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Discovery is go for deorbit burn.

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edited March 2011 in Ten Forward
Discovery is on it's final orbit of Earth, heading for deorbit burn and a landing at 11:57:26 Eastern Standard Time (That's 16:57:26 UTC)

And to give it a bit of Star Trek:
These have been the voyages of the space shuttle Discovery...
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    You know what would just totally stink... Nah, I won't say it. But if IT happens. I called it.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    For those of us stuck at work, you can watch it here
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Blotto_Max wrote: »

    Thanks, this actually worked and loaded faster than the NASA site one did... go fig.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    That is too wierd, maybe everybody else in on the NASA version...chug..chug..!!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    11:35 Eastern and it appears she's approaching the Western coast of Mexcio. I'd give several body parts for that ride :D
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    11:35 Eastern and it appears she's approaching the Western coast of Mexcio. I'd give several body parts for that ride :D

    Wow, you must *really* love Mexico... ;)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Yeah, have them make a pit-stop somewhere in the Yucatan, check out the Mayan ruins and then finish up the Re-entry Interface.

    Maybe grab a bottle of Tequila, worm included... hell maybe some Cubans. Too hard to get a good cigar stateside.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    hort_wort wrote: »
    Wow, you must *really* love Mexico... ;)

    :D That's it! Time to make you into a Pizza!

    Edit: for the record, my bad! she's crossing over Honduras and Belize, not Mexico
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Someone commented to me that there would never be another shuttle flight after Columbia broke up, that no-one intelligent enough to go would take the risk.

    I said, even if they say 'We have no clue what happened, it could happen again next flight, and we're going in 2 months' they'd have trained, knowledgeable and intelligent about the risk Astronauts lined up from Houston to Dallas.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Someone commented to me that there would never be another shuttle flight after Columbia broke up, that no-one intelligent enough to go would take the risk.

    I said, even if they say 'We have no clue what happened, it could happen again next flight, and we're going in 2 months' they'd have trained, knowledgeable and intelligent about the risk Astronauts lined up from Houston to Dallas.

    Like Kirk said in one epsidoe "Gentlemen, Risk IS our Business" Astronauts go up knownign full well, teh risks involved.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    The wisdom I question isn't in trying again. It's using spacecraft as old as they are and it's in canceling our space program. At least we still have SETI, and that for me was more a concern of detecting Near-Earth objects. It would blow to get killed at random by something we coulda slagged with warheads.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    The wisdom I question isn't in trying again. It's using spacecraft as old as they are and it's in canceling our space program. At least we still have SETI, and that for me was more a concern of detecting Near-Earth objects. It would blow to get killed at random by something we coulda slagged with warheads.

    Or Bruce Willis even :) They can See Florida now!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Any species confined to one habitat is endangered.
    Earth = 1 habitat.
    Humans = Endangered species.

    On a lighter note: Witnesses Waltz.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Freakin'-A HUD-Cam!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    On at the 180!! 3 minutes to touchdown @ 440mph!!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    And that's a wrap. Off to the Smithsonian with it once it cools off.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Touchdown was beautiful.

    Welcome home Discovery.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Yay! It landed safely! :D
    Someone commented to me that there would never be another shuttle flight after Columbia broke up, that no-one intelligent enough to go would take the risk.

    From a totally different perspective....

    Birds are colorful to embrace risk. Predators can see them better when they stand out from the foliage. The lady birds look over at the brightly colored male birds and thinks "Wow, that guy is so obnoxiously bright and the predators *still* can't catch him. He must have great genes... You! Toucan! Come have my babies!!" :eek:

    Humans are the same way. If a man goes to a cubicle and survives, meh. Meanwhile, if a man orbits the Earth and comes back....
    ....
    Hort has a new career idea! :cool:
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    That was fun to watch as always. She'll be headed up here to DC as part of the Air and Space annex display near Dulles aiport to replace Enterprise eventually.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Welcome & Farewell Discovery!! :D
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    No to get off-topic here, but this all ind of reminds me of one of the "Lost Years" books they put out for Star Trek awhile back. The story was set while Enterprise was being refit and rebuilt into the movie Enterprise and during the story, the nearly reconstrcuted Saucer section was stolen (from the Earth's surface no less) and the crew of the Enterprise had to "borrow" the Space Shuttle Entprise to go chase it down. It seems in the future, The Space Shuttle Enterprise get's refitted with Impulse engines, and she gets to finally travel into space. I would imagine that by the TNG and STO era's Warp drives are small enough to fit inside her as well. Wouldn't that be something to see in Sector Space :)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    No to get off-topic here, but this all ind of reminds me of one of the "Lost Years" books they put out for Star Trek awhile back. The story was set while Enterprise was being refit and rebuilt into the movie Enterprise and during the story, the nearly reconstrcuted Saucer section was stolen (from the Earth's surface no less) and the crew of the Enterprise had to "borrow" the Space Shuttle Entprise to go chase it down. It seems in the future, The Space Shuttle Enterprise get's refitted with Impulse engines, and she gets to finally travel into space. I would imagine that by the TNG and STO era's Warp drives are small enough to fit inside her as well. Wouldn't that be something to see in Sector Space :)

    The amount of people on the actual STO Discussion Board would QQ, Complain, Gripe and Whine would be off the scale. You should totally go suggest this.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    The amount of people on the actual STO Discussion Board would QQ, Complain, Gripe and Whine would be off the scale. You should totally go suggest this.

    While I don't think I could stand that much hate and discontent, it would be funny to watch the other boards boil over with that discussion. It would make an interesting 500 day gift though. make it part of being able to visit earth and all that. Or make it a mini-game where you fly the shuttle down to a landing at the Cape.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    That was fun to watch as always. She'll be headed up here to DC as part of the Air and Space annex display near Dulles aiport to replace Enterprise eventually.

    Wait, replace the Enterprise? Why would they replace such an iconic ship bearing the proud name. Ok granted Enterprise never even went into space but still!. :( Stupid smart people.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Capulet wrote: »
    Wait, replace the Enterprise? Why would they replace such an iconic ship bearing the proud name. Ok granted Enterprise never even went into space but still!. :( Stupid smart people.

    Two words... Government Employees* :)
    *Apologies to anyone here that works for the Federal Governement, but the ones around here seem a little "off"
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Three words. Political Bull Smiles.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Capulet wrote: »
    Three words. Political Bull Smiles.

    Some of that too.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    I believe that the Enterprise will still be on loan to the Smithsonian, it'll just be the one that goes "on tour." (How anyone does that with something that big is beyond me.)

    However, it does mean I have to get back to the Air & Space Museum Annex before they roll Enterprise out and bring Discovery in.

    I will say that, although all three shuttles are basically the same, I've always had a soft spot in my heart for this one. I'm sorry to see it go.

    Goodbye, Discovery. How appropriate that, as you were the shuttle that lifted off after both the loss of the Challenger and Columbia, that it is you that helps close an era. May your new caretakers at the Smithsonian treat you well.
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