Retired and Happy (Ken) 101 Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 Anyone seeing the shuttle launch in a couple of hours? Pictures? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bob34787 4 Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 Its kind of funny, but after living here for almost 8 years the only thought i give to the shuttle is if it lands in the wee hours of the morning, those double sonic booms will wake you up in a hurry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lou... 3,118 Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 I'll be watching if the clouds don't get in the way. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
~Kristina~ 10 Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 We almost made it to a shuttle launch on our 09 trip. Had everyone in the car and got a text that it had been cancelled. We were just going to go to Cocoa Beach to watch. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo..Karla 77 Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 The contrail is from the shuttle launched last May 2010. I was so in awe of seeing the launch I forgot to take any pictures until almost too late :rofl2: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stefa70 205 Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 We couldn't see it, too cloudy! :-\ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
freshlybarked 4 Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 I watched it live on my iPod while standing outside, but didn't see it in the sky. May God give them a safe journey. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lou... 3,118 Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 Saw a little bit of it between the clouds, oh well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LORNADUCK 261 Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 I saw it from my office in Tampa. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
johnnyb aka John 15 Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 There aren't gonna be many more is there? I always wanted to see one, even planned a trip, kinda, to be there for one, but it was delayed... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AuburnJen 771 Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 I saw it, however, I was being dragged by a seven year old and I was on the phone with the husband. Too many things going on at one time! :parrot: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Retired and Happy (Ken) 101 Posted February 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 In the post-launch news conference one panel member said there would be two more launches. I thought there would just be one more. Maybe he slipped when he said two, or maybe he let out info not intended for the public. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AuburnJen 771 Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 No, they had to add one because they didn't get all the pieces up on the scheduled launch dates. The Obama administration had to approve the extra launch last year. I sure am going to miss watching them. There is one particular one I will never, ever forget, however, I try to keep that locked away. :parrot: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stacktester 78 Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 I always like the night one's because being able to see them so well. I know which one you are talking about Jen. I was sitting on the beach that morning and at the time didn't know they didn't make it. I kept saying they had to be in a super strong capsule and they were going to be rescued. It felt like losing your own family members. One of my science teachers was a finalist for the spot Christa McCauliffe got. I hope people always remember them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LORNADUCK 261 Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 I will never forget that day either, it was the same day my Son was born. He was born in Sarasota, and DH was at the hospital's roof top parking lot and saw it happen. Everyone was afraid to tell us in the hospital so I didn't find out until 3 that afternoon. Such a Happy, Sad day for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mouseketab.....Carol 1,261 Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 Oh wow, we were just talking about that at work last night. One of our team mates said he met the person who was the coronor for the crew when they found the capsule. They were alive when they hit the water and a some of them survived the impact and their cause of death was drowning. I was just shocked when I heard that cause it sounds like they threw everything out the window that they learned from Apollo missions Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Otter Spotter aka Debbie 58 Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 There were too many clouds blocking our view. :wave1:There are 2 more launches scheduled - one in April and one in June. My guess is that for the one in June, you won't be able to get within 75 miles of the cape because of everyone that will be going to see the "last" launch. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HillBillyWhisperer 20 Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 That was one of 2 days I will never forget! Literally saw the explosion in the sky but had no idea that was what it was at the time. They named a Middle School here after her. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Retired and Happy (Ken) 101 Posted February 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 I hold my breath on every launch. We have been very fortunate not to have had more space disasters, or maybe some we had could have been avoided if more precautions had been taken. I don't know. I just pray that as we come to rely on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft for the foreseeable future, that their program is as reliable as ours has been. I hope the politicians don't make this a budget saver, saying we can just use theirs and not build our own. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kazlac4 3 Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 It's always been our dream to witness a launch. We have been down there 3 times for scheduled launches over the years but all 3 had been postponed so we missed them all :bugeyes:. Our next trip down to Disney is in June but we are flying in and out for a short trip with the grandkids. When NASA made their last changes we looked at the schedule and realized that the June launch is scheduled for the day we leave Disney. We will be flying out 3 hours PRIOR to the scheduled launch..UGH!!!!!! :dance: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Just Whipperwhirl 24 Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 I just found this video on youtube showing the space shuttle launch from an airplane - Pretty darn coolhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE_USPTmYXM Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TnBob 311 Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 Considering that warm air rises, if a man builds up gas and the ambient temperature is less than his body temperature, does he weigh less than when he does not have gas? If he ate a pound of beans, would he weigh more or less? Going further, if one ate enough gaseous food, would they ultimately float off into space? :doublebeer: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Avatab.... Steve 124 Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 I hope the politicians don't make this a budget saver, saying we can just use theirs and not build our own.Too Late. Obama has already ordered the Constellation Program to be terminated several months ago (to be fair it was already running late because GWB had underfunded it...)He (Obama) has effectively ended our manned space program. He did send some of the money to Private companies to develop their own vehicles, but it will be years, probably 2020 or later until they are ready to replace NASA. And even that funding was cut in the current budget.....We (and the ISS) are now dependant on the Russians for the foreseeable future once these last two shuttle missions are launched. :doublebeer: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Memphis 105 Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 Considering that warm air rises, if a man builds up gas and the ambient temperature is less than his body temperature, does he weigh less than when he does not have gas? If he ate a pound of beans, would he weigh more or less? Going further, if one ate enough gaseous food, would they ultimately float off into space? :heart:No doesn't work that way Bob. I tried. On a side note, I can turn any tub, pool, or lake for that matter into a bubble bath / whirlpool.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Retired and Happy (Ken) 101 Posted April 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2011 Posted by WSB-TV today...Updated: 11:16 am EDT April 4, 2011CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA is delaying its next space shuttle flight - the last voyage of Endeavour with Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' astronaut husband in charge.The flight was postponed because the original April 19 date conflicts with Russia's plans to send a cargo ship to the International Space Station.Endeavour is now scheduled to blast off April 29 with Mark Kelly at the helm. It will be the next-to-last shuttle mission. Shuttle Atlantis will close out the 30-year shuttle program this summer.NASA announced the postponement Monday, after conferring over the weekend with the Russian Space Agency and other space station partners.An unmanned Russian cargo ship is set to blast off at the end of April. NASA did not want the craft docking at the space station while Endeavour was still there. Now, the cargo ship will arrive first.NASA spokesman Allard Beutel said the Russians were reluctant to postpone the supply run because of a time-sensitive biological experiment aboard the craft.Kelly and five crewmates will deliver a $2 billion physics experiment to the space station, as well as critical spare parts to keep the orbiting outpost running for another decade.The two-week mission will be the last for Endeavour, the baby of NASA's shuttle fleet. It was built to replace Challenger, which was destroyed during liftoff in 1986.The postponement puts the launch, scheduled for 3:47 p.m., on the same day as the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.Endeavour is checking out fine at the launch pad following last week's severe storms that brought high wind, lightning strikes, hail and even funnel clouds to Kennedy Space Center. Only inconsequential damage was found on the insulating foam of Endeavour's external fuel tank, officials said.Kelly returned to training in February after taking time off to be at his wife's hospital bedside. Giffords was shot in the head in Tucson, Ariz., in early January. She is recuperating in Houston, home to Kelly and the rest of NASA's astronaut corps. Kelly said last week that he's awaiting doctors' final approval for his wife to attend his launch.In Kazakhstan, meanwhile, two Russians and an American were poised to blast off Monday as the newest station crew. They will join three astronauts already in orbit.___ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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