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Tone2TheBone
October 23rd, 2007, 09:31 AM
Tim, Spud, Warren et. al. Watching it live right now.
Brian Krashpad
October 23rd, 2007, 10:51 AM
Glad to see it went well!

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/170421main_120-launch-2.jpg

Godspeed, Discovery!
Brian Krashpad
October 23rd, 2007, 10:55 AM
Oh, and the two ladies are pretty hot too!

http://d21c.com/sookietex/space_astronauts.jpg

Btw-- I'm just kidding. These are respected scientists doing a job most could only dream about!
Tone2TheBone
October 23rd, 2007, 11:05 AM
Flight into orbit was a success. What an amazing journey man I would love to be able to experience that. Only takes 9 minutes to get into Earth's orbit...crazy. ISS and Shuttle will be flying over my house tonight at 6:53PM and 7:05PM flying from NNW to SSE. I'll be watching the night skies for that. Forgot you were in FL Brian.
Brian Krashpad
October 24th, 2007, 06:14 AM
Flight into orbit was a success. What an amazing journey man I would love to be able to experience that. Only takes 9 minutes to get into Earth's orbit...crazy. ISS and Shuttle will be flying over my house tonight at 6:53PM and 7:05PM flying from NNW to SSE. I'll be watching the night skies for that. Forgot you were in FL Brian.

Yeah, the Orlando/Daytona TV channel always has coverage, but I tend to forget and more often watch local (Gainesville) news. I've lived here since the 70's but only got down to KSC for the first time a couple years ago, with my son's Cub Scout troop. We got to stay in the Visitor's Center overnight and sleep under the Saturn V. I highly recommend a visit to KSC for anyone interested in that sort of thing. Also, you can pull some G's in a centrifuge just down the road at the Astronaut Hall of Fame.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/48/115853672_a469580c46.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/34/115852155_4b84708aec.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/45/115852156_5b83e44372.jpg
Tone2TheBone
October 24th, 2007, 08:21 AM
Tremendous fotos Brian thanks for posting those. I've yet to get to FL but if I do I'm so there (KSC).
Brian Krashpad
October 24th, 2007, 09:23 AM
Tremendous fotos Brian thanks for posting those. I've yet to get to FL but if I do I'm so there (KSC).

It's really cool. Pictures don't do justice to the really massive buildings (like the Vehicle Assembly Building) and launch pads.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/52/115852158_1965bb4c5f.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/36/115852159_d9593c6db9.jpg

They also have some kind of attraction thingy where they simulate a launch where you're in the control blockhouse and when they get down to zero the whole place kind of rumbles. And a mockup of the space shuttle Explorer, so you can see how big it is, and the cargo bay and cabin. And IMAX movies. All kinds of cool stuff.