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| *kryogenix* |
 Jul 4 2006, 07:10 PM
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Space Shuttles amaze me. They're 40 year old hardware, yet they outperform everything the world puts out. Not even the Buran could match it. Discovery launch was a success, but it seems like no one cares. It's probably the largest rocket you'll see go up today, yet it seems to me that more people are excited to see the fireworks show.
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| *Libertie* |
Jul 4 2006, 07:12 PM
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I totally missed it this afternoon! I was trying at the time to convince myself to get out of bed at like 1:30pm.
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Jul 4 2006, 07:20 PM
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 Photoartist  Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,363 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 399,390 |
Oh man, for real?
I didn't even know there was a launch today.
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Jul 4 2006, 07:21 PM
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 Id brag if i had sex with me too Group: Member Posts: 112 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 433,537 |
I SAW IT ON T.V AND IN PERSON IT WAS TIGHT
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Jul 4 2006, 08:02 PM
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 dripping destruction Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,282 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 21,929 |
well, you hope fireworks blow up.
i wish i could see it for real. seeing it on a screen is nice and all, but for real- that would rock. i once saw the blue angels fly. it was freezing, and it was wet, but it was worth it. i have a feeling the space shuttle would be the same. and not that many launches left. must go see! |
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Jul 4 2006, 08:10 PM
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Id brag if i had sex with me too Group: Member Posts: 112 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 433,537 |
yeah its amazing because they travel at such high speeds but it looks like its in slow motion and then its gone leaving nothing but a trail of smoke
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Jul 4 2006, 08:12 PM
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 oooh yeah. Group: Member Posts: 1,333 Joined: Feb 2006 Member No: 376,533 |
it was freaking awesome. that feeling you get being told that it blasts off at 4 miles per second... wow. simply amazing.
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| *mzkandi* |
Jul 4 2006, 08:29 PM
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I watched the lauch. I was just hoping everything would go smoothly and it did. I don't care about fireworks much, hence the reason I'm at home on my computer now.
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Jul 4 2006, 09:15 PM
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 What the fack. Group: Official Member Posts: 6,164 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 8,519 |
I couldn't watch it 'cause I was out for most of the day, blugh.
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Jul 4 2006, 10:08 PM
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POWAPOSTA Group: Member Posts: 3,169 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 30,725 |
i havent seen it
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| *mipadi* |
Jul 4 2006, 10:39 PM
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I watched it on C-SPAN, along with the thirty minutes pre-launch. I watched it until the main tank separation, but then C-SPAN cut the feed. Guess there were no more cameras to track it.
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Jul 4 2006, 10:48 PM
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 Kimberly Group: Member Posts: 1,961 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 121,599 |
Yeah I'm kinda surprised they arent talking about it that much on tv.
But it seems like they were really wanting to have the launch today, on the 4th of July (even though there were several problems with the foam and backup stuff). Oh well. I'm really hoping its not a repeat of Columbia. I live about 2 hours from Kennedy space center, so I watched it from my backyard. 
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Jul 4 2006, 10:59 PM
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 Pokeball, GO! Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,832 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 433,009 |
I've never seen one in person, but I love them. I've always had a fascination with space. My dad grew up in Tampa Florida (back when you could actually look around without a concrete building right in front of you) and he used to watch every launch from his yard.
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Jul 5 2006, 05:03 AM
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 cB Assassin Group: Official Member Posts: 10,147 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,672 |
I want to fly in space in an X-Wing Starfighter. Too bad they don't exist in the real world.
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Jul 6 2006, 01:25 AM
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Pokeball, GO! Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,832 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 433,009 |
^ Dude, I always wanted an X-Wing, haha. Or an A-Wing cause they zip around so fast.
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| *This Confession* |
Jul 6 2006, 01:33 AM
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me and my dad were talking about it on the 3rd. But my boyfriend came yesterday for the first time meeting and we were gone away from the house the whole day pretty much.
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| *baby_in_blue* |
Jul 6 2006, 02:08 AM
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saw it on tv. it was amazing.
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| *mona lisa* |
Jul 6 2006, 09:13 AM
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Aww, I missed it. I did see some footage on the news though. I'm glad everything went all right.
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Jul 6 2006, 11:40 AM
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 Lauren :D Group: Member Posts: 2,105 Joined: Jul 2005 Member No: 176,997 |
I saw it on TV. I wasn't even planning on it. I was just flipping threw and bam! it launched.
It was cool. |
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| *mipadi* |
Jul 21 2006, 09:04 AM
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I thought this was an awesome picture of the Space Shuttle Discovery's return:
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Jul 21 2006, 09:11 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 2,881 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 132,134 |
There was a launch? I would've seen it but either way if I knew about it or didn't, I wasn't able to see it. My tv broke. T_T
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