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Space Shuttle Discovery Launch Live Thread 8:47 est
12/09/06 | Kevin Davis

Posted on 12/09/2006 7:35:11 AM PST by KevinDavis

Will the Shuttle go or not... It all depends on the weather...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: boring; discovery; godsspeeddiscovery; shuttle; shuttlediscovery; space; spaceshuttle; sts116
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To: NormsRevenge

I'd pay more to watch her burn up on reentry.


121 posted on 12/09/2006 4:26:58 PM PST by cripplecreek (Peace without winning is a temporary illusion.)
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To: KevinDavis

Thanks for the ping, KevinDavis~~~

Looks like there will be a launch tonight. ;)


122 posted on 12/09/2006 4:27:45 PM PST by Pepper777
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To: Pepper777; All

Looks like it..


123 posted on 12/09/2006 4:28:42 PM PST by KevinDavis (Nancy you ignorant Slut!!!!!)
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To: cripplecreek
I'd pay more to watch her burn up on reentry.

You sure? Large objects tend to survive re-entry. We should wish she'd achieve escape velocity.
124 posted on 12/09/2006 4:31:25 PM PST by plsvn
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To: KevinDavis

You can view the launch live at http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060529.html


125 posted on 12/09/2006 4:31:42 PM PST by jmcenanly (Do not handicap your children by making their lives easy. -- Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: KevinDavis; All

Into the T-20 minute hold.


126 posted on 12/09/2006 4:33:13 PM PST by AntiKev ("No damage. The world's still turning isn't it?" - Stereo Goes Stellar - Blow Me A Holloway)
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To: plsvn; All

Would that cause even more destruction of our ozone layer???


127 posted on 12/09/2006 4:33:15 PM PST by KevinDavis (Nancy you ignorant Slut!!!!!)
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To: KevinDavis

T-20 and holding.


128 posted on 12/09/2006 4:33:24 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: plsvn

We could fire her into the sun if you don't mind knowing that space smells like bacon.


129 posted on 12/09/2006 4:33:48 PM PST by cripplecreek (Peace without winning is a temporary illusion.)
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T-minus 20 minutes and holding. The countdown has paused for a 10-minute built-in hold. Launch is scheduled for 8:47 p.m. EST. Everything is going smoothly with the countdown and weather is still looking good. The clouds and crosswinds are not violating any rules currently.

The launch time forecast calls for scattered clouds at 4,000 feet, a broken deck at 20,000 and winds out of 050 degrees at 8 knot gusting to 14. That equates to a crosswind of just under 14 knots. The safety limit is 15 knots.

During this built-in hold, all computer programs in Firing Room 4 of the Complex 39 Launch Control Center will be verified to ensure that the proper programs are available for the countdown; the landing convoy status will be verified and the landing sites will be checked to support an abort landing during launch today; the Inertial Measurement Unit preflight alignment will be verified completed; and preparations are made to transition the orbiter onboard computers to Major Mode 101 upon coming out of the hold. This configures the computer memory to a terminal countdown configuration.
130 posted on 12/09/2006 4:34:40 PM PST by KevinDavis (Nancy you ignorant Slut!!!!!)
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From the NASA Launch Blog

Did You Know?
When the shuttle lifts off it will weigh 4,521,350 pounds.

131 posted on 12/09/2006 4:34:54 PM PST by Unmarked Package
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To: cripplecreek

spaceflightnow.com

The launch time forecast calls for scattered clouds at 4,000 feet, a broken deck at 20,000 and winds out of 050 degrees at 8 knot gusting to 14. That equates to a crosswind of just under 14 knots. The safety limit is 15 knots.




A broken deck, but no anvil clouds.


132 posted on 12/09/2006 4:35:19 PM PST by RightWhale (RTRA DLQS GSCW)
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To: cripplecreek; All

Good part it would keep the Muslims on Earth why we go to Mars and beyond...


133 posted on 12/09/2006 4:35:35 PM PST by KevinDavis (Nancy you ignorant Slut!!!!!)
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To: Unmarked Package

The Space Shuttle could launch a city bus, fully loaded.


134 posted on 12/09/2006 4:37:23 PM PST by RightWhale (RTRA DLQS GSCW)
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To: RightWhale
The Space Shuttle could launch a city bus, fully loaded.

Wow! That means it has nearly enough power to launch Rosie O'Donnell!

135 posted on 12/09/2006 4:42:06 PM PST by COBOL2Java ("No stronger retrograde force exists in the world" - Winston Churchill on Islam)
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To: KevinDavis

T-20 minutes and counting.


136 posted on 12/09/2006 4:43:00 PM PST by AntiKev ("No damage. The world's still turning isn't it?" - Stereo Goes Stellar - Blow Me A Holloway)
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T-minus 20 minutes and counting. The countdown has resumed after a 10-minute hold. Clocks will tick down for the next 11 minutes to T-minus 9 minutes where the final planned hold is scheduled to occur. The hold length will be adjusted to synch up with today's preferred launch time of 8:47:35 p.m.

Discovery's onboard computers are now transitioning to the Major Mode-101 program, the primary ascent software. Also, engineers are dumping the Primary Avionics Software System (PASS) onboard computers. The data that is dumped from each of PASS computers is compared to verify that the proper software is loaded aboard for launch.
137 posted on 12/09/2006 4:43:26 PM PST by KevinDavis (Nancy you ignorant Slut!!!!!)
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To: Howlin
Where the heck are ya???!!!
138 posted on 12/09/2006 4:44:48 PM PST by paulat
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

big can of bean dip!


139 posted on 12/09/2006 4:45:39 PM PST by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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Pilot Bill Oefelein is configuring the displays inside Discovery's cockpit for launch while commander Mark Polansky enables the abort steering instrumentation.


140 posted on 12/09/2006 4:48:10 PM PST by KevinDavis (Nancy you ignorant Slut!!!!!)
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