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DIVERDOWN
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| Subject: in 4 hours!  Sun Mar 15, 2009 1:18 pm | |
|  Discovery Set to Launch to Space Station Tonight Discovery is set to liftoff at 7:43 p.m. EDT on the STS-119 mission to the International Space Station. Commander Lee Archambault and crew will install the outpost's final set of solar arrays http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.htmlwatch live http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/I will be out at the end of my drive way to see this I cant wait!  | |
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DIVERDOWN
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| | Subject: Re: in 4 hours! Sun Mar 15, 2009 3:12 pm | |
| if you go to nasa TV you can watch live guys
they are strapping in the astronauts in now =D
its still day light here
everyone is like they are doing lift off during the day?
oh well
im excited!
I cant wait to see this! | |
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Reunite
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Registration date : 2009-01-23
| | Subject: Re: in 4 hours! Sun Mar 15, 2009 5:03 pm | |
| How was it DD?
Why didn't they just use one of their ufo's. It would be a lot quicker to get to the space station. | |
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WineHippie
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DIVERDOWN
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| | Subject: Re: in 4 hours! Sun Mar 15, 2009 6:38 pm | |
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Reunite
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| | Subject: Re: in 4 hours! Sun Mar 15, 2009 6:58 pm | |
| DD we have been through a lot together. You know better I wasn't laughing at you.
I would never get a chance to see a space shuttle in my area so I was asking how it was. Adding a comment that NASA has other means of transport hidden to all. | |
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WineHippie
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| | Subject: Re: in 4 hours! Sun Mar 15, 2009 9:31 pm | |
| ok sorry for laughing but i thought the ufo comment was funny...
you stay DD, i'll go instead | |
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nogroz
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Registration date : 2009-03-12
| | Subject: Re: in 4 hours! Mon Mar 16, 2009 2:12 am | |
| - DIVERDOWN wrote:
I will be out at the end of my drive way to see this I cant wait!
Hmmm that means you live near Undo.... :winkb: And Reunite was right... though I would call them IFO's not UFO's | |
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micjer
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Registration date : 2009-01-23
| | Subject: Re: in 4 hours! Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:40 am | |
| They are doing a visual survey of the tiles looking for any damage. My question is what do they do if they find tiles missing? Do they get the crazy glue out and stick new ones on?  | |
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DIVERDOWN
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| | Subject: Re: in 4 hours! Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:46 am | |
| about that white glowing cloud LOTS of talk What caused that cloud to glow so bright last night? http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/news/weather/hurricane/blog/2009/03/did_you_see_that_glowing_cloud.htmlwhat I seen with my own eyes that cloud was glowing the picture says nothing it was glowing white! the trail you see in the back had an orange tint to it from the sun set what was left this white cloud hung there for a while even after the sun set was almost gone there was no tint of orange or yellow it was pure white im not joking when I say that thing was glowing! my daughter swears she seen something fly out of it I didnt see that but she claims something did.. btw the shuttle area is about 4 hours from me but this is so big we could see it from our drive way mind blowing event I say... I have seen a few since I have lived here and I have seen nothing like this cloud.. | |
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DIVERDOWN
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| | Subject: Re: in 4 hours! Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:55 am | |
| more about thishttp://spaceweather.com/swpod2009/16mar09/Adam-Bojanowski4.wmv?PHPSESSID=pfrmaneeks58hjruqq3kobb596http://spaceweather.com/DOUBLE FLYBY ALERT: Space shuttle Discovery is chasing the ISS around Earth, and the two spacecraft are poised to fly over many North American and European towns and cities tonight. Check the Simple Satellite Tracker to see if you are one of the lucky sky watchers favored with a "double flyby." SHUTTLE LAUNCH: Space shuttle Discovery left Earth on Sunday, March 15th, at 7:43 pm EDT in a beautiful twilight launch from Kennedy Space Center. The orbiter is now en route to the International Space Station where Commander Lee Archambault and crew will deliver and install the outpost's final set of solar arrays. NASA Launch Director Mike Leinbach said the countdown was smooth and the launch itself "was the most visually beautiful I've ever seen -- it was just spectacular." Shortly after the shuttle took off, an electric-blue cloud appeared among the plumes of exhaust. Photographer Adam Bojanowski of Titusville, Florida, recorded the formation:  "I compiled the pictures I took into a time lapse movie," says Bojanowski. "The blue cloud appears to grow where the shuttle main engines passed through a particular layer of atmosphere. The cloud grew in coverage and changed from bright white to electric blue as it expanded." The cloud is probably made of ice crystals frozen from the watery exhaust of the shuttle's main engines. Very tiny crystals catching the rays of the setting sun would preferentially scatter blue light, accounting for the cloud's distinctive color. This is called Rayleigh scattering--the same type of scattering that turns the daytime sky blue. | |
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nogroz
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| | Subject: Re: in 4 hours! Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:02 am | |
| - micjer wrote:
- They are doing a visual survey of the tiles looking for any damage. My question is what do they do if they find tiles missing?
Call the Russians to send a Progress ship to get them home  | |
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nogroz
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| | Subject: Re: in 4 hours! Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:04 am | |
| - DIVERDOWN wrote:
- about that white glowing cloud
What caused that cloud to glow so bright last night? As the Shuttle climbs into orbit, the higher clouds catch the sunlight. While it may be dark on the Earth below... the Shuttle can be in full sunlight. Oopsy see you got that in the next posty my bad Also look up Noctilucent clouds... they glow electric blue as well | |
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New World Orphan
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| | Subject: Re: in 4 hours! Tue Mar 17, 2009 8:42 am | |
| I watched the launch on TV. The take-off was cool but the space footage was weak. I wish they would set up better filming once in space, but of course they cant!
-You will Believe- | |
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DIVERDOWN
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| | Subject: Re: in 4 hours! Tue Mar 17, 2009 10:58 am | |
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nogroz
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| | Subject: Re: in 4 hours! Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:05 am | |
| - New World Orphan wrote:
- I wish they would set up better filming once in space, but of course they cant!
They can and do... just you don't get to see it  Most of those NASA ufo clips like STS 75 and STS 80 were intercepted by a private satellite receiver owned my Martyn Stubbs in Canada. There was quite a court battle over that as to ownership of those clips... that was even cobvered on Rense.com | |
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DIVERDOWN
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| | Subject: Re: in 4 hours! Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:15 pm | |
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