard 50 miles away. In early 1977 I was going through ORT at VAFB and one early Sunday morning the whole apartment shook and everything rattled, felt like an earthquake and was loud. I jumped up and to the window in time to see a Titan missile booster lifting off from a site about 5 miles away. Much louder and more impressive than a test launch of a MMIII from a quarter mile away.

[Jack Hydrazine]

An Ariane 5 is launching tomorrow.

Rocket: Ariane 5 ECA
Payload: Eutelsat 25B & GSAT 7
Launch date: Thursday, August 29, 2013
Launch window: 2030 GMT (1:30 p.m. PDT/4:30 p.m. EDT)
Site: ELA-3, Guiana Space Center, Kourou French Guiana

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/ariane/va215/status.html

[Darksheare]

The Delta IV Heavy rocket was launched with a $1 billion spy satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) “in support of national defense spying on Americans and supporting Muslim Brotherhoods Caliphate building,”

Fixed it.

[fwdude]

I've always been a big fan of rocket launches. Would play sick as a kid to stay home from school to watch the Apollo launches. (Don't tell my mom!)

[luv2lurkhere]

I’m about 20 miles from Vandenberg. We were all surprised at work as there were no windows rattling or ground shaking when the rocket was launched today, unlike the launch in January 2011.

[Sirius Lee]

the classified payload is expected to be able to distinguish details back on Earth as minute as the make and model of an automobile.

Well, yes, they've had that ability for some time. This one makes out the make and owner of any particular human face that is in the database. And if you've ever owned a drivers license, had your pic posted on facebook, surfed the web with a computer that has a built in camera, or driven through a toll, they have your face.

[Dagnabitt]

Space X is supposed to launch their three-core, 27 engine, Falcon Heavy from Vandenberg “in 2013” . Should be very impressive. Haven’t heard much about their heavy lately however and it’s nearly September.

[Colonel_Flagg]

Once it reaches orbit in about two days, the classified payload is expected to be able to distinguish details back on Earth as minute as the make and model of an Tea Party bumper sticker on the back of your automobile.

Fixed it.

[OldNewYork]

Do we even still have a space program these days, except to turn Hubble telescopes on us earthlings?

[upchuck]

with a $1 billion spy satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) “in support of national defense,”

With this one they'll be able to do face recognition of you walking around in your backyard and tell the time from your wristwatch. Gotta stop those Christian terrorists donchano.