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To: Tunehead54
Not kidding - the ladies (who could care less about the game itself) were out for the shuttle launch (scrubbed) early this am and need a pre-game nap ... ;-)

The wife and I hosted a birthday party......stayed up for the shuttle got 3 hours sleep and we are ready for the game........and to stay up for the launch again.

Monday will be a sleep day:)

66 posted on 02/07/2010 8:41:48 AM PST by Kakaze (Exterminate Islamofacism and apologize for nothing.....except not doing it sooner!)
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68 posted on 02/07/2010 8:42:42 AM PST by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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To: Kakaze
From SpaceFlightNow.Com - things don't look so good weatherwise - you might be up late (or early) the next few nights:
1020 GMT (5:20 a.m. EST) The official weather forecast for Monday's 4:14 a.m. EST launch time calls for scattered-to-broken clouds at 3,000 feet, 7 miles of visibility, launch pad winds from the north-northwest at 340 degrees of 8 peaking to 12 knots and a temperature of 51 degrees F. There's a 40 percent chance that the clouds will form a low ceiling and prohibit launch.

For Tuesday's 3:51 a.m. EST launch time, meteorologists predict scattered-to-broken clouds at 3,000 feet, 7 miles of visibility, launch pad winds from the southeast at 130 degrees of 5 peaking to 8 knots and a temperature of 65 degrees F. The chance of low clouds being a problem is 40 percent once again.

Looking to Wednesday's 3:25 a.m. EST launch time, the weather worsens to 60 percent "no go." The forecast includes a chance of rain showers, scattered-to-broken clouds at 3,000 feet, 7 miles of visibility, launch pad winds from the west at 270 degrees of 18 peaking to 25 knots and a temperature of 60 degrees F.


My wife said the crowds were huge - much larger than normal - traffic very heavy - maybe because its the last scheduled night launch. The spaceflightnow offers great Twitter feeds so if you're out at the launch you can get regular updates - and maybe beat the traffic if there's a scrub ... ;-)
158 posted on 02/07/2010 9:49:05 AM PST by Tunehead54 (Nothing funny here ;-)
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