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Space Shuttle Discovery Launch Live Thread (1:36 AM EDT 08/25/09)
08/24/09 | Kevin Davis

Posted on 08/24/2009 5:19:47 PM PDT by KevinDavis

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To: TomGuy

Thanks for the active radar TomGuy.

KD has signed off. Gone to bed.


81 posted on 08/24/2009 9:23:27 PM PDT by JerseyJohn61 (Better Late Than Never.......sometimes over lapping is worth the effort....)
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To: hoagy62
Thanks for the answers to my questions hoagy62.

Here's hoping the launch is a go.

82 posted on 08/24/2009 9:24:34 PM PDT by Pajamajan ( Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you have. Ask His forgiveness. Don't wait.)
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To: JerseyJohn61

I keep checkin in


83 posted on 08/24/2009 9:24:57 PM PDT by advertising guy (Consumer Of Confiscated Liquers Czar)
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To: hoagy62

If you wouldn’t mind another question: How much time do they need for the weather to be clear so they can launch?


84 posted on 08/24/2009 9:28:25 PM PDT by Pajamajan ( Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you have. Ask His forgiveness. Don't wait.)
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To: KevinDavis
We can always load a Brazilian oil company money to drill off their coast. Oh, shit never mind, Obama-idiot already did that. NEVER MIND
85 posted on 08/24/2009 9:34:31 PM PDT by antiunion person (PALIN for PRESIDENT 2012)
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To: advertising guy

Keep Checkin’ in, AG

At this point, misery might enjoy some company. (wink)


86 posted on 08/24/2009 9:36:04 PM PDT by JerseyJohn61 (Better Late Than Never.......sometimes over lapping is worth the effort....)
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To: JerseyJohn61

I’m in Phoenix so fortunately it’s only 9:40 here


87 posted on 08/24/2009 9:40:39 PM PDT by advertising guy (Consumer Of Confiscated Liquers Czar)
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To: Pajamajan

I believe for lightning, it has to be continuously clear for at least 15 minutes without a danger of going back into “RED”, although it might be 30 minutes.

The fact that they’re still going through the countdown is just academic. Practice, practice, practice.

Anvil clouds, cumulus clouds, field mills, and flight through rain are currently RED. It isn’t just lightning they’re dealing with. Since Challenger, they take NO chances.


88 posted on 08/24/2009 9:42:20 PM PDT by hoagy62 (Obama: slowly sucking the positive attitude out of the US since 11-4-08)
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To: londonfog

STFU putz


89 posted on 08/24/2009 9:45:55 PM PDT by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: hoagy62

Oh, and field mills are equipment that determine the strength of an electrical field in an area. If the conditions are RED, that means the electrical fields in the area are condusive to possible lightning strikes.


90 posted on 08/24/2009 9:47:47 PM PDT by hoagy62 (Obama: slowly sucking the positive attitude out of the US since 11-4-08)
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To: advertising guy
I'm doing the “evening shift” this week.

Was/Am, still hoping here.

Also would have a shot on the balcony, of catching a visual
before the main engines cut-off.

91 posted on 08/24/2009 9:49:34 PM PDT by JerseyJohn61 (Better Late Than Never.......sometimes over lapping is worth the effort....)
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To: JerseyJohn61

A NEW violation just announced...weather ceiling rules are now RED.

If you’re waiting for official word, I wouldn’t bother. The Shuttle is NOT flying tonight. Count on it.


92 posted on 08/24/2009 9:51:52 PM PDT by hoagy62 (Obama: slowly sucking the positive attitude out of the US since 11-4-08)
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To: hoagy62

Thanks again for answering my questions. Doesn’t look good for a launch right now. Darn.


93 posted on 08/24/2009 9:52:47 PM PDT by Pajamajan ( Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you have. Ask His forgiveness. Don't wait.)
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To: A.A. Cunningham
LondonHog has not been heard from in awhile.

Let sleeping hogs lay/lie.

JJ61

94 posted on 08/24/2009 9:52:53 PM PDT by JerseyJohn61 (Better Late Than Never.......sometimes over lapping is worth the effort....)
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To: hoagy62

COPY H61


95 posted on 08/24/2009 9:54:21 PM PDT by JerseyJohn61 (Better Late Than Never.......sometimes over lapping is worth the effort....)
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To: JerseyJohn61

Doesn’t look good for launch,
too much red.

I’m calling it a night, will check in
in an hour or so when I wake up.

sleep apnia, only sleep for hour or two at
a time till six am, then sleep good till nine
or ten. Wierd I know.

God Speed Discovery.


96 posted on 08/24/2009 9:55:15 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Pajamajan

My pleasure.


97 posted on 08/24/2009 9:55:25 PM PDT by hoagy62 (Obama: slowly sucking the positive attitude out of the US since 11-4-08)
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To: tet68

not weird and not unknown. Ben Franklin had similar
and created a math solution....he used it til he died at 86


98 posted on 08/24/2009 9:59:10 PM PDT by advertising guy (Consumer Of Confiscated Liquers Czar)
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To: JerseyJohn61

What’s this?

Weather officer says the weather is trending BETTER. Just a matter of time to see if the weather gets better in time to launch.

If so, make my crow deep fried.


99 posted on 08/24/2009 10:01:17 PM PDT by hoagy62 (Obama: slowly sucking the positive attitude out of the US since 11-4-08)
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To: tet68

Wow.

Hope you get some decent sleep TET.

Maybe talk soon; I’ll be up for awhile.


100 posted on 08/24/2009 10:03:40 PM PDT by JerseyJohn61 (Better Late Than Never.......sometimes over lapping is worth the effort....)
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