| Dec 9, 2006 @ 3:34 PM |
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spongebob777
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Second chance at a nightime shuttle launch at 8:47 eastern. Watch live here.
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
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| Dec 9, 2006 @ 7:04 PM |
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Jankia
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Hopefully all goes well Sponge,also in the east-southeast sky just before dawn on Sunday morning Mercury,Mars and Jupiter will be grouped together for the first time since 1925.Wont happen again until 2053.
Hold your fist straight out with your pinky on the horizon and they will be only halfway up your fist,very low on the horizon.They will appear very close with Mercury just above Jupiter and Mars just to the right
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| Dec 9, 2006 @ 7:07 PM |
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spongebob777
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70% chance of launch right now.
The Gemenids meteor shower is expected to peak in the middle of the week as well.
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| Dec 9, 2006 @ 7:25 PM |
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Novalite
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Wont happen again until 2053.
Have to catch it later. Busy tonight. 
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| Dec 9, 2006 @ 7:53 PM |
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Jankia
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Heck,just tell her to wake you up early nova,its just before dawn. 
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| Dec 9, 2006 @ 8:34 PM |
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Heaveninawildflower
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Lookin' goooooooooood! May all be well with them!
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| Dec 9, 2006 @ 8:41 PM |
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spongebob777
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Everything is go at 7 minutes and counting.
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| Dec 9, 2006 @ 8:52 PM |
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spongebob777
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Discovery is away. 2,250,000 lbs of fuel in under a minute and a half.
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| Dec 9, 2006 @ 8:52 PM |
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Heaveninawildflower
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Whewwwwww....starting to breathe again...wow.
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| Dec 9, 2006 @ 11:14 PM |
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irish20835
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Took the kids home to the cape tonight ..ladies and gents ..let me tell you before you die ...please see what me and my kids saw tonite...words can't describe the sight and sounds of a night launch ..from the space coast ....i am happy nasa decided to do them again
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| Dec 10, 2006 @ 12:08 AM |
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Heaveninawildflower
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Irish - you have no idea how I envied you southeasterners being able to see and hear the real thing while I was watching the liftoff. Absolutely awesome! 
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| Dec 10, 2006 @ 2:49 PM |
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suzieq0808
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I didn't see from the same vantage point as Irish but I did get to see it after liftoff out the front door where I was.
And we're used to double booms on re-entry.
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