Atlantis launch - successful!

guyver01

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http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/135_splash/index.html

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T-20 Minutes and Holding

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:11:12 GMT
Countdown clocks have paused for a 10-minute, planned hold.
 

ViRGE

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They're still go for launch; I guess they're going to opt to launch with some clouds rather than trying to push for a perfect sunny day.
 

guyver01

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They're still go for launch; I guess they're going to opt to launch with some clouds rather than trying to push for a perfect sunny day.

That little storm system in the west could be troublesome..

 

Beev

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:thumbsup::thumbsup:

We really ought to be focusing more on our space program... /sigh
 

purbeast0

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they are moving faster than 4 miles a second holy shit that is insane to think abuot that.
 

Demo24

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Last one?

This is the very last space shuttle mission, and of course launch. After it lands it goes off to some museum I believe. Space program won't have another vehicle to send people to space for a few years at least, not entirely sure what the timeline is after this.
 

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The local economy here, is about to get a lot worse. Thousands of good paying jobs will be gone.
 

guyver01

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After it lands it goes off to some museum I believe.

They were saying this morning on CNN that it will be refit and placed outside the NASA Visitors Center in Florida, replacing the mockup outside the entrance

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