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Space Shuttle Atlantis Launch Live Thread Friday 7:38 PM EDT
06/07/2007 | Kevin Davis

Posted on 06/07/2007 6:37:21 PM PDT by KevinDavis

his is the official live thread for the Space Shuttle Atlantis.. The shuttle is suppose to launch at 7:38 PM EST.

Mission updates can be found at Space Shuttle Atlantis Launch Updates

If you can't view the launch on Cable or Satellite you can go to the Nasa site to view launch live.

AD ASTRA!!


TOPICS: Breaking News
KEYWORDS: nasa; shuttleatlantis; space
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To: Admin Moderator

All the mods are cool.

Check’s in the mail ;-}

Thanks!


121 posted on 06/08/2007 4:15:54 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... For want of a few good men, a once great nation was lost.)
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To: KevinDavis

what’s the scoop on TALS weather?


122 posted on 06/08/2007 4:16:10 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Fred Thompson in 2008 - there is no doubt about it! [GWB has jumped the duck, right into lameness])
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To: RightWhale

123 posted on 06/08/2007 4:16:27 PM PDT by glock rocks (Please pray every day for our Patriot Armed Forces fighting to protect our way of life.)
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To: NormsRevenge

It’s big. Actually not much smaller than the Saturn 5. The launch is very loud from several miles away.


124 posted on 06/08/2007 4:16:37 PM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the Treaty)
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To: NormsRevenge

4,525,471 pounds as she sits.


125 posted on 06/08/2007 4:17:35 PM PDT by glock rocks (Please pray every day for our Patriot Armed Forces fighting to protect our way of life.)
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To: NormsRevenge
You helping yourself to MY money?
126 posted on 06/08/2007 4:18:03 PM PDT by don-o (“I don`t expect politicians to solve anyone's problems.The world owes us nothing” Bob Dylan)
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To: don-o; NormsRevenge

Your money?? I said it first in post #102. My money.


127 posted on 06/08/2007 4:19:11 PM PDT by glock rocks (Please pray every day for our Patriot Armed Forces fighting to protect our way of life.)
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To: glock rocks

mi amero su amero. ;-)


128 posted on 06/08/2007 4:19:35 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... For want of a few good men, a once great nation was lost.)
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To: don-o

Ten minutes until countdown resumes.


129 posted on 06/08/2007 4:19:56 PM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the Treaty)
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To: RightWhale

Actually, Jim Banke was talking about that on our local radio station. The Saturn 5 stack was one third again as big as the shuttle. Also, the difference between thrust to weight was much closer on the Saturn 5 and therefore you physically experienced the sound for a much longer period than with the shuttle which books out of there like a greyhound in comparison.


130 posted on 06/08/2007 4:20:15 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Fred Thompson in 2008 - there is no doubt about it! [GWB has jumped the duck, right into lameness])
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To: NormsRevenge

131 posted on 06/08/2007 4:20:26 PM PDT by glock rocks (Please pray every day for our Patriot Armed Forces fighting to protect our way of life.)
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Nasa Launch Blog
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts117/launch/index_Launch-blog.html

7:03 p.m. - Istres, France, has been declared go as an emergency landing site — the fog issue has cleared. That means NASA remains on schedule for an on-time launch at 7:38.

6:54 p.m. - The Closeout Crew has left the launch pad. Along with emergency crews they will remain available until after liftoff.

6:50 p.m. - Weather at the Florida launch site remains go, but showers and winds at the shuttle’s two abort sites in France and Spain made those emergency landing sites unacceptable.

6:49 p.m. - The weather at the TAL sites has deteriorated and Mission Managers are working a solution.

6:43 p.m. - The countdown has entered a 40-minute hold at the T-9 minute point.

6:37 p.m. - The Closeout Crew has been given the go-ahead to leave the pad but will be available to return if there’s a launch scrub.

6:33 p.m. - The countdown has resumed at 20 minutes and counting. There are no technical issues and the weather forecast remains go for launch at 7:38 p.m.


132 posted on 06/08/2007 4:20:57 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... For want of a few good men, a once great nation was lost.)
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To: KevinDavis
I saw one on vacation in Florida 4 or 5 years ago. Awesome sight, noise, and vibration.


133 posted on 06/08/2007 4:21:03 PM PDT by doug from upland (Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
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To: glock rocks

4,525,471 pounds as she sits.

damn, How many Rosie’s is that? (just kidding)


134 posted on 06/08/2007 4:21:58 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... For want of a few good men, a once great nation was lost.)
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To: NormsRevenge

LOL metric rosies?


135 posted on 06/08/2007 4:22:52 PM PDT by glock rocks (Please pray every day for our Patriot Armed Forces fighting to protect our way of life.)
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To: NormsRevenge

15 min till GO!!!!!


136 posted on 06/08/2007 4:23:08 PM PDT by tricky_k_1972 (Putting on Tinfoil hat and heading for the bomb shelter.)
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To: KevinDavis

NVA is go


137 posted on 06/08/2007 4:23:47 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Fred Thompson in 2008 - there is no doubt about it! [GWB has jumped the duck, right into lameness])
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To: NonValueAdded

The Saturn 5 was very slow getting started. Must have been designed right at the weight limit where it wouldn’t even move until they burned off a few tons.


138 posted on 06/08/2007 4:24:11 PM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the Treaty)
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To: RightWhale

The Saturn 5 was very slow getting started. Must have been designed right at the weight limit where it wouldn’t even move until they burned off a few tons.

It definitely took a few seconds to clear the pad,, but it had great top end. ;-)


139 posted on 06/08/2007 4:25:28 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... For want of a few good men, a once great nation was lost.)
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To: RightWhale
Good to go, clear to launch.


140 posted on 06/08/2007 4:25:29 PM PDT by glock rocks (Please pray every day for our Patriot Armed Forces fighting to protect our way of life.)
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