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Space Shuttle Discovery Launch Live Thread (04/05/10 6:21am EDT)
04/04/10 | Kevin Davis

Posted on 04/04/2010 6:02:23 PM PDT by KevinDavis

Dear Lord Please Don't Let Me Frak Up!!


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Technical
KEYWORDS: discovery; launch; nasa; shuttlediscovery; space; spaceshuttle
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To: All

No constraints for launch.


41 posted on 04/05/2010 3:11:59 AM PDT by raygun
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To: Carley

The polls have been conducted and all units are reporting GO.... so out of the hold we go....NOW!!

9:00 to launch! Godspeed, Discovery!!


42 posted on 04/05/2010 3:12:57 AM PDT by hoagy62 (.)
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To: All

clock is ticking again...


43 posted on 04/05/2010 3:14:54 AM PDT by raygun
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To: raygun

It’s a go for t minus 8 minutes...


44 posted on 04/05/2010 3:15:06 AM PDT by Issaquahking (Help Sarah Palin! go to - http://www.conservatives4palin.com - You know what to do!)
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To: raygun

Orbiter Access Arm retract...


45 posted on 04/05/2010 3:15:20 AM PDT by hoagy62 (.)
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To: hocndoc

You’re welcome. It’s a great show!


46 posted on 04/05/2010 3:16:23 AM PDT by brityank (The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !! Â)
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To: All

“Time to light up the sky...” - Launch Director Laurie Sally


47 posted on 04/05/2010 3:17:12 AM PDT by raygun
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To: raygun

If you listen carefully to the NASA audio, you can just hear the APU’s ‘chuffing’ away in the background.

Engine bells are being gimballed to prepare for launch.


48 posted on 04/05/2010 3:18:59 AM PDT by hoagy62 (.)
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To: hoagy62

Is that what that is.


49 posted on 04/05/2010 3:20:22 AM PDT by raygun
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To: raygun

“Beanie cap” tank replenishment arm rtract. Crew told to close the visors and start oxygen flow to their suits.

All systems GO...stand by for launch!!


50 posted on 04/05/2010 3:20:37 AM PDT by hoagy62 (.)
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To: raygun

Yep, it is!


51 posted on 04/05/2010 3:20:53 AM PDT by hoagy62 (.)
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To: hoagy62

Sounds like a locomotive in the station.

Beanie hood is being lifted...


52 posted on 04/05/2010 3:21:38 AM PDT by raygun
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To: All

T-60 seconds...


53 posted on 04/05/2010 3:22:51 AM PDT by raygun
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To: raygun

LAUNCH! Past “Challenger Point” and on the way to orbit!!

Go Baby, GO!!!!!


54 posted on 04/05/2010 3:23:49 AM PDT by hoagy62 (.)
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To: All

lighter up!!!!


55 posted on 04/05/2010 3:23:50 AM PDT by raygun
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Go baby!


56 posted on 04/05/2010 3:24:01 AM PDT by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: raygun

Ohh! Did you see the shock wave at about 1.7 miles?


57 posted on 04/05/2010 3:24:02 AM PDT by WSGilcrest ( The momentary value of any argument lies in the capacity of the mind to which it is addressed.)
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To: prisoner6
ISS just passed over the Kennedy SPace Center. It's on NASA TV! COOL

saw that...very timely....I just might be able to see it this morning....about 6 minutes after launch....NOW

58 posted on 04/05/2010 3:24:24 AM PDT by OBXWanderer
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To: raygun

Volume on TV just blew my cat away......


59 posted on 04/05/2010 3:24:30 AM PDT by geege
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To: A.A. Cunningham

Burn, baby. BURN!


60 posted on 04/05/2010 3:24:33 AM PDT by raygun
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