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Thunderstorms Move in Just Minutes Before Planned Launch; Officials Aim to Try Again Monday
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- Oh, sorry. I guess I was distracting you by trying to teach you how to think.
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- The nation has lost two crews
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HOW many crews was that?
Wouldn't you think we'd learn after the FIRST one????
If there were two, there will be more....
Some things never change.
The Democrats make sure of it. - Reply to this comment
- John Merrit
Since they are going to the space station,they have to launch within a certain launch window to make sure the shuttle lifts off as the
space station is passing almost overhead,if they didnt do this the shuttle would never be able to reach the station. - Reply to this comment
- Obama didn't say any such thing. He is far more educated to even utter such a thing. The nation has lost two crews and has no desire to repeat the occurrence reguardless of any funding dilemnas, whether real or imagined.
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- FYI - The launch schedule centers around the orbit of the ISS itself. When any shuttle launches, it still requires about a day and a half to rendevous with the ISS. When the launch misses it's window, it is impossible to make a rendevous without trading off life support resources for the extended time required, which can easily be over a week. Confining launches to synchronize with the ISS orbit maximizes the life support resources available.
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- by John_Merritt July 12, 2009 4:15 PM PDT
It was just scrapped again until tomorrow around 6 p.m.
They did? That's good because I meant to watch it and forgot about it! - Reply to this comment
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- Yes, you did distract me, but as far as YOU teaching ME how to think? Hahahahaha! You better get someone to teach you how to think first, before you go trying to teach someone else. And there's no need to teach me, because I already have a brain.
- I already have a brain.
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Then how come you forgot to bring it today?
Did you leave it in your toybox?
Maybe it got buried under your Strawberry Shortcake coloring book, so you couldn't find it.
- President Obama was overheard exclaiming:
"What?!?! Another delay??? I'm sick and tired of these delays! Call those guys at NASA and tell them if they don't launch in the next 24 hours, I'm pulling the plug on any more funding for them. I'm shutting down the whole agency if they can't get anything done."
Because that's the kind of decisive, quick-thinking genius he is. He knows how to put pressure on the right spot to get results.
I'm so glad to see we finally have intelligent leadership again. - Reply to this comment
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- Obama didn't say any such thing. He is far more educated to even utter such a thing. The nation has lost two crews and has no desire to repeat the occurrence reguardless of any funding dilemnas, whether real or imagined.
- Flying the shuttle has already kiied enough astronauts.
The thing should have been grounded years ago.
We don't need to be circling earth in a closet anyway. - Reply to this comment
- It was just scrapped again until tomorrow around 6 p.m. Living here in Florida I can't imagine why they don;t launch in the mornings when the skies are usually free of storms. It must have something to do with the tradewinds off the coast. Anyway, good luck guys. I hope you accomplish what you intend. I'll say a prayer for your adventure and your safe return. Behave now!
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- FYI - The launch schedule centers around the orbit of the ISS itself. When any shuttle launches, it still requires about a day and a half to rendevous with the ISS. When the launch misses it's window, it is impossible to make a rendevous without trading off life support resources for the extended time required, which can easily be over a week. Confining launches to synchronize with the ISS orbit maximizes the life support resources available.
- Ka Ching......Ka Ching
a month of delays.....Ka Ching Ka Ching - Reply to this comment
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- They need to scrap this 'eye-candy' for the public consumption and show us the REAL space program, that's 'going places' and 'doing things'!
WE fund it, and we deserve to know the truth!
- WE fund it, and we deserve to know the truth!
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Wait, you mean actually TELL people about the anti-gravity drive and the secret base on Io that we use to communicate with the extraterrestrial civilizations in the other planetary systems?
I'm telling you, that base is in big trouble. That's where we got the idea for banking deregulation. They told us it worked great on their planet.
The Io base has SERIOUSLY fallen out of favor with Congress....
I just don't think the public is quite ready for that.
- They need to scrap this 'eye-candy' for the public consumption and show us the REAL space program, that's 'going places' and 'doing things'!
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