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Ragnar Danneskjold

07-15-2009, 03:25 PM

You know... I just never get tired of this stuff.

Beautiful launch after several scrubs. Word is that the lightning moved in just a few minutes after the launch. Just a few more minutes and they would've had to scrub again.

Just had separation of the external tank. They're on their way to the space station. Adding another section built by Japan.

Mission STS-127

Cool beans. :happydance:

WashingtonBay

07-15-2009, 03:33 PM

Guys, and one gal... with cool jobs...

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090715/capt.photo_1247687527827-9-0.jpg?x=397&y=345&q=85&sig=e.i.VR_Sm9YRBIYxpym49g--

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090715/i/r3167232380.jpg?x=251&y=345&q=85&sig=6ZewfT4qtKGFqSNICy4sMA--

The space shuttle Endeavour lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida July 15, 2009. Endeavour carries a crew of seven astronauts on a mission to the International Space Station. REUTERS/Michael Berrigan (UNITED STATES)

Ragnar Danneskjold

07-15-2009, 04:17 PM

I still cringe every time they say "Go with throttle-up..." and I always like it a lot better after those solid boosters go bye-bye.

WashingtonBay

07-15-2009, 04:32 PM

Yeah - me too. Imagine being the one who has to say it.

There's just something very very dangerous about strapping that much rocket fuel on your back and then setting fire to it. It's not a job for the timid. Any of it.

Heck... I don't even want to ride carnival rides on the first day of the carnival. :)

HoustonFarrier

07-15-2009, 07:41 PM

What I wouldn't do to get a ride on one of those......

Steve

natisha

07-15-2009, 07:51 PM

I remember when the Challenger (is that the right name?) exploded. Horrible. I still have that feeling of dread watching the shuttle lift off.

rocknK

07-15-2009, 09:39 PM

Ifn' you folks can ever make the trip to watch a liftoff, I highly reccomend it! We endured the ultimate roadtrip from hell about ten years ago to watch a night launch. It was truly magnificent! Made the trip worthwhile. Cape Canaveral is cool too! Cheap by Florida tourist standards & educational too!

cowgirlup@idaho

07-16-2009, 07:50 AM

I remember when the Challenger (is that the right name?) exploded. Horrible. I still have that feeling of dread watching the shuttle lift off.

I was teaching a 5th grd class that day. The entire school stopped (small rural) and the classes watched the news in the library. Even the kids were silent.

Reinmaker

07-16-2009, 08:41 AM

WashingtonBay

07-16-2009, 08:50 AM

We went to Kennedy Space Center and it was neat, even when there wasn't a launch.

4381

Below.. Hubby and Ragnar standing under the business end of an Apollo

4382

natisha

07-16-2009, 09:35 AM

We went to Kennedy Space Center and it was neat, even when there wasn't a launch.

4381

Below.. Hubby and Ragnar standing under the business end of an Apollo

4382 Cool, where haven't you been?

WashingtonBay

07-16-2009, 10:33 AM

I haven't actually been that much of a traveler. Hubby has... and Ragnar has... moreso than me. :)

gabhainn

07-16-2009, 05:41 PM

I remember when the Challenger (is that the right name?) exploded. Horrible. I still have that feeling of dread watching the shuttle lift off. I was in 11th grade american history, our teacher's wife was the librarian so they had brought the tv into the class so we could watch it, and we watched it blow up in real time kind of startling for a bunch of 16-17 year olds.....Kevin

Ragnar Danneskjold

07-16-2009, 08:42 PM

I was on mess duty as a boot seaman on the CGC Polar Sea. I was cleaning Masterchief Smith's stateroom when the announcement came over the 1MC that we should report to the mess deck to see important news about the Shuttle, that it had exploded just after liftoff.

Ships work pretty much stopped for the day. We were glued to the TV on the mess deck.