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Space Shuttle Discovery Launch Live Thread 2:38 EDT (Successful launch -- Discovery in Space)
07/04/06
| Kevin Davis
Posted on 07/04/2006 5:39:41 AM PDT by KevinDavis
Third time the charm?
TOPICS: Breaking News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: godspeeddiscovery; nasa; shuttlediscovery; space; spaceshuttle
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What a way to start the day.. With fireworks in the morning!!! Happy Birthday America!
To: RightWhale; Brett66; xrp; gdc314; anymouse; NonZeroSum; jimkress; discostu; The_Victor; ...
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posted on
07/04/2006 5:40:28 AM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(http://www.cafepress.com/spacefuture)
To: KevinDavis
It'd be nice if they can do it today.
To: KevinDavis
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posted on
07/04/2006 5:42:04 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(I'm trying to think but nothing happens)
To: KevinDavis
I sure hope these guys know what they are doing.
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posted on
07/04/2006 5:43:14 AM PDT
by
Types_with_Fist
(I'm on FReep so often that when I read an article at another site I scroll down for the comments.)
To: KevinDavis
Blue skies and partly cloudy but normal for here. Traffic is already starting...arrgh.
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posted on
07/04/2006 5:46:14 AM PDT
by
Normal4me
To: KevinDavis
Anybody know what the launch time is?
To: InterceptPoint
Scheduled liftoff is 2:38 p.m. EDT (11:38am Pacific).
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posted on
07/04/2006 5:53:31 AM PDT
by
newzjunkey
(Support Arnold-McClintock or embrace higher taxes with Angelides.)
To: newzjunkey
Enjoy the launch. This one will be the last for the shuttle system.
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posted on
07/04/2006 5:57:38 AM PDT
by
Westlander
(Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
To: newzjunkey
Scheduled liftoff is 2:38 p.m. EDT (11:38am Pacific). Thanks. I'm hoping that HDNet will cover it in HD. Looked great via DIRECTV the other day before it was scrubbed.
To: KevinDavis
I have a good feeling that the launch attempt scheduled for today will be successful.
NASA is working one technical problem at the moment.
From Mission Status Center at spaceflightnow.com:
1235 GMT (8:35 a.m. EDT)
Over the past few minutes, a technical problem has arisen in the countdown with the 100 amp circuit breaker that control all of the heaters on the solid rocket booster joints. A special red team is being assembled for deployment to the launch pad for troubleshooting. The circuit breaker panel is located on the mobile launch platform.
The problem has taken down the backup capability for the heaters, although the system is still operational on the primary side. NASA would like to have full redundancy and there is time in the countdown to do the repair now.
To: KevinDavis
Did they fix the gash they found? I have very mixed feeling on this today....
Happy 4th...America
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posted on
07/04/2006 6:01:23 AM PDT
by
HarleyLady27
(My ? to libs: "Do they ever shut up on your planet?" "Grow your own DOPE: Plant a LIB!")
To: HarleyLady27
It was a tear in the foam that was caused when they disconnected the fuel lines.
I would think they have that repaired by now, but I'm not sure it would have mattered anyway because of it's location.
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posted on
07/04/2006 6:03:07 AM PDT
by
Bigh4u2
(Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
To: KevinDavis
NASA's lucky that a law wasn't passed to ban the use of sparklers for igniting the SSMEs. Especially today when fireworks are such an issue.
To: KevinDavis
Looks like a beautiful day at the Cape.
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posted on
07/04/2006 6:26:19 AM PDT
by
don-o
(Don't be a Freeploader. Do the Right thing. Be a monthly donor. Pretty please.)
To: KevinDavis
"Extensive inspection showed that the area around the crack is intact and there is no concern for overheating around the bracket, as there is adequate foam still in place around the strut. Additional borescope inspection of the tank revealed that the metal bracket itself has no cracks."
In scheduled hold at 3:00:00.
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posted on
07/04/2006 6:26:30 AM PDT
by
RhoTheta
(If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn't prepare properly.)
To: KevinDavis
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posted on
07/04/2006 6:30:53 AM PDT
by
RhoTheta
(If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn't prepare properly.)
To: newzjunkey
Geez, I knew our local news anchor was wrong - she said 12:30 our time (CDT). Oh well, at least she was off by an hour *early* so if I had listened to her timing, I wouldn't have missed anything - would've been sitting there for an hour, instead.
But now I'm torn! There is another local event at 1:00 that shows such promise of being entertaining.
No lie - on our news "Calendar of Events" today it said: 1:00 - Rev. Jesse Jackson will lead a protest against the oil industry
Where: BP Refinery, street address, Houston
Hope there isn't a traffic jam!
Happy 4th of July to us all!
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posted on
07/04/2006 6:31:02 AM PDT
by
Rte66
To: KevinDavis
ping me - my son works on the shuttle program (20 years at KSC) in security/safety - the booster rockets
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posted on
07/04/2006 6:32:38 AM PDT
by
maine-iac7
(LINCOLN: "...but you can't fool all of the people all of the time>")
To: Westlander
Enjoy the launch. This one will be the last for the shuttle system.Says who? There are at least 10 flights scheduled between now and 2010 to finish the ISS.
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posted on
07/04/2006 6:35:43 AM PDT
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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