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Posted on 09/10/2009 4:34:53 PM PDT by KevinDavis
Let's try this again..
not tonight,,, tomorrow
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts128/status.html
calculations are a b*tch aren’t they? :) all jesting aside, may they have a safe re-entry and landing!
ISS and Shuttle fly-over tonight. Follow the link to learn the time and location to watch for them.
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/skywatch.cgi?country=United+States
You didn’t happen to catch the rocket test today did you? Man what a carbon footprint. 22 million horsepower.
Sucks, if Obongo gets his way we’ll never see it fly...
I hope it does...
I’ll see if I can catch a photo.
/mark for tmr
Yeah I did,., was massive hehe
I was thrilled to be there to see STS-128 lift off.
If it lands tomorrow I think that is the first time in shuttle history that a landing will have occurred on Sept. 11.
Posted: Thursday, 10 September 2009 10:41AM
Shuttle Dodges Spacejunk
CAPE CANAVERAL (AP) — NASA has moved the shuttle Discovery out of the way of a mystery piece of orbiting junk and is hoping for a scheduled landing on Earth.
The astronauts fired shuttle thrusters around noon Thursday to avoid what Mission Control is calling a “mystery object.”
Officials say the debris apparently came off the linked shuttle and international space station during a spacewalk Saturday. Experts do not know what the piece is.
The shuttle is scheduled to land Thursday evening in Florida but thunderstorms could keep it in orbit an extra day or two.
If Discovery skips Florida on Thursday, NASA will consider the backup touchdown site in California as early as Friday.
Discovery delivered supplies and spent more than a week at the space station
For the record.. I think the Space Junk is kinda over reaction.. If someone was smart is would start up a space junk cleaning service.. Collect it and send it to the sun.. Junk gone..
Capitalized? You hiring?
Charge the spacefaring community for cleanup.
BTW I got some pics of the shuttle going over and will post them shortly.
Yep.. Why not..
Sure would you mind working for $5.00 per hour???
Cool.. Can’t wait to see them..
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