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Space Shuttle Discovery Launch Live Thread (11:59 EDT 8/28/09)
08/27/09
| Kevin Davis
Posted on 08/27/2009 6:53:19 PM PDT by KevinDavis
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To: Howlin; Sparko; GeronL; Lawdoc; Carlucci; Zoe Brain; callisto; scottinoc; Movemout; markman46; ...
FOLKS WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A LAUNCH!!!
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posted on
08/28/2009 8:41:48 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Can't Stop the Signal!)
To: mojo114
IIRC, the Northeast wasn’t going to get too long of a view anyway. We’re at partly cloudy, heading outside soon. The hippie beach is projected to be clear, curse them all.
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posted on
08/28/2009 8:42:10 PM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
To: KevinDavis
Sent the live feed link to three brothers - these are SO fun to watch!
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posted on
08/28/2009 8:43:37 PM PDT
by
Ladysmith
("A community organizer can't bitch when communities organize." Rush Limbaugh)
To: Ladysmith
What’s that fire on the launchpad?
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posted on
08/28/2009 8:44:33 PM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(Comprehensive congressional reform legislation only yields incomprehensible bills that nobody reads.)
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
Forgot to add that some neighbors will come outside to see the launch and turn on all their outside lights, complain that they didn’t see much, and get mad at me for walking up the street to get clear of their lights.
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posted on
08/28/2009 8:45:59 PM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
To: All
Now 20 minutes from Discovery’s launch on an eight-and-a-half minute trek to space. At main engine cutoff, Discovery will be flying on a suborbital trajectory with a high point of 136 statute miles and low point of 36 statute miles, inclined 51.6 degrees to the equator. A half-hour later, the twin orbital maneuvering engines will be fired to place the shuttle into a 142 by 121 statute mile orbit.
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posted on
08/28/2009 8:46:12 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Can't Stop the Signal!)
To: Political Junkie Too
Is that an illusion? Are they flaring something in the background?
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posted on
08/28/2009 8:46:34 PM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(Comprehensive congressional reform legislation only yields incomprehensible bills that nobody reads.)
To: All
The poll by NASA test director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson confirms there are no technical issues or constraints standing in the way of launch at 11:59 p.m. EDT. The Range also reports “go” on the local weather. And Mission Control says that weather at abort landing sites is acceptable, too.
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posted on
08/28/2009 8:46:51 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Can't Stop the Signal!)
To: Political Junkie Too
I was also wondering about the fire, then the camera angle changed.
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posted on
08/28/2009 8:47:30 PM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
To: All
NASA launch director Pete Nickolenko has conducted his poll and given approval to resume the countdown for liftoff at 11:59 p.m. EDT!
LET'S BURN THIS CANDLE!!
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posted on
08/28/2009 8:47:47 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Can't Stop the Signal!)
To: Political Junkie Too
it’s actually behind the launch pad and it is burning off excess fumes.
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posted on
08/28/2009 8:48:31 PM PDT
by
txroadkill
(The SDS has taken control of the country.)
To: KevinDavis
Ready to resume count. No constraints to launch.
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posted on
08/28/2009 8:48:50 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
(No man's life, liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session. I AM JIM THOMPSON)
To: smokingfrog
GO DISCOVERY! God Speed and you are in our prayers.
/Salute
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posted on
08/28/2009 8:49:57 PM PDT
by
MaxMax
(I'm golfing with Obama, please don't contact me while I'm "Hrrmph",)
To: All
The countdown will resume from the T-minus 9 minute mark at 11:49:37 p.m. EDT.
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posted on
08/28/2009 8:50:55 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Can't Stop the Signal!)
To: All
Now 10 minutes from blastoff.
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posted on
08/28/2009 8:51:18 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Can't Stop the Signal!)
To: smokingfrog
T minus 8:30 and counting
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posted on
08/28/2009 8:51:37 PM PDT
by
mrsalty
To: Howlin; Sparko; GeronL; Lawdoc; Carlucci; Zoe Brain; callisto; scottinoc; Movemout; markman46; ...
Final Ping!!!! WE HAVE A GO!!!
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posted on
08/28/2009 8:52:35 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Can't Stop the Signal!)
To: All
T-minus 7 minutes, 30 seconds. The Ground Launch Sequencer has started pulling the orbiter access arm away from the crew hatch on the port side of the vehicle. The arm was the passage way for the astronauts to board Discovery a few hours ago. The arm can be re-extended very quickly should the need arise later in the countdown.
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posted on
08/28/2009 8:53:00 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Can't Stop the Signal!)
To: All
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posted on
08/28/2009 8:53:31 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Can't Stop the Signal!)
To: All
Get up. My guys have been working too hard and too long this week.
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