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redsurfer11
03-10-2009, 02:53 PM
spaceflightnow.com, check mission status report.
007
03-10-2009, 02:56 PM
People still care about these launches?
keg in kc
03-10-2009, 02:59 PM
That'll teach that dastardly donger.
icepick64
03-10-2009, 03:16 PM
Right here on the space coast, will have a nice view on the beach =)
seclark
03-10-2009, 03:18 PM
That'll teach that dastardly donger.

at least redsurfer didn't call us all troglodytes.
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redsurfer11
03-10-2009, 03:26 PM
Right here on the space coast, will have a nice view on the beach =)

I'll be there.
keg in kc
03-10-2009, 03:32 PM
at least redsurfer didn't call us all troglodytes.
secWhat's a trogolodyte? Is that like a lesbian with a penis?
Buzz
03-10-2009, 03:36 PM
What's a trogolodyte? Is that like a lesbian with a penis?

If I was ghey I would be a lesbian...
mikey23545
03-10-2009, 03:44 PM
I'll be there.

Me too.
MIAdragon
03-10-2009, 03:54 PM
I'll be there.

I may be as well.
007
03-10-2009, 04:20 PM
I'll be there.I almost had that opportunity back in 1991 but the darn launch got delayed an extra day and I had to fly back that day.
badgirl
03-10-2009, 05:10 PM
I just finished a book called "Higher calling" about Rick Husband the commander of Columbia, its a great book and I highly recommend reading it.
Rain Man
03-10-2009, 05:29 PM
I bet it got delayed because the pilot locked the keys in the shuttle and they have to call a locksmith.
redsurfer11
03-10-2009, 05:40 PM
I almost had that opportunity back in 1991 but the darn launch got delayed an extra day and I had to fly back that day.

Saw my last one in 1999, a daytime launch. Tomorrow will be a night launch. Only 6 Shuttle launches till they switch to the Ares. You are truly missing something if you have never seen it.
keg in kc
03-10-2009, 05:48 PM
I bet it got delayed because the pilot locked the keys in the shuttle and they have to call a locksmith.Just grab a rubber mallet and bang that sucker open.
MIAdragon
03-10-2009, 06:34 PM
Saw my last one in 1999, a daytime launch. Tomorrow will be a night launch. Only 6 Shuttle launches till they switch to the Ares. You are truly missing something if you have never seen it.

IIRC this is the last night launch. Where are you guys going to watch from?
Donger
03-11-2009, 07:41 AM
I give up. It was always 9:20pm EDT. Epic Donger Fail. I was taking the Eastern time and converting it to Mountain time.
mlyonsd
03-11-2009, 12:08 PM
Bump for the afternoon crowd.

It should be visible (weather permitting) all along the Eastern seaboard.
Donger
03-11-2009, 12:34 PM
Bump for the afternoon crowd.

It should be visible (weather permitting) all along the Eastern seaboard.

Just in time for the postponement.
Donger
03-11-2009, 01:01 PM
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Launch Scrubbed for Wednesday
Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:48:47 PM MDT

The STS-119 launch was scrubbed at 2:37 p.m. EDT due to a hydrogen leak in a Liquid Hydrogen vent line between the shuttle and the external tank. The launch team is currently beginning the process of draining the external fuel tank. We'll turn around for launch attempt tomorrow at 8:54 p.m. EDT.
Otter
03-11-2009, 01:39 PM
What does the Chiefs post season and waiting for NASA to launch a spaceship have in common?
Donger
03-11-2009, 01:51 PM
What does the Chiefs post season and waiting for NASA to launch a spaceship have in common?

Months of boredom followed by a few minutes of sheer terror?
Rain Man
03-11-2009, 02:19 PM
What does the Chiefs post season and waiting for NASA to launch a spaceship have in common?

The last really important one happened when Nixon was a first-termer?
RustShack
03-11-2009, 02:33 PM
Its 7:20 somewhere.
redsurfer11
03-11-2009, 03:41 PM
IIRC this is the last night launch. Where are you guys going to watch from?

I'll go to RT 528 and watch it from across the river. My error from yesterday, there's 10 shuttle launches left till fall of 2010.
Skip Towne
03-11-2009, 04:38 PM
I give up. It was always 9:20pm EDT. Epic Donger Fail. I was taking the Eastern time and converting it to Mountain time.

Now who's the troglodyte?
007
03-11-2009, 05:29 PM
Saw my last one in 1999, a daytime launch. Tomorrow will be a night launch. Only 6 Shuttle launches till they switch to the Ares. You are truly missing something if you have never seen it.I wasn't aware they were making changes. It's about time.
Frazod
03-11-2009, 05:48 PM
The last really important one happened when Nixon was a first-termer?

This.

Sadly, the mismanagement of the Chiefs and the mismanagement of NASA over the past few decades is on par. At least the Chiefs didn't actually get their players killed.
keg in kc
03-11-2009, 05:49 PM
At least the Chiefs didn't actually get their players killed.I might say there were a few cases where that might have been an upgrade, but that would be tasteless.
Frazod
03-11-2009, 05:52 PM
I might say there were a few cases where that might have been an upgrade, but that would be tasteless.

I can think of worse things than McCleon and Sims dieing in an a fiery explosion.