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Ronsmytheiii · « **Reply #180 on:** 10/23/2007 02:41 pm »

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simonbp - 23/10/2007 10:35 AM

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RafaelCE - 23/10/2007 7:30 AM

Seems like ice is getting thinner, isn't it?

But if the weather doesn't agree, it's all for naught...

Simon

time to fire up google earth and look at the weather.

Also for anyone out there, could someone come up with a Google Earth shuttle/station tracker? There used to be an amazing one, but it stopped when the page it was recieveing updated telemetry from was deleted. Ideally I would like one that included the launch and landing phase, but I would take just orbit.

sts1canada · « **Reply #181 on:** 10/23/2007 02:41 pm »

It going to be a race for time this morning for this launch attempt, will the ice melt enough before the T-9 hold release and will the cumulus cloud field and possible showers from the east coast sea breeze stay away long enough for the same hold release time. This looks like their best attempt for launch (weather wise) for the next couple of days before that frontal boundary from the west moves in and the TAL sites become marginal.

Richard

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #182 on:** 10/23/2007 02:41 pm »

GO FOR LAUNCH.

"Ice is not an issue for launch. Melting".

rdale · « **Reply #183 on:** 10/23/2007 02:41 pm »

Weather is _far_ from beautiful - more in the wx thread.

ShuttleDiscovery · « **Reply #184 on:** 10/23/2007 02:42 pm »

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Chandonn - 23/10/2007 3:39 PM

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simonbp - 23/10/2007 10:35 AM

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RafaelCE - 23/10/2007 7:30 AM

Seems like ice is getting thinner, isn't it?

But if the weather doesn't agree, it's all for naught...

Simon

Interestingly enough, weather WAS supposed to be the big topic this morning. But there doesn't seem to be much discussion about weather prohibitive of launch, at least through PAO. And the weather looks beautiful on NTV!

That's what i was thinking. Seems to be going very smoothly in terms of weather at the moment in the countdown.

psloss · « **Reply #185 on:** 10/23/2007 02:42 pm »

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Chandonn - 23/10/2007 10:39 AM

Interestingly enough, weather WAS supposed to be the big topic this morning. But there doesn't seem to be much discussion about weather prohibitive of launch, at least through PAO. And the weather looks beautiful on NTV!

Well, up until the video cut out, we were looking at cameras facing in the wrong directions, north and west...the general flow is from the south and a bit from the east and that's where "stuff" would be coming from...

Jim · « **Reply #186 on:** 10/23/2007 02:44 pm »

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TrueBlueWitt - 23/10/2007 10:09 AM

Will never happen of course.. but this would make too much sense.. Wouldn't this almost completely elminate ice concerns except possibly on very windy days?

Has nothing to do with making "sense". The sensible answer is another question, why add something for a problem that hasn't been an issue.

Chandonn · « **Reply #187 on:** 10/23/2007 02:44 pm »

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psloss - 23/10/2007 10:42 AM

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Chandonn - 23/10/2007 10:39 AM

Interestingly enough, weather WAS supposed to be the big topic this morning. But there doesn't seem to be much discussion about weather prohibitive of launch, at least through PAO. And the weather looks beautiful on NTV!
Well, up until the video cut out, we were looking at cameras facing in the wrong directions, north and west...the general flow is from the south and a bit from the east and that's where "stuff" would be coming from...

I was checking the radar a bit too. In the time between now and launch, I'm fairly optimistic.

Bret · « **Reply #188 on:** 10/23/2007 02:44 pm »

Now entering T-9:00 hold

Skinny · « **Reply #189 on:** 10/23/2007 02:44 pm »

Andy_Small · « **Reply #190 on:** 10/23/2007 02:45 pm »

t-9 mins and holding

AstroRJY · « **Reply #191 on:** 10/23/2007 02:45 pm »

I wish Curie would be more specific, like saying T-14 minutes 38 seconds, etc. instead of just T-14 minutes, he actually just said T-9 minutes and counting which doesn't make sense.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #192 on:** 10/23/2007 02:45 pm »

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Chris Bergin - 23/10/2007 3:41 PM

GO FOR LAUNCH.

"Ice is not an issue for launch. Melting".

DAT and MMT pass ice as ok to launch with. (Bit of a shocker with some people - including MAF).

ChrisC · « **Reply #193 on:** 10/23/2007 02:46 pm »

CNN is using the NSF ice image.

vt_hokie · « **Reply #194 on:** 10/23/2007 02:47 pm »

Wow, NSF just mentioned on CNN! Don't think I've seen that before...

psloss · « **Reply #195 on:** 10/23/2007 02:47 pm »

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AstroRJY - 23/10/2007 10:45 AM

I wish Curie would be more specific, like saying T-14 minutes 38 seconds, etc. instead of just T-14 minuts, he actually juxt said T-9 minutes and counting which doesn't make sense.

All commentators make little mistakes like that...not a big deal to me.