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NASA Shuttle crew begins final preparations - Discovery STS-116 12-day ride, Thu. 12/7 935pm EST
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| 12/4/06
| Mike Schneider - ap
Posted on 12/04/2006 9:01:55 AM PST by NormsRevenge
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STS-116 crew members, from left, Pilot William Oefelein, European Space Agency Mission Specialist Christer Fuglesang, of Sweden, Commander Mark Polansky, Mission Specialist Robert Curbeam, British born U.S. Mission Specialist Nicholas Patrick, Mission Specialist Joan Higginbotham, and Mission Specialist Sunita Williams, walk across the tarmac after arriving Sunday afternoon Dec. 3, 2006 at the Kennedy Space Center's shuttle landing facility in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The seven members STS-116 crew is making final preparations for Thursday night's planned liftoff on the space shuttle Discovery.(AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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posted on
12/04/2006 9:02:29 AM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ...... Kyl / Cornyn in '08 .... Now is as good as any time for a GOPurge.)
To: NormsRevenge
Space Shuttle Discovery nears launch pad 39b at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canveral, Fla.,Nov. 9, 2006.Parts of the space station will be powered down during Discovery's visit in early December, as astronauts reconnect the space lab's electrical system to a permanent power source. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Space Shuttle Discovery begins it's journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building to launch pad 39b at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canveral, Fla., Thursday, Nov. 9, 2006. Parts of the space station will be powered down during Discovery's visit in early December, as astronauts reconnect the space lab's electrical system to a permanent power source.(AP Photo/John Raoux)
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posted on
12/04/2006 9:05:00 AM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ...... Kyl / Cornyn in '08 .... Now is as good as any time for a GOPurge.)
To: NormsRevenge
hmmm I wonder if its too late to get plan e tickets to go see one...
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posted on
12/04/2006 9:06:20 AM PST
by
Mr. K
(Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help...)
To: Mr. K
hmmm I wonder if its too late to get plan e tickets to go see one...
Plan F or G should be just fine. (sorry, couldn't help myself)
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posted on
12/04/2006 9:08:40 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?)
To: NormsRevenge
Yep - time to deliver the groceries and pick up the trash.
Call me when they go up there to do something of real value.
Like - fix the Hubble - now that at least has value.
To: Mr. K
I need to go to Best Buy or Circuit City and check out large plasma TVs on Thursday night.
A night launch on a 60 inch HD plasma TV must be pretty impressive.
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posted on
12/04/2006 9:12:39 AM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ...... Kyl / Cornyn in '08 .... Now is as good as any time for a GOPurge.)
To: Jake The Goose
Save the Hubble. I agree. 2007 or 2008 at the latest I would think , or hope for. after that , foregt about it.. that would be a shame to see such a marvelous piece of technology 86ed into the atmosphere
All the parts to be installed are ready and waiting or can be made so pretty quickly.
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posted on
12/04/2006 9:15:31 AM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ...... Kyl / Cornyn in '08 .... Now is as good as any time for a GOPurge.)
To: NormsRevenge
One of my cousin's best friends is the Pilot William Oefelein. I am flying to Orlando tonight to stay with Him, his wife, and another cousin, and his wife, in Cape Canaveral, and watch the launch Thursday night. I hope the weather holds up, and there are no delays, because I'm coming home Friday. Should be spectacular.
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posted on
12/04/2006 9:24:06 AM PST
by
HisKingdomWillAbolishSinDeath
(All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.)
To: NormsRevenge; Admin Moderator
Make this the LIVE THREAD if possible.
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posted on
12/04/2006 9:27:54 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(RTRA DLQS GSCW)
To: NormsRevenge
A Hubble mission was just recently scheduled.
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posted on
12/04/2006 9:29:41 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(RTRA DLQS GSCW)
To: HisKingdomWillAbolishSinDeath
spaceflightnow.com
MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2006
1255 GMT (7:55 a.m. EST)
The weather outlook for Thursday night's launch looks pretty, meteorologists reported this morning. There is just a 20 percent chance of low clouds causing a scrub. But the forecast worsens significantly for Friday and Saturday nights.
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posted on
12/04/2006 9:31:09 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(RTRA DLQS GSCW)
To: HisKingdomWillAbolishSinDeath
congrats on your opportunity. Good on ya
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posted on
12/04/2006 9:31:37 AM PST
by
advertising guy
(If computer skills named us, I'd be back-space delete.)
To: NormsRevenge
What are the odds they will actually launch on Thursday?
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posted on
12/04/2006 9:34:00 AM PST
by
Jedi Master Pikachu
( Should have put on a figurative arson suit before posting on a racism thread.)
To: Jake The Goose
You do not know what you are talking about. Our company has an experiment going up and will stay in space for about a year. I would tell you what it is but I do not understand it. All I know is that it is very important for future space vehicles. Without this testing, there might not be any future travel.
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posted on
12/04/2006 9:36:05 AM PST
by
MamaB
(mom to an Angel)
To: Jake The Goose
The Hubble repair mission is already scheduled.
The STS-116 mission, the topic of this thread, is the most complicated and difficult Shuttle mission so far.
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posted on
12/04/2006 9:39:21 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(RTRA DLQS GSCW)
To: Mr. K
...as astronauts reconnect the space lab's electrical system to a permanent power source.
What do they plug it into?
Cordially,
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posted on
12/04/2006 9:39:26 AM PST
by
Diamond
To: HisKingdomWillAbolishSinDeath
The pilot is from Alaska -
Wow, talk about the ultimate Bush Pilot.....take off heavy, land light.
May the good Lord watch over this crew and the ship they ride upon.
I know we will be watching from here, lots of local coverage planned.
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posted on
12/04/2006 9:40:52 AM PST
by
ASOC
(The phrase "What if" or "If only" are for children.)
To: Diamond
Remember those huge solar panels they sent up earlier? They are needing to be connected to ships electric. This will be difficulty rating 5.9 out of 6.0
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posted on
12/04/2006 9:41:10 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(RTRA DLQS GSCW)
To: Jedi Master Pikachu
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posted on
12/04/2006 9:41:16 AM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ...... Kyl / Cornyn in '08 .... Now is as good as any time for a GOPurge.)
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