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1 posted on 03/08/2011 5:43:21 PM PST by KevinDavis
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Final Ping for the Space Shuttle Discovery..




2 posted on 03/08/2011 5:44:51 PM PST by KevinDavis (Radical Islam is a bigger threat than the LDS.)
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I’m in ft myers Fl Anybody know if I will be able to view the landing approach ?


3 posted on 03/08/2011 5:47:05 PM PST by UB355 (Slower traffic keep right)
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I was going to stand outside about 1-1/2 hours ago and watch for the shuttle and the ISS, but heavy rainclouds spoiled everything.


4 posted on 03/08/2011 5:52:46 PM PST by deoetdoctrinae (Gun-Free zones are playgrounds for felons)
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With the economic disaster resulting from Obama I’m starting to doubt I’ll see another American manned launch in my lifetime after the final shuttle flight.


5 posted on 03/08/2011 5:53:23 PM PST by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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I saw the first launch, and I'll see the last landing of the shuttle fleet.

Damn, this country needs some direction again.

12 posted on 03/08/2011 6:02:01 PM PST by The KG9 Kid
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It’s flying due north of me right now (though only about 10 degrees elevation), and will be back by in 90 minutes for a straight overhead pass, disappearing into shadow when it’s just about straight up. The ISS is about 2 minutes behind it. The sky is clear and I’ve got my alarm set.


13 posted on 03/08/2011 6:02:22 PM PST by RingerSIX (My wife and I took an AIDS vaccine that they offer down at our Church.)
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twin booms means it’s lunch time!


15 posted on 03/08/2011 6:06:48 PM PST by NonValueAdded (Palin 2012: don't retreat, just restock [chg'd to comply w/ The Civility in Discourse Act of 2011])
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Well this is final live thread of the Space Shuttle Discovery.
I'm going to miss seeing those birds..

You and me both. I worked on the STS contracts from 1979 thru 1996.

18 posted on 03/08/2011 6:25:50 PM PST by RedMDer (restoration of our honor, dignity, and freedoms will save America. - Sarah Palin)
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Anybody know if they are coming from the north or south into KSC tomorrow?


22 posted on 03/08/2011 7:17:50 PM PST by VeniVidiVici (Why are public employee unions attacking taxpayers?)
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Took me long enough :-)

Ground tracks have been posted for Discovery's landing opportunities

23 posted on 03/08/2011 7:22:34 PM PST by VeniVidiVici (Why are public employee unions attacking taxpayers?)
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I will miss the Shuttles. I remember the Moon Landings on TV a HUGE thing.


26 posted on 03/08/2011 7:32:33 PM PST by ColdOne (AZamericonnie took my tagline & won't give it back!":))
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Just watched her fly over the last time, assuming landing tomorrow.


28 posted on 03/08/2011 7:44:28 PM PST by Names Ash Housewares ( Refusing to kneel before the "messiah".)
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Just watched her fly over the last time, assuming landing tomorrow.


29 posted on 03/08/2011 7:44:33 PM PST by Names Ash Housewares ( Refusing to kneel before the "messiah".)
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Just went out in the backyard and caught it at the right time ....it was really going fast! Terrific.


31 posted on 03/08/2011 8:04:04 PM PST by BigFinn (I love the smell of teabags in the morning.)
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The satellite?

Opansy could not get it up!

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33 posted on 03/08/2011 8:39:20 PM PST by devolve (. . . . . . . . . . . . "- we*ll bring a gun!" . . . . alias Jimmy Qaeda 2 . . .)
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No doubt. The cloudy weather we’ve had didn’t allow for flyover sightings either. Totally bites.


41 posted on 03/09/2011 2:54:49 AM PST by Ladysmith ("There is no right that allows one person to place a burden on another." - Quinn)
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Can an expert (ie, somebody who knows what they are talking about) tell me what time this will start to get ‘exciting’.

The reason I ask is I’m a teacher in a boarding school in Australia and I’ve agreed to wake up boys to watch the landing and while I want them to get a good show, it is going to be the middle of a school night here and we can’t have them awake any longer than we have to. It’s the first time we’ve had access to NASA TV readily available to us.

I’d also love to get some sleep myself, but that’s less important. :)


43 posted on 03/09/2011 3:17:48 AM PST by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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Space Shuttle Discovery's first crew.

And her last crew.

In between the two were 37 others. 185 people flew aboard Discovery either launched only, landed only, or launched and landed. She is and was a great spacecraft.
47 posted on 03/09/2011 6:41:52 AM PST by NCC-1701 (Impeach the Kenyan usurper. This administration is unConitutional. Show us the long form.)
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And the US manned space program comes to an end. The future belongs to China, India, etc., as the US will be content to sit and gaze at it`s navel.


50 posted on 03/09/2011 6:54:30 AM PST by chessplayer
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De-orbit burn complete: Discovery is under way to land at the Kennedy Space Center.


52 posted on 03/09/2011 8:01:20 AM PST by Pyro7480 ("If you know how not to pray, take Joseph as your master, and you will not go astray." - St. Teresa)
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