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12-07-2006, 08:06 PM
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Shuttle Launch Tonight
I heard that the trajectory of the Shuttle launch tonight at 9:35pm may make it visible along most of the east coast!
Anyone know anything about this?
-spence
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12-07-2006, 08:48 PM
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I know there is at least 4 computers on the shuttle and each one is about equivalent to a 8088 I think? That's the predecessor to a 286 
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12-07-2006, 08:51 PM
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Yes, very old...
I think there's like 7 levels of redundancy.
-spence
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12-07-2006, 08:57 PM
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Looks like the launch is a go. From 9:35 for perhaps 5 min watch the southern sky if it's clear...
-spence
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12-07-2006, 11:17 PM
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They just cancelled for tonight and probably for tomorrow
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I'm going where I'm going... 
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12-08-2006, 11:11 AM
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Satellite Launch
If you guys are dying to see a launch tonight, we have a geo going up from Kourou, French Guiana around 5:30 tonight. I think you can see it on the launch company's webcast/site (below). The actual feed isn't up yet, but there's some interesting stuff on there now about satellite launches.
I won an all expense paid trip in a contest last year and my family and I had the opportunity hang out and party with the bigs, tour Cape Canaveral/Kennedy Space Center and watch the launch of another satellite from the balcony of the building that was the command center for the Apollo missions. While a launch itself is fairly short, it is an awesome experience. I would really like to see a shuttle take off.
http://www.videocorner.tv/videocorner/live/frameset.php?flight=176&flight_vod=175&langue=en&r ub=live
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12-08-2006, 11:18 AM
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wishin' i was fishin'
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12-09-2006, 12:08 PM
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tonite 8:47pm liftoff
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12-09-2006, 12:14 PM
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What direction should you be viewing?
UP 
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12-09-2006, 12:18 PM
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Should have good skies all weekend up here.
-spence
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12-09-2006, 09:01 PM
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I was looking outside, after watching launch on CNN. Can't confirm that I saw it, though I did see a yellow light moving horizontally across horizon south to east...
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12-09-2006, 12:17 PM
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well based on the map they show for areas of view it look like south
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