Comments on: Dawn launched! http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/27/dawn-launched/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:59:44 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Roberisco http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/27/dawn-launched/comment-page-1/#comment-164026 Roberisco Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:35:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/27/dawn-launched/#comment-164026 Appreciate the info guys, thanks Appreciate the info guys, thanks

]]> By: Tim G http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/27/dawn-launched/comment-page-1/#comment-49980 Tim G Sat, 29 Sep 2007 17:41:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/27/dawn-launched/#comment-49980 Here's a 13 minute <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5412000236766165719&hl=en" rel="nofollow"> video </a> about the Dawn mission narrated by Leonard Nimoy. Here’s a 13 minute video about the Dawn mission narrated by Leonard Nimoy.

]]> By: john@thecodezone.com http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/27/dawn-launched/comment-page-1/#comment-49979 john@thecodezone.com Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:51:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/27/dawn-launched/#comment-49979 We actually just got home (to Texas) from Cocoa Beach following a trip to Disney with the grandparents. As fate would have it, the vacation put us a block from Cocoa Beach on Thursday morning, so we got to watch the launch from the beach. Absolutely breathtaking. This is the second launch I've gotten to see firsthand, following a night-launch of Endeavor a few years ago that I'll never forget. It's times like that that make we wanna move to Florida and become a complete NASA fanboy. We actually just got home (to Texas) from Cocoa Beach following a trip to Disney with the grandparents. As fate would have it, the vacation put us a block from Cocoa Beach on Thursday morning, so we got to watch the launch from the beach.

Absolutely breathtaking. This is the second launch I’ve gotten to see firsthand, following a night-launch of Endeavor a few years ago that I’ll never forget. It’s times like that that make we wanna move to Florida and become a complete NASA fanboy.

]]> By: Troy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/27/dawn-launched/comment-page-1/#comment-49964 Troy Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:51:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/27/dawn-launched/#comment-49964 YAHOO! I'm going to play a celebratory game of "Asteroids"! Good luck Dawn craft and crew! YAHOO! I’m going to play a celebratory game of “Asteroids”!
Good luck Dawn craft and crew!

]]> By: Donnie B. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/27/dawn-launched/comment-page-1/#comment-49963 Donnie B. Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:48:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/27/dawn-launched/#comment-49963 Whenever I hear about Vesta, I think of Asimov's very first short story, "Marooned Off Vesta". Let's hope he wasn't prophetic about our intrepid little probe. I bet he'd be mighty excited about the Dawn mission, if he were still with us. Whenever I hear about Vesta, I think of Asimov’s very first short story, “Marooned Off Vesta”. Let’s hope he wasn’t prophetic about our intrepid little probe.

I bet he’d be mighty excited about the Dawn mission, if he were still with us.

]]> By: Die Beste Aller Zeiten - Eike Pierstorff : Blog Archive : Dawn of the pronounced dead http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/27/dawn-launched/comment-page-1/#comment-49966 Die Beste Aller Zeiten - Eike Pierstorff : Blog Archive : Dawn of the pronounced dead Thu, 27 Sep 2007 22:53:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/27/dawn-launched/#comment-49966 [...] Philipp Plait mentions the launch at his badastronomy.com website, and if your at all interested in astronomy and space exploration you should check out the rest of his site [...] [...] Philipp Plait mentions the launch at his badastronomy.com website, and if your at all interested in astronomy and space exploration you should check out the rest of his site [...]

]]> By: DrFlimmer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/27/dawn-launched/comment-page-1/#comment-49965 DrFlimmer Thu, 27 Sep 2007 22:01:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/09/27/dawn-launched/#comment-49965 We waited so long for the launch... and now... we have to wait again! Dawn will visit Vesta in 2011 and Ceres in 2015. That's long, indeed. But it was a nice liftoff - I can't wait to see the next launch, in October, Atlantis, isn't it? We waited so long for the launch… and now… we have to wait again!
Dawn will visit Vesta in 2011 and Ceres in 2015. That’s long, indeed.
But it was a nice liftoff – I can’t wait to see the next launch, in October, Atlantis, isn’t it?

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