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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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To: Unmarked Package
"Officials have decided against sending a repair crew to the launch pad to address the backup solid rocket booster heater circuit breaker problem. The system can work on the primary circuit breaker system. And obviously it is very warm outside today anyway."

What is this, a joke site?

21 posted on 07/04/2006 6:59:16 AM PDT by dangerfield
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To: KevinDavis

When they repaired the gash in the foam, what color duct tape did they use?


22 posted on 07/04/2006 7:00:06 AM PDT by upchuck (I bought a self-help tape named, "How to Handle Disappointment." I got it home & the box was empty.)
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To: Types_with_Fist

Amen to that.


23 posted on 07/04/2006 7:01:04 AM PDT by BenLurkin ("The entire remedy is with the people." - W. H. Harrison)
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To: KevinDavis

No lightning in the vacinity of Floriday right now, but it looks like Vegas and South Texas are very active...


https://thunderstorm.vaisala.com/tux/jsp/explorer/explorer.jsp;jsessionid=70302576581149906327244


24 posted on 07/04/2006 7:02:40 AM PDT by socal_parrot (Happy Birthday America!!!)
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To: Westlander
This one will be the last for the shuttle system.

Is there some basis for this unlikely prediction?

25 posted on 07/04/2006 7:13:51 AM PDT by NonZeroSum
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To: KevinDavis
I pray that this flight is flawless and I pray that God guards ard keeps each of these seven brave men and women.

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY AMERICA!

26 posted on 07/04/2006 7:14:04 AM PDT by teletech (Friends don't let friends vote DemocRAT)
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To: teletech

ard=and


27 posted on 07/04/2006 7:14:43 AM PDT by teletech (Friends don't let friends vote DemocRAT)
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To: teletech
"HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY AMERICA!"

It's called "Independance Day".

28 posted on 07/04/2006 7:17:31 AM PDT by Godebert
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To: Godebert
It's called "Independance Day".

OK... HAPPY INDEPENDANCE DAY AMERICA! (cuze me, must be my Illinois upbringing)

29 posted on 07/04/2006 7:21:23 AM PDT by teletech (Friends don't let friends vote DemocRAT)
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To: KevinDavis
STS-121 Crew:

From the left are astronauts Stephanie D. Wilson, Michael E. Fossum, both mission specialists; Steven W. Lindsey, commander; Piers J. Sellers, mission specialist; Mark E. Kelly, pilot; European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Reiter of Germany; and Lisa M. Nowak, both mission specialists.

30 posted on 07/04/2006 7:29:42 AM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: teletech
We need ANOTHER Independence Day from MEXICO!!
31 posted on 07/04/2006 7:33:39 AM PDT by Renegade
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To: KevinDavis; Textide
Live feed
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

From FReeper Textide (thanks for the links):

Melbourne, FL Radar

Patrick AFB weather forecast

Launch Control and countdown clock

NASA TV

32 posted on 07/04/2006 7:33:48 AM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: All

In HD on HDNet-http://www.hd.net/


33 posted on 07/04/2006 7:42:25 AM PDT by John W
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

Excellent link! Especially the windows media. The astronauts are getting on the bus to head to the shuttle now.


34 posted on 07/04/2006 7:50:47 AM PDT by Ladysmith ((NRA, SAS))
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To: KevinDavis

So far so good. Countdown has reusmed at 3 hours and counting, and the crew are on their way to the pad. Looks like the weather might cooperate long enough to get 'em gone...

Let's hope it goes today, because i don't think the ET can withstand another de-tanking..


35 posted on 07/04/2006 7:55:23 AM PDT by Bean Counter (Stout Hearts!!)
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To: Bean Counter
i don't think the ET can withstand another de-tanking

The foam seems hard and brittle. Probably more cracks would open up.

36 posted on 07/04/2006 8:00:35 AM PDT by RightWhale (Off touch and out of base)
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To: Ladysmith

I'm starting to think that I wouldn't have the patience to be an astronaut. They go through a lot to sit in the shuttle and do it all over again the next day etc.


37 posted on 07/04/2006 8:05:13 AM PDT by cripplecreek (I'm trying to think but nothing happens)
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To: Ladysmith

spaceflightnow.com
1503 GMT (11:03 a.m. EDT)

The convoy has made the left turn from the crawlerway to head northward for pad 39B.

1500 GMT (11:00 a.m. EDT)

The AstroVan just passed the 52-story Vehicle Assembly Building where Discovery was attached to its external tank and solid rocket boosters and the adjacent Launch Control Center. The Press Site is located across the street, and reporters have run outdoors to watch at the passing convoy. This is a launch day tradition to say farewell and good luck to the astronaut crews.

1449 GMT (10:49 a.m. EDT)

Waving small flags, commander Steve Lindsey and his six fellow crewmates just walked out of the Kennedy Space Center crew quarters to board the AstroVan for the 7-mile ride from the Industrial Area to launch pad 39B on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean.



waving flags!


38 posted on 07/04/2006 8:05:25 AM PDT by RightWhale (Off touch and out of base)
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To: Bean Counter
I was ten years old when we put our first man in soace and the Mercury astronauts were my heroes. Still are. Like a lot of boys, I fantasized about going into space.

+ years later - still do.

Godspeed Discovery!

39 posted on 07/04/2006 8:06:57 AM PDT by don-o (Don't be a Freeploader. Do the Right thing. Be a monthly donor. Pretty please.)
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To: cripplecreek

Kid in the back seat--are we there yet? are we there yet? are we there yet?

Most of training they go through in the years leading up to this is even less exciting.


40 posted on 07/04/2006 8:07:38 AM PDT by RightWhale (Off touch and out of base)
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