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Atma (OP) User ID: 247632 United States 06/08/2007 05:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Now passing the T-minus 1 hour mark in the countdown. Two scheduled holds are planned at T-minus 20 minutes and T-minus 9 minutes, leading to the target liftoff time of 7:38 p.m. The final pre-flight alignment of Atlantis' guidance system inertial measurement units is underway. Weather conditions remain "go" for launch at this time. Skies have cleared over Kennedy Space Center and things look good right now. |
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Evil Twin User ID: 5199 United States 06/08/2007 06:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'm starting to get excited! Quoting: AtmaI have clear skies to the east, and should be able to see her going up. That would be so cool to see in person. I'm roughly 90 miles away, but the exhaust plume is still pretty spectacular when one launches. I still remember watching the Challenger launch, which was terrible. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 247519 United States 06/08/2007 06:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Anyone else but me get the feeling that this shuttle won't see the ISS??? Quoting: ºEATºWhat is up with that hole in the ISS anyway? Is it a bullet hole? Did the American astronut shot the Russian cosmonut? "Micro" meteor hit the ISS. Surprising it hasn't happend long long before this, with over 45+ years of manned space flight. Or is that what really got the Columbia? Something the size of a golf ball hitting the Columbia during re-entry? Of course NASA would never admit it if that was indeed the case. Interestingly, Yesterday, that is Thrusday, there was a Senate committee hearing on safty at NASA and all the infighting that has been going on for some time there. |
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Atma (OP) User ID: 247632 United States 06/08/2007 06:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 2248 GMT (6:48 p.m. EDT) A concern has arisen in the countdown. Both of the Transatlantic Abort Landing sites available today -- Zaragoza in Spain and Istres, France. There are rainshowers at Zaragoza and fog at Istres. One of the sites must have acceptable weather for Atlantis to be cleared for launch. If Atlantis experiences a problem with its main engines or some other critical system, the shuttle needs to have one of the TAL sites available to land immediately during the ascent. Local weather here at Kennedy Space Center remains "go." Crap |
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Lucian Ilea User ID: 248857 Romania 06/08/2007 06:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | There must be an easier way of getting up into space Quoting: Anonymous Coward 248880and safely back down Todays rocket science is still very primitive, the amount of rocket required for such small payloads needs to be greatly improved. Rockets are Primitve In 1555 the first ballistic missile in the world(2 stage) was launched in transylvania,near Sibiu ,by cpt Conrad Haas ,against the turks(ottomans) In 1292 the first rocket(non-ballistic) was launched in China Gravitational lenticular air/space vehicles were designed around 1898 In Arvena Neo et in Arcadia Ego I am an Atlantean living in Atlantis when it flew again :) ZAL Moxe |
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