STS-117: Atlantis Rollout and Pre-Launch Updates

• #40 by JJ.. on 15 Feb, 2007 12:18
• when will the live feed be back on ?
  please don't tell me thats it for the next several hours ..
• #41 by Chris Bergin on 15 Feb, 2007 12:19
• Any USA/NASA guys here with a camera and an urge for stretching their legs this morning?
• #42 by paulhbell07 on 15 Feb, 2007 12:21
• When I was a kid  ( a long time ago) I thought the discs shown above were break discs. When I think back, I now think 'what a idiot i was thinking that'. How would they stop all that weight.
• #43 by jmjawors on 15 Feb, 2007 12:23
• Looks like they've started moving.
• #44 by Mark Max Q on 15 Feb, 2007 12:26
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  jmjawors - 15/2/2007  7:23 AM
  
  Looks like they've started moving.

  
  How so?
• #45 by Chris Bergin on 15 Feb, 2007 12:27
• She's moving:

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• #46 by Alex on 15 Feb, 2007 12:28
• http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/countdown/video/
  
  Thats as best as i can do.
• #47 by voyager on 15 Feb, 2007 12:29
• 1st Motion at 8:19 hrs.
• #48 by Chris Bergin on 15 Feb, 2007 12:30
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  voyager - 15/2/2007  1:29 PM
  
  1st Motion at 8:19 hrs.

  
  Thanks!
• #49 by Chris Bergin on 15 Feb, 2007 12:32

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• #50 by Chris Bergin on 15 Feb, 2007 12:33

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• #51 by dutch courage on 15 Feb, 2007 12:36
• A bit off topic but does anybody know if they stopped painting the VAB?
  
• #52 by BenOR on 15 Feb, 2007 12:36
• Thanks Chris.
  Can't believe their showing this B-Roll BS instead of the rollout. And who cares about preflight briefings (which is what is supposed to be on) anyway. It's not even March yet!
  Anyway, I sent the inconsiderate blobs of nothing over at NASA an abusing email.
• #53 by Chris Bergin on 15 Feb, 2007 12:36

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• #54 by Alex on 15 Feb, 2007 12:38
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  dutch courage - 15/2/2007  11:36 PM
  
  A bit off topic but does anybody know if they stopped painting the VAB?
  

  
  Maybe they ran out of money.
  
  So they had to stop painting and thats why the Nasa TV coverage of the rollout was stopped too!!!! Grrr Nasa.
• #55 by BenOR on 15 Feb, 2007 12:39
• Quite possibly.
• #56 by Chris Bergin on 15 Feb, 2007 12:41

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• #57 by paulhbell07 on 15 Feb, 2007 12:46
• This is NASA at it's worst. A important event like rollout and no live coverage. You would think by now (2007) we would be able to watch live, how many sat's in orbit, how many TV channels and we can still not watch. NASA is a public funded company and they should please the public. They will never get top marks while they do things like this.
  
  Sorry for being off topic.
• #58 by shuttlefan on 15 Feb, 2007 12:49
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  paulhbell07 - 15/2/2007  7:46 AM
  
  This is NASA at it's worst. A important event like rollout and no live coverage. You would think by now (2007) we would be able to watch live, how many sat's in orbit, how many TV channels and we can still not watch. NASA is a public funded company and they should please the public. They will never get top marks while they do things like this.
  
  Sorry for being off topic.

  
  Very True!
• #59 by Chandonn on 15 Feb, 2007 12:50

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