You will be able to watch live on the NASA Channel, if you get that with your cable, or satellite service.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html

5/11/2009 12:43:25 PM

I haven't seen it, but I guarantee this thread's already been made

5/11/2009 12:44:36 PM

does TWC have NASA

5/11/2009 12:46:31 PM

channel 11

5/11/2009 12:48:26 PM

channel 11 or

WTVD11

5/11/2009 12:51:22 PM

physical channel 11

5/11/2009 12:51:46 PM

so government access

5/11/2009 12:52:39 PM

right now it's the fire marshall's minute

it's hard-hitting stuff

dude's got like 4 different extinguishers on a table

5/11/2009 12:53:27 PM

lol i flipped to it and i saw "hi welcome to the fire marshall's minute" then turned back to whatever i was on

5/11/2009 12:54:33 PM

*pay attention here people*

5/11/2009 12:55:26 PM

this is some good stuff

aha now it's the "be sure to lock your cars" thing

i've seen this before

5/11/2009 12:59:13 PM

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

5/11/2009 12:59:36 PM

T - 3:30

5/11/2009 1:50:45 PM

T - PEN15

5/11/2009 1:51:44 PM

T - 2:00

5/11/2009 1:52:17 PM

Lol that was the countdown for the countdown.

Now T-9:00

5/11/2009 1:53:58 PM

I'll be eligible for the astronaut program in one month from today.

5/11/2009 1:54:44 PM

^ I'm doing that shit after I spend some time in the Marine Corps.

T-4:00

5/11/2009 1:58:59 PM

ive got it on CNN, why aint this shit in HD

5/11/2009 1:59:23 PM

t- 2 mins

5/11/2009 2:00:33 PM

T minus 10

5/11/2009 2:02:42 PM

is there a GPS map thing with a tracker?

5/11/2009 2:03:07 PM

NAW SON.

5/11/2009 2:03:54 PM

only 1500mph

5/11/2009 2:06:21 PM

THAT'S PRETTY SLOW FOR A SPACE SHUTTLE SON.

5/11/2009 2:06:49 PM

k 6500mph now

5/11/2009 2:07:33 PM

67 miles away

this shit is cool

5/11/2009 2:09:00 PM

i had to turn it to fox news for the launch... cnn kept yapping right over the launch and then cut to military spending

dunno why channel 11 never switched over

oh well

back to work

5/11/2009 2:11:15 PM

I concur.

5/11/2009 2:11:23 PM

should have just watched ch11

5/11/2009 2:21:07 PM

TWC in Greensboro can go to hell for not having the Nasa channel. I am glad that the Science Channel had live coverage as well as HD. Too bad we missed the feed showing the external fuel tank separation but otherwise that was really cool seeing Atlantis' last mission (according to my mother).

5/11/2009 2:26:49 PM

they didnt have a feed for the external tank. it went out of signal about a minute before hand

5/11/2009 2:29:19 PM

^^Tis the last mission. All the remaining shuttles are being retired next year.

5/11/2009 2:31:39 PM

^ Trust me, I know.

5/11/2009 2:39:43 PM

yea I read about that too. arent they going to some sort of spacecraft that looks like the old apollo mission kinda things

5/11/2009 2:41:01 PM

Quote :

"PRETTY FUCKING COOL"

5/11/2009 2:42:51 PM

^^ fo sho. That's what I'm working on right now

5/11/2009 2:45:55 PM

^^^ Constellation. It is what will take us back to the moon! If I recall the overall project is called Orion. I always mix up the two.

[Edited on May 11, 2009 at 2:47 PM. Reason : .]

5/11/2009 2:47:06 PM

^Orion is the crew capsule. Constellation is the overall project. Ares is the rocketry program.

5/11/2009 2:52:19 PM

Thank you. You would think after seeing two launches in person within the last 4 years that I would have committed that to memory. But then again I get a pass because I am just a lowly meteorologist while my sister is the one who is majoring in Astronomy.

5/11/2009 2:57:23 PM

So how is the new rocket system going to land? Will they just fall into the ocean again like they did back when NASA started?

5/11/2009 3:10:05 PM

^Yep, they are reusable. In fact, they are using slightly modified solid rocket boosters that you see on modern day space shuttles.

5/12/2009 3:38:28 PM

these new old style shuttles look sucky, we're going backwards
when does lockheed martin finish that cool lookin transport vehicle worthy of 2009

5/12/2009 3:40:53 PM

How long until we get a space elevator?

5/12/2009 3:49:24 PM

in another 50 yrs

5/12/2009 3:53:52 PM

Quote :

"these new old style shuttles look sucky, we're going backwards when does lockheed martin finish that cool lookin transport vehicle worthy of 2009"

Not sure I know what you mean... Lockheed Martin is currently working on the Orion crew capsule. Maybe you mean the X-37?


If so, it is unmanned and doesn't go any further than low earth orbit.

Anyways, the shuttles themselves can't make it to the moon or beyond, they are designed for operations in earth orbit. That is why the current vehicles resemble the Apollo days... that is what worked before so we'll make it work again. The Ares 1-X unmanned prototype is scheduled for flight in August of this year. If you happen to be in Florida around that time, I'd encourage you to watch the launch... it will be history in the making.

5/12/2009 4:17:52 PM

Quote :

"Anyways, the shuttles themselves can't make it to the moon or beyond, they are designed for operations in earth orbit."

That's some bullshit.

5/12/2009 4:22:39 PM

so whats the coolest nasa project going on right now.
the ISS is not in the news, im guessing they're working on a moon colony which would be really cool
then theres always the mars mission which always seems to be several decades away

5/12/2009 4:30:01 PM

^All the cool projects are probably classified, that's why we never hear about them. But Project Constellation is the new hotness in the public eye, current plans are to be back on the moon by 2020 and on Mars by 2038. Mars mission always seems to be decades away because it was only announced in 2004 .

5/12/2009 4:42:08 PM

Can someone remind me what is to be gained by going to the moon again, now? We're so far away from colonizing or anything like that, why not wait until we get better technology to make the trips cheaper?

5/12/2009 4:46:25 PM