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glnflwrs View Member Profile	Jul 1 2006, 04:51 PM Post #1
Space Shuttle Member Group: FL350 CREW Posts: 2,846 Joined: 5-June 05 From: Hesperia, CA USA (L26) Member No.: 1,610	NASA has scrubbed the launch of Discovery for today due to weather. Another launch attempt will be made Sunday.

nameless View Member Profile	Jul 1 2006, 07:36 PM Post #2
Boeing 737 Member Group: Full Access Members Posts: 173 Joined: 30-March 06 Member No.: 3,577	QUOTE(glnflwrs @ Jul 1 2006, 04:51 PM) [snapback]91555[/snapback] NASA has scrubbed the launch of Discovery for today due to weather. Another launch attempt will be made Sunday. Just to be a little more spefic, the launch of Discovery is planned fo 3:23 PM on Sunday, however I think that the launch window is from 3:15 to 3:45 PM but I'm not sure

nameless View Member Profile	Jul 2 2006, 04:32 PM Post #3
Boeing 737 Member Group: Full Access Members Posts: 173 Joined: 30-March 06 Member No.: 3,577	discoverys launch was scrubed today also due to weather problems, I'm not sure when the schedualed liftoff time is on Monday but I think it is 23 minutes earlier the todays liftoff time would be

Kilrah View Member Profile	Jul 2 2006, 04:40 PM Post #4
Space Shuttle Member Group: FL350 CREW Posts: 1,700 Joined: 27-July 05 From: Switzerland Member No.: 1,846	QUOTE(nameless @ Jul 2 2006, 10:32 PM) [snapback]91787[/snapback] I'm not sure when the schedualed liftoff time is on Monday but I think it is 23 minutes earlier the todays liftoff time would be Here's where you can get all the correct info easily QUOTE Our next attempt will take place on Tuesday, July 4, with liftoff scheduled to occur at 2:38 p.m., EDT.

gatorbuc99 View Member Profile	Jul 2 2006, 11:59 PM Post #5
Boeing 747 Member Group: Full Access Members Posts: 232 Joined: 3-October 05 From: KATL Member No.: 2,219	I know they have the windows in the specific time of the day they do for a reason but...in the tropics, yu're gonn have mid-late afternoon storms ALOT!!!

Swagman1 View Member Profile	Jul 3 2006, 02:54 AM Post #6
Space Shuttle Member Group: Full Access Members Posts: 658 Joined: 17-November 05 From: The Outback Member No.: 2,525	Sorry Kilrah but 'gator has you beat when it comes to your signature line :-)

bernoulli View Member Profile	Jul 3 2006, 11:15 PM Post #7
Space Shuttle Member Group: FL350 CREW Posts: 3,266 Joined: 11-December 04 From: (KLFT) Lafayette, LA Member No.: 348	QUOTE(Swagman1 @ Jul 3 2006, 01:54 AM) [snapback]91852[/snapback] Sorry Kilrah but 'gator has you beat when it comes to your signature line :-) Hey, I'm still patiently waiting for that snappy signature line of yours! Just please don't ask ME to provide one. I'm a complete dunce at that sort of thing....

Swagman1 View Member Profile	Jul 4 2006, 12:21 AM Post #8
Space Shuttle Member Group: Full Access Members Posts: 658 Joined: 17-November 05 From: The Outback Member No.: 2,525	QUOTE(bernoulli @ Jul 4 2006, 01:15 PM) [snapback]91978[/snapback] Hey, I'm still patiently waiting for that snappy signature line of yours! What can I say Bernie....Rome wasn't built in a day

galaxy View Member Profile	Jul 4 2006, 04:13 AM Post #9
Hominidae member Group: Full Access Members Posts: 2,257 Joined: 11-December 04 From: Zandhoven(OBL/EBZR),Belgium Member No.: 349	NASA pressing ahead with shuttle launch With the future of the U.S. space program on the line, NASA pressed ahead Monday with a Fourth of July shuttle launch despite potentially dangerous cracking and flaking in fuel line insulation. http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews...cs/14963268.htm Crack Found in Shuttle Foam Ahead of Launch http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-07-03-voa11.cfm

futurepilot101 View Member Profile	Jul 4 2006, 11:24 AM Post #10
Space Shuttle Member Group: Full Access Members Posts: 575 Joined: 29-July 05 From: KBDL Member No.: 1,862	I heard somewhere that every day that shuttle doesn't launch, it costs about a million dollars.

galaxy View Member Profile	Jul 4 2006, 11:37 AM Post #11
Hominidae member Group: Full Access Members Posts: 2,257 Joined: 11-December 04 From: Zandhoven(OBL/EBZR),Belgium Member No.: 349	The cost of postponing the launch is around a million dollars, according to launch director Michael Leinbach This launch will be the 115 th time a Shuttle has blasted off from the US http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/03/sh...unch_postponed/

Kilrah View Member Profile	Jul 4 2006, 11:56 AM Post #12
Space Shuttle Member Group: FL350 CREW Posts: 1,700 Joined: 27-July 05 From: Switzerland Member No.: 1,846	NASA TV is showing preparation, pretty interesting. 2:42 till launch! http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

bernoulli View Member Profile	Jul 4 2006, 12:55 PM Post #13
Space Shuttle Member Group: FL350 CREW Posts: 3,266 Joined: 11-December 04 From: (KLFT) Lafayette, LA Member No.: 348	QUOTE(Kilrah @ Jul 4 2006, 10:56 AM) [snapback]92053[/snapback] NASA TV is showing preparation, pretty interesting. 2:42 till launch! http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html Thanks Kilrah! For those wanting to monitor the weather at the launch facility: http://wwwa.accuweather.com/radar-local.as...e=re2&site=KMLB

Ghostrider View Member Profile	Jul 4 2006, 01:39 PM Post #14
Boeing 747 Member Group: Full Access Members Posts: 240 Joined: 6-March 06 From: Fresno / Los Angeles, CA Member No.: 3,330	T-minus 12 minutes

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