Shuttle launch

[Phat Matt]

It looks like they are going to go ahead with a night launch. Put it on the NASA channel if you want to see and hear everything.

[RitcheyRch]

Awesome

[Rexone]

http://www.nbc4.tv/videostream/9139590/detail.html

[Phat Matt]

They are at t-minus 5 minutes and holding. I think they have 2 minutes left in the window. :(

[Phat Matt]

Bummer. The exceeded the launch window.

[SnoopJonnyJon]

"Scrubbed"

[Rexone]

Scrubbed, bummer.
Better safe than sorry though.

[blown dough]

The plane that carries the shuttel has been doing touch and go's for the last few days out by our house.

[Blacksheep]

Looks like they are a go for tonight...If you have HD, check out the launch on the HD channel that is pretty sweet!!!

[Wet Dream]

What time?

[JB in so cal]

What time?
NASA Moving Forward With Preparations For Launch
Sat, 09 Dec '06
NASA is moving ahead with launch preparations. The launch team has begun filling the shuttle's external tank with fuel.
Forecasts for the evening have improved slightly, but NASA still says the weather will be the final determinant.
NASA has a set of very specific launch weather criteria regarding wind speeds, clouds, temperature and precipitation. For tonight's launch the problem appears to be the possibility of clouds and precipitation.
Current forecasts call for a 5000 foot ceiling with a 30% chance of showers.
The other weather issue is winds at the shuttle's emergency landing site. The current forecast has those winds across the runway. NASA says if the crosswinds exceed limits it will scrub the launch.
NASA is likely to be very careful about all launch and emergency criteria for tonight's scheduled 20:47 EST launch. This is the first night launch in four years for the space agency, and engineers will want everything to be nominal before giving the go

[Wet Dream]

Thanks JB. I checked the news sites after I posted that and they didn't have anything about it other than the weather was best on Tuesday. The kids will like this if it launches tonight.

[Havasu_Dreamin]

T-minus less than 3 minutes....

[Baja Big Dog]

To Quote the fmous Ted Nygent "YOU WONT SEE THIS IN FRANCE"

[Baja Big Dog]

Fricken Awaummmmmmmm

[Baja Big Dog]

5000 miles an hour, you think thats on the dash or on GPS?

[Wet Dream]

Coooooool

[shockwaveharry]

Coolest part was the video from the main tank mounted camera as it seperated from the Shuttle. They were doing something like 14,000 mph... GPS! :D

[Jim W]

I read somewhere..........part of the payload was a treadmill and a plane.
Something about some super-secret testing........
Be good, Jim

[Phat Matt]

We missed it. Guess we need another drink . :)