shuttle launch Thursday Dec. 7

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 7:14 am

Shuttle Discovery's mission will be power trip for station ........it will be a night launch, a sight rare and stunning! i can't wait! if you have cable i hope you see coverage. the last night launch i attended left me awestruck, the sky lit up like a thousand suns and the earth shook!

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 11:29 am

rats! florida is supposed to freeze over tonight, so launch may be scrubbed.

JacksDad · Post by **JacksDad** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 4:25 pm

No Freeze here in Melbourne, 1/2 hr away from NASA.

SO far.. Launch is a go!

Kathy Winters, launch weather officer, has given Launch Director Mike Leinbach the latest weather briefing. The winds have "gone red" -- out of limits -- but, in her words, they are only "bumping the constraint." Winters believes it is still possible that the weather could be clear enough to allow the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery later this evening.

A cold front moving through the Central Florida area is producing a lingering blanket of clouds, gusting winds and isolated light rain. The team will press on with the countdown for now, in case the weather cooperates after all.

Space Shuttle Discovery continues to function normally and is ready for launch, currently scheduled for 9:35 p.m. EST.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:36 pm

10 minutes hold on it right now...................

JacksDad · Post by **JacksDad** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:54 pm

Oh well.

At least I had a nice walk to the river.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:59 pm

it happens so often...people gather and wait all day. but of course the safety of the crew comes first. i think they get frustrated also when this happens. i hope they get a "go" again soon.

JacksDad · Post by **JacksDad** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 5:51 pm

7:42 p.m. - T-20 minutes and counting. There is only one hold remaining, at the T-9 minute mark.

Off to the Banana River again.

This one looks like a go.

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 5:53 pm

:-6 Did it Launch..

JacksDad · Post by **JacksDad** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 6:01 pm

Not yet, hon.

We have another 40 minutes or so.

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 6:02 pm

WHOOPS !!! I was in the shower haven't turned the TV on all day..

JacksDad · Post by **JacksDad** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 6:06 pm

's ok

That's why I'm here.

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 6:22 pm

What a great shot ..

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 6:36 pm

Go JacksDad!

JacksDad · Post by **JacksDad** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 7:23 pm

An orange and blue light emerges from behind the trees. It's huge. If you didn't know what it was you would be scared for your life.

There was so much power it almost seemed to struggle to get higher into the sky.

You could see the shape of the shuttle itself. The wings, the nose, but not the tail. That was just the orange fireball, forcing it upwards.

95% of the people at the river left after the STS flames began to fade.

I guess CSI is more important.

I stayed as the ship turned into what looked like a plane in the night sky.

White lights like you'd see on a 747 flying by at night.

Then she dropped her rockets.

I could see one falling into the ocean, red with heat.

I looked up and saw her fade into the heavens.

GodSpeed, ladies and gentlemen.

And ThankYou.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 7:25 pm

Oh, it was glorious to watch!

You must have been so proud to be standing there, watching her take flight!

Best wishes for our men and women on their journey into space.

:-4

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 7:26 pm

i saw it too...Godspeed.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 3:43 am