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For the nerds...space shuttle scheduled to lift off tonight
Approx. 6:35pm CDT.
To the really really nerdy, here's a web site that tells you when you can watch the shuttle and space station fly over your head. There are a few times when you can watch them flying together. http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/ |
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"What was the last thing said on Challenger before she exploded?" "Let's let the women drive."
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Nerd update:
Space shuttle and ISS going over the midwest at about 8:12 and they are awesome to watch. Go to the link in my original post to find where to look in your area. |
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I'm guessing "up."
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That was bad ass. I think I saw both of them. One had flashing lights, the other one had a continuous light. If I was right, which one was which?
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Damn. tuned in 10 minutes too late.
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Maybe a plane happend on the same flight path at a slightly slower speed then. Heh. I wasn't mocking you. Who knows what the other one was.
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Sorry, just the nerd in me growing up through the Apollo flights and watchihg a guy step out on the moon for the first time. I skipped an entire day of college classes to watch the first shuttle flight. This kind of stuff still thrills me. Always looking past the horizon knowing the meaning of why I can think lies beyond the dump we call Earth. |
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Shuttle-Riding Bat Dies The Most Glorious Death Imaginable
By John Herrman, 8:40 AM on Wed Mar 18 2009 On a cool spring eve March 15th, 2009 a bat, crippled and wistful, clung to the Space Shuttle Discovery as it was thrust toward the great beyond. ![]() Goodbye and godspeed, my magnificent Spacebat. At some point during the countdown, Spacebat—a Free-Tailed Chiroptera—was spotted latched to the foam of the external fuel tank, occasionally moving but never letting go. Wildlife experts deduced that he had injured his wing and shoulder, leaving him with little chance of survival. He remained on the tank until launch. NASA's cold report? Quote:
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I'm so sorry to hear that man.
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