Last Launch Of Space Shuttle Discovery Feb 24 2011 Ongoing Nasa Info Thread

[Croppled1]

Launch director Mike Leinbach (LYN'-bahk) says you never know until the final seconds "if all pieces of the machine are going to behave." But he says "right now, it feels good."

 

The forecast is a 90 percent "go" for liftoff at 4:50 p.m., Eastern time.

 

Discovery will head to the International Space Station with six astronauts, a load of supplies and a humanoid robot.

 

The launch was originally scheduled for November, but it was scrubbed after hydrogen gas seeped out during fueling and cracks were found in the external fuel tank.

 

This will be the 39th flight for Discovery, NASA's most traveled space shuttle. It has since logged 143 million miles since its first flight in 1984, and will rack up another 4.5 million miles on this 11-day mission.

 

When it's over, Discovery will retire to a museum.

 

 

 

 

http://www.nasa.gov/...ml?param=public

[Hempcheff]

I cant believe they are going to use this shuttle again. or any of them! im afraid im not going to be able to watch, i remember the last tragedy, and seeing the first one live, in school, its a little unnerving

 

 

I love to wathch them, and im all for having our humans in space to keep up good relations as liaisons with our alien keepers hidden in the secret base in the hollow shell that is our moon.....

[Croppled1]

I missed the launch today of the Atlas 5 rocket with a X-37B payload . There are only two more shuttle missions . I found a nice article on the 37b unmanned space plane someone might enjoy . http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/space/nasa/behind-the-air-forces-secret-robotic-space-plane-2

And a brief wikipedia description link below


http://en.wikipedia....iki/Boeing_X-37