Space Shuttle Launch at 21:50

[clippedgull]

http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=1368163 for a stream

or news channels on the BBC or SKY


God Speed Discovery

 

[Horsham Gull]

or here also : http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

 

[Rowdey]

Beaten to it by HG..

 

[clippedgull]

Safety Range Computer malfunction Holding at t-5 minutes

 

[clippedgull]

Now resuming countdown!

 

[Rowdey]

As enthralling as Concorde for me - awesome machine doing 6200mph vertically..

 

[Dr Q]

That was amazing. Never seen footage of the pre-launch moving of the thrusters and rudders, makes it al much clearer how things work now. Shame only two more launches planned (I think) for this machine.

 

[Lord Bamber]

As enthralling as Concorde for me - awesome machine doing 6200mph vertically..

Awesome. Never knew it was that fast.

 

[clippedgull]

Launch Video

just after 4:40 into the video a slab of ice hits the shuttles underbelly..probably no severe damage but will be checked out on orbit.

 

[Rowdey]

That was amazing. Never seen footage of the pre-launch moving of the thrusters and rudders, makes it al much clearer how things work now. Shame only two more launches planned (I think) for this machine.

They said it was Discovery's last one..

Awesome. Never knew it was that fast.

Was doing over 12,000mph about 3 mins later.. That's some acceleration..!

 

[Marc]

Watched it last night, great viewing. Shame the yanks have fallen back on their space program, if they kept it going we would've had a man on mars by now.

 

[SpidersLegs]

Saw a launch when I was in Florida a few years back. Awesome sight & sound!

 

[Chicken Run]

They said it was Discovery's last one..



Was doing over 12,000mph about 3 mins later.. That's some acceleration..!

It was, they have other Shuttles, Atlantis and Endeaver I think.

They also use have two others Coloumbia and Challenger

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

Watched it last night, great viewing. Shame the yanks have fallen back on their space program, if they kept it going we would've had a man on mars by now.

The Russians will win this one. I heard earlier in the week a report onthe training programme. Cosmanoughts kepted in confined captivity after 9 months were set tasks for a couple of days before they return to their confined captivity until October - this is to mimic the experience of the 9 month journey to Mars,

Give it 5 years and they'll be there ....

 

[Marc]

The Russians will win this one. I heard earlier in the week a report onthe training programme. Cosmanoughts kepted in confined captivity after 9 months were set tasks for a couple of days before they return to their confined captivity until October - this is to mimic the experience of the 9 month journey to Mars,

Give it 5 years and they'll be there ....

yeah the BBC Technology website has updates of that Confined Mission, bloody hope it happens in my lifetime!

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

You might just get to see Discovery - check out http://www.n2yo.com/passes/?s=37371&tz=GMT+00:00.
Only takes 6 mins to pass over - thats faster than Lualua [just]

 

[tedebear]

INCOMING!

 

[tedebear]

Sneezed and missed it....Why was it an invisible pass (except for the obvious cloud cover)?

 

[Marc]

I love this pic of the ISS and Solar Eclipse all at once:

 

[tedebear]

Amazing!! Whats the dot between 5 and 6 o'clock?