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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.
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posted on
12/09/2006 4:26:58 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Peace without winning is a temporary illusion.)
To: KevinDavis
Thanks for the ping, KevinDavis~~~
Looks like there will be a launch tonight. ;)
To: Pepper777; All
123
posted on
12/09/2006 4:28:42 PM PST
by
KevinDavis
(Nancy you ignorant Slut!!!!!)
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.
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posted on
12/09/2006 4:31:25 PM PST
by
plsvn
To: KevinDavis
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)
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)
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!!!!!)
To: KevinDavis
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.)
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.)
To: All
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!!!!!)
To: All
From the
NASA Launch BlogDid You Know?
When the shuttle lifts off it will weigh 4,521,350 pounds.
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)
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!!!!!)
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)
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)
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)
To: All
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.
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posted on
12/09/2006 4:43:26 PM PST
by
KevinDavis
(Nancy you ignorant Slut!!!!!)
To: Howlin
Where the heck are ya???!!!
138
posted on
12/09/2006 4:44:48 PM PST
by
paulat
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
139
posted on
12/09/2006 4:45:39 PM PST
by
higgmeister
(In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
To: All
Pilot Bill Oefelein is configuring the displays inside Discovery's cockpit for launch while commander Mark Polansky enables the abort steering instrumentation.
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posted on
12/09/2006 4:48:10 PM PST
by
KevinDavis
(Nancy you ignorant Slut!!!!!)
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