Comments on: Shuttle postponed until January 2

By: Grand Lunar

Grand Lunar — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:39:22 +0000

Another update for those keeping score:

The launch is now set for January 10th.

It’s meant to give more holiday time with their families.

By: JB of Brisbane

JB of Brisbane — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:13:59 +0000

Just when I had almost concluded that Betamax was a product of my overheated imagination, Blake Stacey had to go and confirm its existence.

By: Grand Lunar

Grand Lunar — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:47:46 +0000

I saw another launch that was on schedule, Phil; Discovery’s latest trip.

Kudos to you Nancy A. for the explaination of the situation. Now I know what to tell classmates.
Is this a problem that can be solved without rolling back the shuttle to the VAB?

By: autumn

autumn — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 05:40:35 +0000

I always just hope that the launch day (or night if I’m very lucky) occurs at a time when I can watch it with my kids (9, 7, and 4). Nothing is better than seeing human beings in giant rockets be blasted out of the atmosphere for getting young minds interested in learning about the universe. As an added bonus, if conditions are good, we can watch the first minute of the launch on TV, and then run outside to try and spot the orbiter as rises in the sky (although as far away as Gainesville things have to be just right for a good view).

By: The Bad Astronomer

The Bad Astronomer — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 04:26:13 +0000

Andy, the one launch I witnessed was right on time, no delay or anything. They counted down, and varooooom! Launch! Very cool. That was STS 82, by the way, which put STIS on board Hubble.

By: Peter S.

Peter S. — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 04:19:53 +0000

Don’t they also have to wait until after the 1st due to the software problem they discovered last year w.r.t. having the shuttle in orbit during on New Years Day and the clocks resetting to zero?

By: Ian B Gibson

Ian B Gibson — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:55:07 +0000

Here’s a piece of advice for you: if you’re ever stuck in a flame trench with the shuttle about to launch, simply use the plastic explosives feature of your seiko wristwatch to gain access to an air vent – the flames never go further than about 20 feet down these vents and don’t use up all the oxygen. Then you can simply emerge at the other side and go about your business.