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To: Central Scrutiniser

So, if I am in Eastern PA I will be able to see it!


243 posted on 12/09/2006 5:37:54 PM PST by WakeUpAndVote (Got towel?)
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Countdown clock will resume in two minutes.

Once the countdown picks up, the Ground Launch Sequencer will be initiated. The computer program is located in a console in the Firing Room of the Complex 39 Launch Control Center. The GLS is the master of events through liftoff. During the last 9 minutes of the countdown, the computer will monitor as many as a thousand different systems and measurements to ensure that they do not fall out of any pre-determine red-line limits. At T-minus 31 seconds, the GLS will hand off to the onboard computers of Discovery to complete their own automatic sequence of events through the final half minute of the countdown.
251 posted on 12/09/2006 5:39:04 PM PST by KevinDavis (Nancy you ignorant Slut!!!!!)
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To: WakeUpAndVote

It might be visible, but look close because the flame from the motors is hydrogen-oxygen. Clear flame.


253 posted on 12/09/2006 5:39:32 PM PST by RightWhale (RTRA DLQS GSCW)
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