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To: don-o

spaceflightnow.com
1509 GMT (11:09 a.m. EDT)

The Discovery astronauts have ascended up to the 195-foot level of the tower.



Not wasting time


44 posted on 07/04/2006 8:10:41 AM PDT by RightWhale (Off touch and out of base)
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To: RightWhale

Are they strapping on parachutes? What was that they put on the Commander's back?


45 posted on 07/04/2006 8:13:55 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: RightWhale

How are the winds? 30 miles south of the cape it is blowing strong enough to send construction trash including crushed aluminum cans blowing down the street. That's at least a 4 on the Beaufort Scale - modreate breeze, 11-16 knots.


46 posted on 07/04/2006 8:15:45 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("I'm all in favor of a dignified retirement: Why not try it on Kerry as a pilot program?" M. Steyn)
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