Last Shuttle Launch - ever

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Weather permitting at 3.26 today, otherwise Sunday.
 
Just been watching aa piece about the "Program" on Breakfast TV - The end of an era.
 
Off to search the web for info..
 
Lots on the web on this......

_http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14024109

_http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
 
It is a pity but the shuttel was not that safe to use. Sitting on a small nuke at takeoff and pray - still the Russki rockets are mostly the same flying bomb.

Hope for the space elevator as soon as they can make a good cable for it
 
the APTN newsfeed channel 10970 V 4167 5/6 at 10 East seems to be giving it good coverage --
 
Channel Hopper said:
Weather permitting at 3.26 today, otherwise Sunday.
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It looks like the weather won't permit it - unless they can fire it through a very small window (I dread to think what respons that choice of words will elicit).
 
is there any sign of a NASA TV HD feed anywhere?
(I know there is one on ustream)
I know that news channels will carry it, but Ideally would love to see it without all the newgraphics all over the place...
 
woborny said:
is there any sign of a NASA TV HD feed anywhere?
(I know there is one on ustream)
I know that news channels will carry it, but Ideally would love to see it without all the newgraphics all over the place...
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_http://www.ustream.tv/nasahdtv

And increase to full size (though it is very bandwidth hungry).

Coutdown back on, down to nine minutes.
 
And back on hold, but the weather doesn't look bad at all.
 
Excellent - thanks for the heads up.

Watching right now, just in time.
 
Not enough Bandwidth for stable HD here, so gone to Mobile Feed.

Massive storm overhead here, so likely to lose elastic trickery any moment.
 
The iffy weather looks like it has moved away, so now 16 minutes before countdown recommences
 
Our own storm did knock out the juice briefly, but it looks to have cleared now.

Thankfully we were upgraded to auto line reclosers last year. Before that any interruption needed human intervention.

Hopefully there'll be no further interruptions to this historical milestone.
 
Also watching on BBC News Channel.

I have two eyes.
 
Held at 31 sec.

Not sure why yet.
 
Idiots still woffling on telly failed to notice restart.
 
Looking good so far ...............
 
Nice launch.

Plenty media news covering live event and / or highlights.
 
Tivù said:
Held at 31 sec.

Not sure why yet.
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They didn't have electronic confirmation on the full retraction of the "gaseous vent arm", the little cap on top of the main fuel tank that vents any hydrogen/oxygen away from the orbiter, they went to visual via camera and then continued the count down, great launch, wish I was there.

I've seen 2 Saturn V launches but missed out on a shuttle launch, saw one land at Edwards in Southern California, its a big show.

Too bad our current government is too short sighted to continue on with our manned space program, there should have been a replacement to continue on, now we are a 3rd rate space faring country.
 
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