[KevinDavis]

[wastedyears]

We should try FReeping a launch.

If we’re all still around...

[bikerman]

I believe urine is 99.8% water and .02% unused minerals and from a healthy person their is no bacteria in urine so if it comes to dying of thirst or drinking urine I would drink the urine.I don't know about having it warm though.

[Joiseydude]

The landing at 2:54 pm est has been delayed or even canceled due to high crosswinds.

[FTL]

Technically, they separate out pure H2O and are drinking pure water. Just recycling it. Same principal as waste treatment plants on Terra Firma can process until at the end of the line you can open a tap and drink pure water. Reverse Pissmosis, if you will...

[Carl LaFong]

Isn’t the space shuttle eligible for antique auto plates?

[ETL]

I saw the pair the other night from New York's Central Park. I hadn't known at the time that the Shuttle had recently undocked from the International Space Station and was only expecting to see the ISS. But as soon as I saw TWO satellite-like objects moving together on the same path, I immediately knew the leading, less bright one was the Shuttle. The reason it was in front of the brighter/larger ISS is that it was dropping to lower and lower altitudes and therefore speeding up due to gravitational acceleration. In fact, if it weren't for the 'braking' effect of Earth's atmosphere, the spacecraft would continue to speed up as it spiraled in towards the surface for a landing. Incredible sight. Prior to their appearance I had assembled a small group of park goers in anticipation. Wonderful bonus seeing the Shuttle in addition to the ISS. The group was amazed at what they saw. Most had no idea these objects could be seen from the ground, no less from the middle of Manhattan!

And if that weren't enough, I also pointed out the two spectacularly bright objects hanging in the south west portion of the sky (just after sunset). They were/are Venus and Jupiter. Venus, by far the brighter of the two, is nearly directly below Jupiter at this time. But as the days and weeks past, Venus will move off more and more to the left of Jupiter.

[mcmuffin]

Tornado watch for surrounding counties of the SLF. (Doubtful KSC landing, IMO.)

[Old Student]

“I do have mix feelings about drinking urine..”

Why? You’ve been doing it for your whole life. Think “Spaceship Earth.” ;)

[Bender2]

Whatever you do, my dear Kevin... do not knock drinking your own urine. It kept me a babe magnet for better than forty years!

[timestax]

[RightWhale]

The word LIVE should appear in the headline and the thread should be in Breaking News.

[BlueStateBlues]

Is the next flight the Hubble repair mission?

[Riley]

Just since we have most of the space folks all in one place here- here’s something cool that I found on the net. It isn’t a shooter, it isn’t a ‘space wars’ kind of thing, and it isn’t easy to learn- but it is an excellent freebie. Be sure to also get the free sound package for it:

Orbiter- Free speceflight simulator.
http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/

I am working on buying a house at the moment. When I have managed that and settled in- my goal with this thing is to take a Shuttle from the pad to a successful docking with the ISS. I haven’t managed it yet.