Space Shuttle Discovery Launch Live Thread (1:36 AM EDT 08/25/09)

08/24/09 | Kevin Davis

[JerseyJohn61]

Thanks for the active radar TomGuy.

KD has signed off. Gone to bed.

[Pajamajan]

Thanks for the answers to my questions hoagy62.

Here's hoping the launch is a go.

[advertising guy]

I keep checkin in

[Pajamajan]

If you wouldn’t mind another question: How much time do they need for the weather to be clear so they can launch?

[antiunion person]

We can always load a Brazilian oil company money to drill off their coast. Oh, shit never mind, Obama-idiot already did that. NEVER MIND

[JerseyJohn61]

Keep Checkin’ in, AG

At this point, misery might enjoy some company. (wink)

[advertising guy]

I’m in Phoenix so fortunately it’s only 9:40 here

[hoagy62]

I believe for lightning, it has to be continuously clear for at least 15 minutes without a danger of going back into “RED”, although it might be 30 minutes.

The fact that they’re still going through the countdown is just academic. Practice, practice, practice.

Anvil clouds, cumulus clouds, field mills, and flight through rain are currently RED. It isn’t just lightning they’re dealing with. Since Challenger, they take NO chances.

[A.A. Cunningham]

STFU putz

[hoagy62]

Oh, and field mills are equipment that determine the strength of an electrical field in an area. If the conditions are RED, that means the electrical fields in the area are condusive to possible lightning strikes.

[JerseyJohn61]

I'm doing the “evening shift” this week.

Was/Am, still hoping here.

Also would have a shot on the balcony, of catching a visual
before the main engines cut-off.

[hoagy62]

A NEW violation just announced...weather ceiling rules are now RED.

If you’re waiting for official word, I wouldn’t bother. The Shuttle is NOT flying tonight. Count on it.

[Pajamajan]

Thanks again for answering my questions. Doesn’t look good for a launch right now. Darn.

[JerseyJohn61]

LondonHog has not been heard from in awhile.

Let sleeping hogs lay/lie.

JJ61

[JerseyJohn61]

COPY H61

[tet68]

Doesn’t look good for launch,
too much red.

I’m calling it a night, will check in
in an hour or so when I wake up.

sleep apnia, only sleep for hour or two at
a time till six am, then sleep good till nine
or ten. Wierd I know.

God Speed Discovery.

[hoagy62]

My pleasure.

[advertising guy]

not weird and not unknown. Ben Franklin had similar
and created a math solution....he used it til he died at 86

[hoagy62]

What’s this?

Weather officer says the weather is trending BETTER. Just a matter of time to see if the weather gets better in time to launch.

If so, make my crow deep fried.

[JerseyJohn61]

Wow.

Hope you get some decent sleep TET.

Maybe talk soon; I’ll be up for awhile.