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Easy 6

10-26-2009 10:44 PM

Its great & all, a next-gen chemically propelled workhorse...IMO we have better stuff on a smaller scale.

redsurfer11

10-27-2009 04:20 AM

I'll step outside to watch it this morning.

007	10-27-2009 04:49 AM

Link to the video coverage

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

Pioli Zombie

10-27-2009 06:21 AM

You're gonna put your eye out with that thing.
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Donger

10-27-2009 07:22 AM

Heh. Nasa: "Yeah, we've got this piece of string at the top of the rocket that's stuck. We're gonna yank on it until it breaks."

Silock

10-27-2009 07:23 AM

1 minute til launch.

Donger

10-27-2009 07:26 AM

Yahoo!

Silock

10-27-2009 07:27 AM

Or not... 8:44 CST now.

Donger

10-27-2009 07:36 AM

Range fouled. Cargo ship. 90 minutes delay. Damn, I'm going to miss it.

morphius

10-27-2009 07:38 AM

Quote:

The skyscraping Ares I-X rocket stands 143 feet (44 meters) taller than NASA's space shuttles. It is the tallest rocket to emerge from the Vehicle Assembly Building since the massive 363-foot (110-meter) Saturn V rocket used to launch Apollo astronauts to the moon in the 1960s and 1970s.

The Saturn V holds the record for the tallest, most powerful rocket in history, but Ares I-X is the tallest to fly today. For comparison, NASA's space shuttles stand about 184 feet (56 meters) tall in launch position.

This part is hurting my head. So the 143 feet tall Ares is much taller than the 184 feet tall space shuttle... No wonder we keep crashing into planets...

Donger

10-27-2009 07:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by morphius (Post 6211340)

This part is hurting my head. So the 143 feet tall Ares is much taller than the 184 feet tall space shuttle... No wonder we keep crashing into planets...

:spock:

Alton deFlat

10-27-2009 07:45 AM

Launch is now set for 8:49 CDT.

Donger

10-27-2009 07:48 AM

Cut-off.

Alton deFlat

10-27-2009 07:52 AM

On hold again because of the weather.

Groves

10-27-2009 08:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by morphius (Post 6211340)

This part is hurting my head. So the 143 feet tall Ares is much taller than the 184 feet tall space shuttle... No wonder we keep crashing into planets...

Comprehension Fail.

Penz, can we get a graphic to help this guy?

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