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06-12-2006, 04:43 AM
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Shuttle countdown
The countdown has begun to the launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery this weekend... Yaaaaaay!
Lift off is scheduled for Saturday afternoon
Be watching your NASA TV
06-12-2006, 06:28 AM
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Wow, that's a quick turnaround.
06-12-2006, 06:34 AM
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A night time launch, how spectacular will that be.
06-12-2006, 05:09 PM
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I thought they ruled out night time launches under the new safety guidelines?
06-12-2006, 08:30 PM
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Might have to check official launch time again?
08-12-2006, 12:26 PM
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I heard thursday night which is this morning. I've been sitting here in front of Nasa Tv waiting waiting.
NASA TV schedual here
http://www.nasa.gov/tvschedule/pdf/tvsked_rev0.pdf
08-12-2006, 12:30 PM
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1 hr, 5 minutes to go.
08-12-2006, 12:31 PM
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I can't watch NASA TV from work due to the proxy/firewall
08-12-2006, 12:32 PM
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yay i got it working!
08-12-2006, 12:46 PM
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Ahhhhhhhhhhh
08-12-2006, 01:11 PM
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Thanks
08-12-2006, 01:12 PM
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Launch at 12.35pm Qld time.
08-12-2006, 01:18 PM
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Countdown on hold with 9 minutes on the clock.
08-12-2006, 01:35 PM
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It's gonna be scrubbed due to bad weather
08-12-2006, 01:40 PM
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Is now scrubbed due to cloud.
One of those astronauts must have bought a lot of astro gear
08-12-2006, 02:22 PM
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Is that a SCT that that fellow is using?
I just want to be sure before I start bagging NASA.
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08-12-2006, 02:26 PM
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I think it's even worse, it looks like a short-tube reflector!
08-12-2006, 02:30 PM
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Not only is it a short tube reflector, but he has got it around the wrong way
08-12-2006, 02:37 PM
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On behalf of the NASA art department and web design departments everywhere, I'd like to say, If nobody tells us what a telescope looks like, then we'll use what we
think is a telescope from our collection of stock art.
Mike: "That doesn't look like a star."
Terry: "What's a star look like?"
08-12-2006, 02:37 PM
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Thought so. I'll sent them a little note I think.
What a hoot!
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