Space Shuttle Launch Live Nasa TV

Kombi · Post by **Kombi** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:47 pm

Is any one interested in watching the live Nasa Launch of the Discovery Shuttle Tuesday night (our time perth)

Post by **Bonez** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:12 am

Yeah I am... I might head off to the Nasa site now and get some info

Kombi · Post by **Kombi** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 12:15 pm

Bonez wrote:Yeah I am... I might head off to the Nasa site now and get some info

ok you know what the address links are,launch is 11.38 pm our time tonight..

Post by **Zebedee** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:08 pm

2.5 hours to go - according to the NASA site, the crew are in the launch tower getting ready to go into the orbiter.

NASA Shuttle page

NASA TV page to watch a live stream via RealPlayer or Windows Media.

Rockjet · Post by **Rockjet** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:00 pm

Watching it live at the moment, amazing. Its a pity they dont have cameras inside the flight deck! T minus 43 minutes

Post by **Toottoot** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:32 pm

I hope theve remembered to grease the orings. the water tower looks close to the launch pad on the tv - mabe that ones for the hot water.

Post by **vk6hgr** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:54 pm

Rockjet wrote:Watching it live at the moment, amazing. Its a pity they dont have cameras inside the flight deck! T minus 43 minutes

Watching now

Rockjet · Post by **Rockjet** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:07 pm

I could get one of my kids to climb up there to knock the ice away with a long stick if they want!

Post by **Toottoot** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:11 pm

yeah just get on with it for gods sake - it will blow off at some stage. Drama queens.

Rockjet · Post by **Rockjet** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:16 pm

The doesnt seem to be much PPE worn by some of the people transporting the large tanks. One fella had a Hawaiin shirt on for cryin out loud. No high visibility gear seen.

Post by **vk6hgr** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:21 pm

Rockjet wrote:The doesnt seem to be much PPE worn by some of the people transporting the large tanks. One fella had a Hawaiin shirt on for cryin out loud. No high visibility gear seen.

Probably because if there's any problems with transportidng said large tanks filled with liquid oxygen and hydrogen (phoom!) no amount of PPE is going to help you.

Post by **Toottoot** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:21 pm

They had the police escort though. How big is that friggin shed!!!!!8 acres floor space!!! over 560 feet high!!! HUGE! Slow cranes but 12 hours to tilt the shuttle up.

Its quite interesting.

Rockjet · Post by **Rockjet** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:24 pm

vk6hgr wrote:
Rockjet wrote:The doesnt seem to be much PPE worn by some of the people transporting the large tanks. One fella had a Hawaiin shirt on for cryin out loud. No high visibility gear seen.
Probably because if there's any problems with transportidng said large tanks filled with liquid oxygen and hydrogen (phoom!) no amount of PPE is going to help you.

Good Point!!

Post by **Toottoot** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:38 pm

I hope they dont turn the cameras off if it blows up

Rockjet · Post by **Rockjet** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:52 pm

Well that was worth having a late night for, amazing!