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Space Shuttle Atlantis Launch Live Thread Friday 7:38 PM EDT
06/07/2007 | Kevin Davis

Posted on 06/07/2007 6:37:21 PM PDT by KevinDavis

his is the official live thread for the Space Shuttle Atlantis.. The shuttle is suppose to launch at 7:38 PM EST.

Mission updates can be found at Space Shuttle Atlantis Launch Updates

If you can't view the launch on Cable or Satellite you can go to the Nasa site to view launch live.

AD ASTRA!!


TOPICS: Breaking News
KEYWORDS: nasa; shuttleatlantis; space
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To: Political Junkie Too
Oh good, they found the silverware.

-PJ

301 posted on 06/08/2007 11:55:17 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (It's still not safe to vote Democrat.)
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To: Frank_Discussion
An article on the tear, with pic...

Small Tear Found In Atlantis' Thermal Blanket

302 posted on 06/09/2007 6:07:29 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: glock rocks
Wow.

That's great. Thanks!

303 posted on 06/09/2007 6:11:05 AM PDT by andyandval
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To: Old Sarge
<{>I didn’t realize the camera was on the fuel tank! I thought it was on the bird?

There are cameras on everything now, to keep an eye on the foam.

304 posted on 06/09/2007 6:19:24 AM PDT by ReignOfError (`)
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To: airborne

On the new Shuttle lift-off simulator ride at the Kennedy Space Center, the commentator mentions Challenger at the 72 second point...........


305 posted on 06/09/2007 6:32:58 AM PDT by ALASKA (IT'S NOT ROCKET SURGERY......................Don't just do something, STAND THERE!!!)
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To: synbad600

I watched yesterday from Titusville. Nothing but water between me and the launch-pad. INCREDIBLE.........I have seen the last 3 launches and I hope to see the rest of them. TV does not do the spectacle justice...........I’m still blown away.........


306 posted on 06/09/2007 6:43:52 AM PDT by ALASKA (IT'S NOT ROCKET SURGERY......................Don't just do something, STAND THERE!!!)
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To: IslandJeff

The best way to figure that out is to calculate a mission yourself. Where is the ISS, where is the launch site, what are the main constraints on launch, what are the operating parameters of the shuttle boost phases. If they were going to simply hit a target like the Chinese satellite killer the trajectory would be very oblique; if they are going to rendezvous at half a foot per second they need a tangential orbit.


307 posted on 06/09/2007 7:35:13 AM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the Treaty)
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To: ALASKA

spaceflightnow.com
1410 GMT (10:10 a.m. EDT)

The Atlantis astronauts were just awakened to begin Flight Day 2 of the mission. Today will be spend conducting the now-routine post-launch inspections of the shuttle’s heatshield, as well as preparing for tomorrow’s docking to the space station.


some debris was shed during launch.


308 posted on 06/09/2007 8:08:11 AM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the Treaty)
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To: RightWhale

From the news wires:

..........A slight concern about an exposed area in the shuttle’s delicate heat-protection system arose overnight when engineers examined photos taken by the shuttle’s crew after launch. The photo showed a small exposed area in thermal blankets on the left side of the shuttle near the thrusters Atlantis uses to move about in orbit, said
NASA spokesman Louis Parker.

That area is not a usual focus for potential heat problems when the shuttle returns to earth, but normal day-after-launch inspections will assess it, Parker said.

“There’s not a whole lot of concerns just yet,” Parker said Saturday morning.


309 posted on 06/09/2007 9:51:57 AM PDT by yield 2 the right
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To: yield 2 the right

They carry some duct tape just in case.


310 posted on 06/09/2007 9:53:42 AM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the Treaty)
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To: RightWhale

“25,000 Mile-per-Hour Tape”

:)


311 posted on 06/09/2007 10:19:11 AM PDT by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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To: Frank_Discussion

Don’t need to break out the 25,000 mile an hour tape until the moon mission. :)


312 posted on 06/09/2007 11:10:56 AM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the Treaty)
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To: null and void

The NASA internet feed is at least 45 seconds behind realtime.


313 posted on 06/09/2007 12:03:48 PM PDT by Not now, Not ever! (The devil made me do it!,.......................................................( well, not really.)
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To: NormsRevenge

That’s a Pulitzer-worthy photo.

Too bad it’s from al-Reuters.


314 posted on 06/09/2007 1:11:08 PM PDT by IslandJeff ("I used to care, but things have changed" - Robert Zimmerman)
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To: RightWhale

Thanks, Sourdough.

A little past my paygrade, though I’m sure Excel could handle it, if I could hire someone to figure out the formulae.


315 posted on 06/09/2007 1:16:42 PM PDT by IslandJeff ("I used to care, but things have changed" - Robert Zimmerman)
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To: Alas Babylon!
Just got back from Co!coa Beach to our hotel in Orlando. I’ve been working the Microsoft convention there while my family went to the theme parks.

We saw the whole launch. Awesome!!!!!! So short, but an experience of a lifetime.

I'm so glad that you got over there and got to see it!  I'm also incredibly impressed by how quickly you got back.  Where on Cocoa  Beach were you?  We watched one from there years ago and were almost exactly at Ron Jon's Surf Shop.  We found out that's about 25 miles from the launch pad.  The thing that impressed me then was the feeling of the sound waves striking you.  It was like someone slapping your chest.

We were at SeaWorld (as we are now) and they let us stay after the Shamu show and watch the launch from there.  It's lined up perfectly to watch the Shuttle rise up over the low trees as if the stadium were built for it.  They also have a new video screen system where they showed the NASA launch coverage and piped in the sound through their speaker system AT MAX!!!!!!

We're sticking around till later tonight then hitting the road and driving till we get home.  We figure we'll get in around mid day then go to bed and rest up for work on Monday.  However briefly it was really nice to see you again.

316 posted on 06/09/2007 1:24:25 PM PDT by Phsstpok (Often wrong, but never in doubt)
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To: KevinDavis

317 posted on 06/09/2007 2:02:59 PM PDT by Eric Blair 2084 (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
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To: ALASKA

Where were you? I was at the tip of Merritt Island where the bridge crosses from Titusville. Good view from there.


318 posted on 06/09/2007 4:39:52 PM PDT by sig226 (Where did my tag line go?)
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To: RightWhale

Really... slight concern... Me thinks someone should be a little more concerned about the protective skin of the shuttle.


319 posted on 06/09/2007 5:07:13 PM PDT by mulder1
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To: mulder1

http://www.space.com/spaceshuttle/index.html

Mission Update

Shuttle Crew to Take Closer Look at Torn Blanket
9 June 2007 7:52 p.m. EDT

Astronauts aboard NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis will take a closer look at a torn thermal blanket to the orbiter’s portside.

The added survey will be tacked onto the end of today’s Atlantis heat shield inspection, and is expected to take about 30 minutes, NASA officials said.

Atlantis astronaut Patrick Forrester and other crewmates will use the shuttle’s sensor mounted orbital boom to take detailed images of the torn blanket, the damaged area of which measures about four inches and sits on the shuttle’s portside Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS) pod.


320 posted on 06/09/2007 7:03:22 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... For want of a few good men, a once great nation was lost.)
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