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To: Jack Hydrazine

Thanks for the reminder.


28 posted on 12/03/2013 2:31:20 PM PST by Bullish (America should yank Obama like a rotten tooth before he poisons the entire body)
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To: Bullish

And I thank hoagy62 for the reminder. I almost forgot about it!


29 posted on 12/03/2013 2:32:21 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
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To: Bullish

2229 GMT (5:29 p.m. EST)
T-minus 12 minutes. The launch team has verified all consoles are go for liftoff at 5:39 p.m. EST (2239 GMT).

The sun has just set here at Cape Canaveral, and the Falcon 9 rocket is bathed in light as the terminal countdown autosequence is about to begin at the T-minus 10 minute mark.

2232 GMT (5:32 p.m. EST)
T-minus 9 minutes and counting. Prevalves leading to the Falcon 9’s Merlin 1D first stage engines are opening, permitting super-cold liquid oxygen to flow into the engines to condition the turbopumps for ignition.


30 posted on 12/03/2013 2:33:35 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
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