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View Full Version : Space Shuttle Discovery (UPDATE- TOUCHDOWN!!111111) Tahoe 03-15-2009, 06:35 PM Is scheduled to blast off tonight (Sunday). Discovery was originally scheduled to launch on Thursday, but a hydrogen leak cancelled that situation. :we: are currently in a scheduled 20 minute hold. Tahoe 03-15-2009, 07:42 PM AND WE"RE OFF! Tahoe 03-15-2009, 07:45 PM 4.5 million pounds of stuff just took off. Tahoe 03-15-2009, 07:46 PM Anybody that would get on that things is crazy as shit Timone 03-15-2009, 07:49 PM http://jerryong.com/blog/boring.jpg Glenn 03-15-2009, 07:49 PM YES! Timone 03-15-2009, 07:49 PM http://alice.loria.fr/publications/papers/2006/EGSR_Ardeco/supplemental/images/yawn.png Yes, I'm wearing a tie. Tahoe 03-15-2009, 08:07 PM Anybody that would get on that things is crazy as shit THINGS damn it! I guess thats kind of lke the Internets? Tahoe 03-16-2009, 03:53 AM Not a whole lot has happened so far. They said they're all sleeping right now. Uncle Mxy 03-16-2009, 07:10 AM I'm glad I had a hand in delaying the space shuttle launch. Ooops, I shouldn't say that here. :) Tahoe 03-16-2009, 08:56 PM Today was friggin hecka boring. They take pics of the tile side of the Shuttle. It takes all day. They are still doing that. Tahoe 03-28-2009, 02:23 PM So they took up the last truss and the last solar panel for generating power. Prolly one of the most boring flights ever. They just did their de-orbit burn and are entering the upper atmosphere. Tahoe 03-28-2009, 02:32 PM Touchdown will be about 12:30pst or 3:30est. Tahoe 03-28-2009, 02:33 PM I believe the Soyuz docked with the ISS earlier this morning. Tahoe 03-28-2009, 02:37 PM Gooffed on the touchdow time...it'll be 12:10ish or 3:10ish Tahoe 03-28-2009, 02:53 PM Altitude about 228,000 ft traveling at 14,000 miles an hour. Thats fast for that rattle trap they're in. Tahoe 03-28-2009, 02:55 PM Thats about 45 miles up there, nomally they're about 225 miles up there and traveling at 17,500 miles an hour. So they are coming in and slowing down. Tahoe 03-28-2009, 02:56 PM 210,000 ft 12,000 miles an hour. They are going through their series of S turns to bleed off speed. Tahoe 03-28-2009, 02:58 PM 185,000 ft, 9800miles an hour 780 miles to landing sight. Tahoe 03-28-2009, 02:59 PM 8000 mph 500ish miles to landing. Tahoe 03-28-2009, 03:02 PM Just about to fly over the west side of Florida Tahoe 03-28-2009, 03:03 PM 36th time Discovery has flown into space Tahoe 03-28-2009, 03:05 PM 90,000 ft 2,000 mph Tahoe 03-28-2009, 03:08 PM Shuttle sighted Tahoe 03-28-2009, 03:10 PM 19,000 ft 400 mph Tahoe 03-28-2009, 03:12 PM Touchdown Tahoe 03-28-2009, 03:12 PM 5.4 million miles they traveled. | |