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Three men ready to fly their Soyuz capsule to space (launch 23:14 EST)
SpaceflightNow ^
| 11-13-2011
| SpaceFlightNow
Posted on 11/13/2011 8:15:05 PM PST by NonValueAdded
After exhaustive work to recover from a dramatic August launch failure, a Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut was poised for blastoff late Sunday on a delayed flight to the International Space Station, the program's first manned launching since the U.S. shuttle was retired.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: hitchhikers; launch; nasa; obama; obamalegacy; russian; soyuz; space
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To: KevinDavis
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posted on
11/13/2011 8:15:37 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(At 4 AM, it is a test; at 2 PM, it is a demonstration)
To: NonValueAdded
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posted on
11/13/2011 8:17:09 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(At 4 AM, it is a test; at 2 PM, it is a demonstration)
To: NonValueAdded
is that snow???
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posted on
11/13/2011 8:18:03 PM PST
by
Chode
(American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: Chode
Looks like it ... mama mia!
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posted on
11/13/2011 8:18:42 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(At 4 AM, it is a test; at 2 PM, it is a demonstration)
To: NonValueAdded
How depressing that our astronauts have to hitch a ride with the Russians.
To: Chode
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posted on
11/13/2011 8:20:14 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(At 4 AM, it is a test; at 2 PM, it is a demonstration)
To: NonValueAdded
A$$ gas or cash Amerikanski—nobody rides for free.
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posted on
11/13/2011 8:20:44 PM PST
by
Happy Rain
( "Many of the most useful idiots of the Left are on the Right.")
To: NonValueAdded
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posted on
11/13/2011 8:21:38 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(At 4 AM, it is a test; at 2 PM, it is a demonstration)
To: NonValueAdded
booster jettison, all parameters nominal
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posted on
11/13/2011 8:23:48 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(At 4 AM, it is a test; at 2 PM, it is a demonstration)
To: NonValueAdded
Space flight is cool. Even with an old Soyuz.
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posted on
11/13/2011 8:25:40 PM PST
by
Dagnabitt
(Perry! Our First Special Needs President!)
To: NonValueAdded
Those rockets look the same as they did 30+ years ago.
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posted on
11/13/2011 8:25:57 PM PST
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open ( <o> ---)
To: Dagnabitt
3rd stage activated ... interesting view out their window.
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posted on
11/13/2011 8:26:22 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(At 4 AM, it is a test; at 2 PM, it is a demonstration)
To: Montanabound
It is depressing, but the Ruskis have a good record of safe launches, for pretty cheap, all things considered.
We could do that here, without interference from those that are here to protect us. And fleece us.
/johnny
To: NonValueAdded
OMG it is snowing!Like it never snows on there. Is winter, tovarich. Rockets must launch. Engineer stupid cold weather into design.
And they do a darn good job of it.
/johnny
To: JRandomFreeper
3rd stage sep ... crew has reached orbit
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posted on
11/13/2011 8:30:31 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(At 4 AM, it is a test; at 2 PM, it is a demonstration)
To: JRandomFreeper
da, makes sense. Just so strange to see after all the launch weather angst here in Florida each flight
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posted on
11/13/2011 8:32:42 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(At 4 AM, it is a test; at 2 PM, it is a demonstration)
To: JRandomFreeper
launch temp 24 degrees (assume F as it was the Americanski reporter)
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posted on
11/13/2011 8:34:03 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(At 4 AM, it is a test; at 2 PM, it is a demonstration)
To: smokingfrog
Those rockets look the same as they did 30+ years ago.That's funny. Our premier heavy sub-sonic bomber (B-52) looks the same as it did 50 years ago (plus/minus some bumps and humps).
When you figure out the correct engineering solution, stick with it.
I hate that it's not us, but cudo's to the engineers that did it.
/johnny
To: NonValueAdded
da...
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posted on
11/13/2011 8:37:15 PM PST
by
Chode
(American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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