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Space Shuttle Endeavour Launch Live Thread (05/16/11 8:56 EDT)
05/15/11 | Kevin Davis

Posted on 05/15/2011 4:46:27 PM PDT by KevinDavis

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To: Viiksitimali

Thanks so much, Viiksitimali!! I was able to watch the launch because of you! :~)


81 posted on 05/16/2011 6:18:05 AM PDT by My hearts in London - Everett (You will try to nudge commies toward the truth, while they try to nudge you toward the cattle cars.)
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To: DCBryan1

At least they’ll know better than to search for a bucket of prop wash.


82 posted on 05/16/2011 6:20:06 AM PDT by Gondring (Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
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To: sternup

That sucker burned real good.


83 posted on 05/16/2011 6:21:09 AM PDT by raygun
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To: Gondring

Well, unfortunately, there was too much cloud cover to see it from Lakeland. Bummer....


84 posted on 05/16/2011 6:25:46 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (I miss President Bush greatly! Palin in 2012! 2012 - The End Of An Error! (Oathkeeper))
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To: raygun

Great punch right into that cloud cover.


85 posted on 05/16/2011 6:26:55 AM PDT by Gondring (Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
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To: Guenevere

LOL! I could care less if she’s there or not...this is about what we used to believe in with all our hearts...The American Spirit. It’s still there- but not as vibrant and visible across the nation as it was.

Godspeed Endeavour!


86 posted on 05/16/2011 6:28:28 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: Bushbacker1

Sorry to hear that.

I hope I’m able to get to see the last launch.


87 posted on 05/16/2011 6:31:09 AM PDT by Gondring (Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
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To: Bushbacker1; All
Ormond Beach here. It was hard looking into the sun, but Endeavour looked great!!


88 posted on 05/16/2011 6:31:19 AM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: Guenevere

Same here! First one I’ve not seen :( After the clouds cleared a little bit I caught a glimpse of the trail- barely. Of course I’m further inland- Seminole County.


89 posted on 05/16/2011 6:32:52 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: Gondring

I be thinkin' that's the shadow of the contral cast upon the cloud.

90 posted on 05/16/2011 6:39:31 AM PDT by raygun
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Oh, my bad. That’s 15 minutes prior to the launch. So no contrail shadow there. That’s just a break in the cloud deck.


91 posted on 05/16/2011 6:42:42 AM PDT by raygun
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To: SE Mom

Great to know it was a smooth launch. We hoped to see it from the golf course, but there was dense cloud cover at launch time.


92 posted on 05/16/2011 7:37:44 AM PDT by NautiNurse (ObamaCare uses Bernie Madoff theory of economics)
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93 posted on 05/16/2011 7:42:02 AM PDT by mcmuffin ("Wanting your country back is not the same thing as working to take it back." JB Williams, Patriot U)
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To: seekthetruth

Ping 93...


94 posted on 05/16/2011 7:46:57 AM PDT by mcmuffin ("Wanting your country back is not the same thing as working to take it back." JB Williams, Patriot U)
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To: Gondring; sternup

According to the after-action report going on right now, they were right at the cloud thickness threshold, i.e. 500’. A previous mission got scrubbed because of a 600’ deck.


95 posted on 05/16/2011 7:58:00 AM PDT by raygun
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To: mcmuffin

Beautiful!...Thanks mcmuffin!!


96 posted on 05/16/2011 8:20:56 AM PDT by Guenevere (....)
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To: Drill Thrawl
And so ends 50 years of US human space flight. For the next 10 years we will have 0 launch capability.
NASA may not have a human rated craft until 2020, but America will have one sooner, and at a better cost than what anyone else can offer.
http://www.spacex.com/updates.php

97 posted on 05/16/2011 9:04:06 AM PDT by jmcenanly ( "We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him." -Samuel)
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To: raygun

98 posted on 05/16/2011 10:46:29 AM PDT by sternup
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To: sternup

Wow! That’s cool as all get out.


99 posted on 05/16/2011 11:36:11 AM PDT by raygun
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To: mcmuffin; KevinDavis; SE Mom

Wow. Thank you.
Was glad to wake up to the good news this morning.
God speed Endeavour, indeed.


100 posted on 05/16/2011 12:06:23 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (Remember, Reflect, Renew: 2011, 10 years since 9/11. Never Forget.)
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