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cwest3355

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Any floridians gonna watch the last space shuttle night launch???
 
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Why is it the last? The last one ever or what?
 
no we still have a few to go. 4 i think. the one Sunday isnt the last one.
 
Ok maybe I'm lazy for not knowing but why are they ending?
 
Hell yes, if I'm awake that late :D I can see it like a giant fireball from my house. It lights up the whole sky. If there are clouds around it, it looks like the entire sky is on fire. :wtf:
 
Rolex said:
The Shuttle is being retired for new technology. They are trading in their old 'trucks'.
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see that is the part that pisses me off.. they arent..

obamas budget he announced monday, has no money for constellation. the constellation project, is what was supposed to replace the shuttle. this is the new crew exploration vehicle (cev) that lockheed martin has been building for the last 4 years. plus the new ares rockets that are supposed to lift it.

if obamas budget passes congress, it will put an end to constellation, and there will be no future manned space missions for the US in the foreseeable future. we will rely on other countries, and private companies to ferry astronauts and supplies to the space station until its scheduled end of life in 2020. Nasa is supposed to get a budget boost, to invest in companies who will develop vehicles to go to the ISS and for other near earth exploration, like large meteors, and possibly mars.

the original plan was to use CEV for trips to the ISS and eventually back to the moon. (this is the reason is resembles the appolo design). we were going to use the larger ares rockets to lift supplies to the moon, and build a habitable "base". This would be used for experiments, and as a refueling location for future maned missions to mars.

NASA has also developed a new and greatly improved lunar rover, that has an enclosed cockpit, and would allow extended exploration of the moons surface, without having to wear the suits, or rely on there limited oxygen supplies.

i know the people that live close to the cape, are probably worried, and we are too. The town i live in depends on johnson space center and the hundreds if not thousands of people employed there, in order to survive. If the government pulls the plug on constellation, there will be many layoffs, and this whole city may turn into a ghost town. :\
 
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see that is the part that pisses me off.. they arent..

obamas budget he announced monday, has no money for constellation. the constellation project, is what was supposed to replace the shuttle. this is the new crew exploration vehicle (cev) that lockheed martin has been building for the last 4 years. plus the new ares rockets that are supposed to lift it.

if obamas budget passes congress, it will put an end to constellation, and there will be no future manned space missions for the US in the foreseeable future. we will rely on other countries, and private companies to ferry astronauts and supplies to the space station until its scheduled end of life in 2020. Nasa is supposed to get a budget boost, to invest in companies who will develop vehicles to go to the ISS and for other near earth exploration, like large meteors, and possibly mars.

the original plan was to use CEV for trips to the ISS and eventually back to the moon. (this is the reason is resembles the appolo design). we were going to use the larger ares rockets to lift supplies to the moon, and build a habitable "base". This would be used for experiments, and as a refueling location for future maned missions to mars.

NASA has also developed a new and greatly improved lunar rover, that has an enclosed cockpit, and would allow extended exploration of the moons surface, without having to wear the suits, or rely on there limited oxygen supplies.

i know the people that live close to the cape, are probably worried, and we are too. The town i live in depends on johnson space center and the hundreds if not thousands of people employed there, in order to survive. If the government pulls the plug on constellation, there will be many layoffs, and this whole city may turn into a ghost town. :\
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That sucks Beason. I watched my home town turn into a ghost town slowly after NAFTA went through, it's painful to see. As bad as that is, worse IMHO is that we're giving up on the space program, and what it represents and the research that's came from it. It's something that makes us (America) part of who we are. I was fascinated by space as a kid, and still am to this day, and all the technology that goes along with it. It just makes me sad, and a little scared of what we'll pull the plug on in the future.
 
Well remember now, Obama needs money for his new high speed rail system he announced in the state of the union address.


Visible to people all over the eastern seaboard you say. I'm in GA, Just north of atlanta? Is that considered near enough?
 
I dont think so but i have never tryed to veiw it from there..??? Its not too hard to see it in sanford ,FL
 
Low clouds I believe, but I think they are trying again tomorrow morning.
Clouds prevented space shuttle Endeavour from blasting off Sunday on the last planned nighttime shuttle launch, delaying its trip with a final few building blocks for the International Space Station.

The band of low clouds started moving in from the north late Saturday. NASA counted down to the nine-minute mark, but the sky remained overcast, offering little hope of a lucky break.

NASA managers said they would try again Monday, when slightly better conditions were expected.

"We tried really, really hard to work the weather. It was just too dynamic," launch director Mike Leinbach told the six astronauts aboard Endeavour. "We just were not comfortable with launching a space shuttle tonight."

"Sometimes you just got to make the call," replied commander George Zamka. "So we understand and we'll give it another try tomorrow night."

An hour later, the astronauts crawled out of the shuttle, one at a time.

Endeavour is loaded with a new room for the space station, as well as an observation deck. Once both of those are installed, the orbiting complex will be 98 percent complete.

Launch time on Monday is scheduled at 4:14 a.m.
 

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