STS 118 Endeavor launch set for Fri nite, Nov 14.
POSTED BY: AURaptor
UPDATED: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 06:31
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Time to cross fingers, toes, anything cross-able
that the weather doesn't let us down. News
tonight said there was a possibility a front
was going to come through and delay the launch.
bun
Frisky Browncoat
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AURaptor wrote:
Monday, November 03, 2008 15:28
Gonna try, again, to catch a shuttle launch. Tried twice, and am 0-2. Third time.......
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Did you catch it?
bun
Frisky Browncoat
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Originally posted by FloralBunny:
AURaptor wrote:
Monday, November 03, 2008 15:28
Gonna try, again, to catch a shuttle launch. Tried twice, and am 0-2. Third time.......
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Did you catch it?
bun
Frisky Browncoat
Pardon the delay, but heck yeah!! It was glorious! The full moon was rising after dark , and was a spectacular back drop to a perfect launch. Pics probably won't show much, but if they do, I'll be sure to post. ( kinda hard to take pics when your eyes are a bit watery )
There were 1000's of folks where i was, all parked and tailgating like some huge football game was about to commence. Met a older guy who had flown down from Seattle, and was gonna drive down to the NASCAR race , down in Homestead, on Sunday. It's so amazing, folks from all over , come to watch this amazing display of power over nature.
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Oh, yeah. I know about the watery eyes getting
in the way of the photography. Heh.
We'd all love to see those pics if they turn out
even halfway good.
Love the man who flew from Seattle!
Would that the stock market would go up many
hundreds of points all at once so we can
finance a few trips like that (plus 2009
Firefly Cruise!!1!) but not too sure wishing
will get us there. Needs to be ~14K Dow again...
bun
Frisky Browncoat
bastards impoverished my turtle
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Quote:
Originally posted by AURaptor:
Pardon the delay, but heck yeah!! It was glorious! The full moon was rising after dark , and was a spectacular back drop to a perfect launch. Pics probably won't show much, but if they do, I'll be sure to post. ( kinda hard to take pics when your eyes are a bit watery )
That's fantastic! I've always wanted to see a shuttle launch and I don't know if I'll get a chance before it's too late. I'm so glad you got to see it! Please post any of the pix that came out.
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Want to share this!
ISS is turning 10 years old (unbelieveable, hunh?) and boston globe put together a set of photos here:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/11/the_international_space_stati
o.html
They aren't in chronological order, so are a little confusing at first.
Many stunning images.
#23 has yellow exhaust
#29 is "Well, here I am" until you discover
it's really the equivalent of a Blue Sun coffee can rigged up specially.
#5 is going to be my wallpaper for a while -- every time I look at it I can hear the scrape and twang of a Firefly sound track. There is the ship, docked, and somewhere inside are Amnon and his post office, Jayne shopping for ammo, River and her ice-planet...try it for yourself.
bun
Frisky Browncoat
my food is problematic
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