[HECnet] Off-topic: Space Shuttle Launch

[Mark Benson]

On 8 Jul 2011, at 15:29, Gregg Levine wrote:

On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 9:42 AM, Mark Wickens <mark at wickensonline.co.uk> wrote:
Just to remind you guys that the live feed is running from NASA for the last
space shuttle launch.

http://countdown.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/countdown/cdt/
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

Regards, Mark.


Hello!
Of course Mark. But the weather may cause it to be scrubbed, because
right now they are experiencing the worst weather in about seven
years. Which for Florida is a good thing. They need more rain then we
do.

You'll get a much better feed from www.spacevidcast.com in HD and you can chat to other space geeks while you are watching.

I'm an active spaceflight enthusiast, thanks to the power of Twitter. I went to Florida to see the launch of STS-134 (last flight of Endeavour) but missed it due to the scrub :( I know a ton of people on-site at KSC and around the area at the moment who are all waiting with baited breath.

Weather was quoted as 30% go but it's not looking too bad - might be a chance to launch today. If not it's improving over the weekend.

Oh and GO ATLANTIS!! :)

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