STS-115 Status - Part II

[strandedonearth]

Aaaah, that was beautiful to see. First launch I've been able to watch live in a long time. If it launched yesterday I wouldn't have been able to watch it. It was waiting for me, ya, that's it.<br /><br />Oh, and happy bday spacester.<br /><br />Fiance was bombarding me with questions through this, the one I wasn't sure of was:<br /><br />How long does it take from the de-orbit burn until wheels stop?

 

[earth_bound_misfit]

Is the res crappy on the sattellite feed too?<br />Yep something came off the tank, pretty small though.<br /><br />Nasatv online was slow, must've been about 30 sec's behind. I looked at the TV and STS was in the air, computer was showing it still om the ground. So I stayed with the online so I didn't miss anything. <img src="/images/icons/frown.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p> </p><p>----------------------------------------------------------------- </p><p>Wanna see this site looking like the old SDC uplink?</p><p>Go here to see how: <strong>SDC Eye saver </strong>  </p> </div>

 

[jschaef5]

Anyone remember the site that shows what time it would pass overhead at various locations? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[SpaceKiwi]

It's a NTSC signal e_b_m, so it's definitely not as good as it could be. Hopefully they will go to hi-def in time.<br /><br />SoE, de-orbit burn to wheels stop is in the order of an hour to an hour and a half I think, dependent on the track back to KSC. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em><font size="2" color="#ff0000">Who is this superhero?  Henry, the mild-mannered janitor ... could be!</font></em></p><p><em><font size="2">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></em></p><p><font size="5">Bring Back The Black!</font></p> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

Well one is here , but will not show the shuttle for a little while since it's orbit is changing.<br /><br />The target is the ISS, which is listed.<br /><br />For me, with all the delays, there are no visible ISS passes for the duration of the mission <img src="/images/icons/frown.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[SpaceKiwi]

Here come the launch replays! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em><font size="2" color="#ff0000">Who is this superhero?  Henry, the mild-mannered janitor ... could be!</font></em></p><p><em><font size="2">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></em></p><p><font size="5">Bring Back The Black!</font></p> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

Watching on TV, CNN, MSNBC, FOX all covered, but they talk too damn much, so I keep on-line NASA TV in the background. <br />For me, online is a 45 second delay, but I can at least hear what is going on, instead of ignorant anchors blabbing. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[spacester]

Oh hey, thanks.<br /><br />I am not sure that I have ever been more proud of NASA than I am right now. Just SUPERB decision making through an incredibly dramatic week of critical and complex decisions. Mike Griffin's NASA performs!<br /><br />It was so weird, this launch. Over the last two months, I kept getting this feeling that this bird was gonna go on my birthday. So I checked it all out and saw that I was flat wrong. But the feeling would NOT go away. Very weird. Then events transpire and things change. When the Saturday window was first announced, I just had this feeling all week . . . anyway . . .<br /><br />The nicest birthday present I could ask for! What a Beautiful launch!<br /><br />Congrats and thanks to SG and everyone else invloved! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[flynn]

Well next time you do see it, it will be that little bit brighter. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#800080">"All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring" - <strong>Chuck Palahniuk</strong>.</font> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

True, looking forward to that! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[earth_bound_misfit]

"It's a NTSC signal"<br />Never The Same Colour <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> Boy sure am pleased we use PAL.<br /><br />Looked like a vulture got toasted! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p> </p><p>----------------------------------------------------------------- </p><p>Wanna see this site looking like the old SDC uplink?</p><p>Go here to see how: <strong>SDC Eye saver </strong>  </p> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

PAL has it's own problems.<br />Until you get to GBR, it's all messed up by the compositing. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[flynn]

Yeah, but you try get the complete collection of Monty Python on DVD, it only comes in NTSC <img src="/images/icons/frown.gif" /><br /><br />We this made me forget my cold for half an hour... Tottenham on the Box now in glorious HD (I'm at my parents house). <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#800080">"All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring" - <strong>Chuck Palahniuk</strong>.</font> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

By the way, it's "Never Twice (the) Same Color"<br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /><br /><img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

I wonder why, since it's a British show, shouldn't it be in PAL?<br />Maybe a better market.<br /><br />Anyway, we're drifting off-topic here. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[jgarzik]

CNN managed to destroy the shuttle launch experience by talking over the NASA narrator the entire time, with the exception of a small window from T-30 seconds to T+2 minutes. When the flash evaporator problem appeared, the anchors were still yapping.<br />

 

[tplank]

I was just remembering how great that grainy black and white was in 1969. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>The Disenfranchised Curmudgeon</p><p>http://tonyplank.blogspot.com/ </p> </div>

 

[tplank]

Awesome photo of today's launch on the Flame Trench.<br /><br />http://www.floridatoday.com/floridatoday/blogs/spaceteam/uploaded_images/mrb%20Atlantis%20launch%201-799533.jpg <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>The Disenfranchised Curmudgeon</p><p>http://tonyplank.blogspot.com/ </p> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

As all commercial TV broadcasts do.<br />I've been known to scream at the TV "SHUT THE F^%*^%*%^ UP!!!!"<br /><br />That's why I keep NASA TV on in the background, to hear what's really going on, despite the delay. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

Those are times I will never forget.<br /><br />"Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed"<br /><br />"That's one giant step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind" <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[SpaceKiwi]

Well, it's 4am here so I think I'm gonna hit blanket bay for a while. I'll see you all in a few hours. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em><font size="2" color="#ff0000">Who is this superhero?  Henry, the mild-mannered janitor ... could be!</font></em></p><p><em><font size="2">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></em></p><p><font size="5">Bring Back The Black!</font></p> </div>

 

[tplank]

It makes me sad that we haven't done more since the Giant Leap For Mankind. I also think about what might have been had I accepted the Anapolis appointment many years ago. Interestingly though, my Son is getting very interested in such things at a tender age. Maybe he will have the gumption to push the envelope. He says he is going to Mars and giving the changes in the air, his age could be about right. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>The Disenfranchised Curmudgeon</p><p>http://tonyplank.blogspot.com/ </p> </div>

 

[flynn]

tplank.<br /><br />Great Pic.<br /><br />MeteorWayne<br /><br />Wouldn't mind so much if they had the foggiest idea of what they were talking about. I remember after Columbia the program I was watching saying it was thought to be a rocket engine had blown up. The radio yesterday was refering to this mission servicing the International Space Center <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#800080">"All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring" - <strong>Chuck Palahniuk</strong>.</font> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

At least we know what we're talking about here <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[strandedonearth]

Doh! Forgot to say good, nay, great job and congrats to SG and all at NASA/USA for getting Atlantis into orbit once again!