looks like the weather is getting good

[Jerry_111]

i'm surprised. originally today was going to be 70% no-go for launch, but now the skies are getting clearer and..

Yes! Confirmed. launch and weather are both go, cross fingers for the next 9 minutes.

watch now: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/

 

[Ennui]

oh cool

 

[Jerry_111]

gj nasa

 

[Krynn72]

That was freaking sweet!

I was watching the count down and then ran outside to watch it. It was like a huge fireball on the horizon and everything over the tree line was orange. Then you see a big streak of fire come out of it and its the shuttle haulin ass. Damn that was awesome.

And it really does haul ass. It was almost completely out of view in a minute and a half.

Oh and some dumbass thought a comet had hit earth and that we were all dead. He was annoying, it took him awhile before it finally got through to him that it was a shuttle launch.

 

[Link]

ARSE!!! I just caught it as it turned into a dot in the distance. Why do I always miss these things?

 

[Jerry_111]

That was freaking sweet!

I was watching the count down and then ran outside to watch it. It was like a huge fireball on the horizon and everything over the tree line was orange. Then you see a big streak of fire come out of it and its the shuttle haulin ass. Damn that was awesome.

And it really does haul ass. It was almost completely out of view in a minute and a half.

Oh and some dumbass thought a comet had hit earth and that we were all dead. He was annoying, it took him awhile before it finally got through to him that it was a shuttle launch.

LOL at the dumbass

shuttle travels at 17,500 miles per hour.... That's a lot of miles per second.

 

[Hypnosos]

I saw it... on TV.

 

[Vegeta897]

How close did you have to be to see it? And where was it? I'm too lazy to read whatever is in the link.

 

[SpotEnemyBoats]

It's frickin' freezing here in new york, epecially when I am on an island surrounded by water.

"It's frickin' freezing in here Mr. Bigglesworth!" -Dr. Evil

 

[Aenama]

I wish they would start using real space ships

 

[Jerry_111]

I wish they would start using real space ships

Kind of ironic for you to say, since the space shuttle is a real ship.

 

[Krynn72]

How close did you have to be to see it? And where was it? I'm too lazy to read whatever is in the link.

I think they said most of the east coast would have been able to see it.

But Im in orlando, just a couple dozen miles away.

 

[Aenama]

Kind of ironic for you to say, since the space shuttle is a real ship.

I know..but I mean more like a ship that looks..more cool :imu:

 

[CyberPitz]

I wish I could see one

 

[15357]

*goes outside to launch homemade rocket*

 

[CyberPitz]

*goes outside to launch homemade rocket*

Haha, I've seen those, but nothing of an awesome scale...