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I wish the whole country got NASA TV like you get there.
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I think it does. On cable. I get it, for instance.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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In Oregon we just get bassmasters and a few others.
Using NASA TV I was able to determine when the shuttle was going over the next morning and figure that I might be able to see it. I could, it was so bright up there in the sun.Long time member @ Apolyton
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I just watched the video conference from the ISS, and I must say the new crew member, Thomas Raider, sounds like he could one day become the Governor of California.
It was interesting, and I was surprised to learn that he already spent 6 months aboard the Mir, 11 years ago. Now in for another 6 months on the ISS.
But I always feel like the Russian(s) get a little left out in U.S. media dominated briefings.
Can't be helped, I suppose - and perhaps they even prefer it that way themselves, when it comes down to it.
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They still have a beach?Originally posted by DanS
I got some quality beach time in.
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STS-121 Discovery is set to land tomorrow at 9:14 a.m. EDT at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, after having completed a successful mission to the ISS, including three spacewalks by the crew to perform maintenance on the Station and to examine the heat shield of the Orbiter.Comment
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Went down to the public beach near Patrick AFB (North of Satellite Beach and South of Cocoa Beach). It is a nice beach, as far as I know.Originally posted by chegitz guevara
They still have a beach?I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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The 3-minute deorbit burn of Discovery's main engine initiated, some 200 miles above the Indian Ocean.
The spacecraft will land at the Kennedy Space Center in a little over 1 hour.Comment
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Perfect touchdown of Discovery 1 minute ago after having completed a 5 million mile journey.Comment
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I wonder what the odometers read on the various shuttles.Click here if you're having trouble sleeping.
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Columbia: 201,497,772 kmOriginally posted by Lorizael
I wonder what the odometers read on the various shuttles.
Discovery: 168,157,672 km
Challenger: 41,527,416 km
Atlantis: 144,694,078 km
Endeavour: 136,910,237 km
Total: 692,787,175 km = 430,477,993 milesComment
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Wow. Thanks for the prompt and informative response. A rarity on Apolyton. So the shuttles with the most and least number of miles had fatal accidents. Interesting.Click here if you're having trouble sleeping.
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What?Comment
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Originally posted by Lorizael
Wow. Thanks for the prompt and informative response. A rarity on Apolyton. So the shuttles with the most and least number of miles had fatal accidents. Interesting.
well the least one isnt considering since it has been 19 years between that accident and the next one. im more surprised by the fact that some that it was 1m km more than the combined total between the least and the 2nd closest for the highest.
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