STS-125
- Thread starter St. Squigolas
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Shhhh...
I envy you, Twilight! I'll be behind NASA TV on Monday.
Squig you going to be there?
I'm flying out tomorrow! We got this sweet beach house on cocoa beach for the week. I'll post my photos of the launch here when I get back
I'm here now! Doubletree Hotel on N. Atlantic.
Just saw on Drexler's blog that Okuda is in town for the launch.
The King approaches!!!
The King approaches!!!
So, what music did you guys decide to be listening to during the launch? 
I'm not playing music right now. Watching NASA TV.
Whut was that? [something] to increase our knowledge for lightyears to come ...???
Frakking CNN. Cut out of the launch to cover Gates Pentagon briefing.
Down Squigg, down. Don't make them break out the hoses again.
Down Squigg, down. Don't make them break out the hoses again.
Just watched it go up with the guy who was responsible for Hubble...Ed Weiler. Good launch!
Yep, nice launch - not the best in terms of the video feed though.
Yes, but it was great to hear them call out all those abort landing sites, even though we didn't see the ET sep and pitch. I'm farily certain tha the launch angle was different too, so we were looking at a slightly different view of the shuttle from each camera. Not insignificant for us armachir enthusiasts. 
Go for Hubble! This rendevous and capture will be really interesting to watch.
Mark
Go for Hubble! This rendevous and capture will be really interesting to watch.
Mark
Yeah, I'd never heard them mentioned Banjul as a TAL site before. I know it's on the list, even though there is no NASA personnel there (they're only at Zaragoza, Morón and Istres, I believe), but it was pretty cool to hear mission control say things like "Negative Morón, select Banjul".
And I believe that Scott Altman was pretty eager to get his ship airborn too. During the Go/No Go poll the commander is the only crewmember polled, of course, but Altman answered with, "CDR, and entire crew, is go!"
And later his little speech after Mike Leinbach sent Atlantis on her way with, "Good luck, Godspeed and see you back here in about eleven days."
This should be a good mission. Can't wait to see how things go.
And I believe that Scott Altman was pretty eager to get his ship airborn too. During the Go/No Go poll the commander is the only crewmember polled, of course, but Altman answered with, "CDR, and entire crew, is go!"
And later his little speech after Mike Leinbach sent Atlantis on her way with, "Good luck, Godspeed and see you back here in about eleven days."
This should be a good mission. Can't wait to see how things go.