Discovery Blasted Off Successfully

Xath · Jul 26, 2005

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8562942/

I just watched it on the NASA channel. Hooray for science!

Dagger75 · Jul 26, 2005

Too cloudy here today to see it from my home.

But supposed to be a night landing here in Florida when it is over. Those shuttle landings are loud, the sonic boom they cause has knocked stuff off my shelves and rattled the windows when it flies over.

Ankh-Morpork Guard · Jul 26, 2005

Dagger75 said:
Too cloudy here today to see it from my home.

But supposed to be a night landing here in Florida when it is over. Those shuttle landings are loud, the sonic boom they cause has knocked stuff off my shelves and rattled the windows when it flies over.

Yeah, I can usually hear it here in G'ville...though its been so long since I've lived here and a shuttle has landed in the state.

Great to know they finally got off.

sniffles · Jul 26, 2005

Yay!!

I wish I lived in Florida. I'd love to see it take off.

Ferret · Jul 26, 2005

Hoorah! And all that, but can someone remind me why it's being sent up?

Dagger75 · Jul 27, 2005

Ferret said:
Hoorah! And all that, but can someone remind me why it's being sent up?

The space station needs some stuff and they are testing some things to repair the shuttle.

Darrin Drader · Jul 27, 2005

Ankh-Morpork Guard said:
Great to know they finally got off.

Eric's grandma! Eric's grandma!

BrooklynKnight · Jul 27, 2005

Anyone hear the news bit how they cought stuff falling off teh shuttle and how they're using video to see if there is any damage?

Ranger REG · Jul 28, 2005

BrooklynKnight said:
Anyone hear the news bit how they cought stuff falling off teh shuttle and how they're using video to see if there is any damage?

Heard about it, and if you haven't already heard, NASA have made a decision to ground the space shuttle fleet.

Discovery have already docked with the ISS, and will make further inspection on the hull.

Just curious, but what is the shuttle's hull material?

Mr. T · Jul 30, 2005

I think the hull is made of somekind of carbon substance. When I was watching the launch on TV they kept refering to "carbon-carbon" in the hull. I think "carbon-carbon" is kind of redundant, don't you think?

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