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Re: Countdown To The Countdown
« Reply #15 on: March 09, 2010, 07:00:56 PM »
After a "planned hold" we resume the count at T-27 days.

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From last week's rollout from the VAB to pad 39A.
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Re: Countdown To The Countdown
« Reply #16 on: March 10, 2010, 12:33:16 AM »
And a picture of the "replacement" captain was released this afternoon...

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Re: Countdown To The Countdown
« Reply #17 on: March 10, 2010, 04:45:56 PM »
Ack! What? No! Don't do that! Bad Nerk! Bad! Bad!

This is what a real astronaut looks like...
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And they have names like "Poindexter."

T-26 days and fingers still crossed.
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Re: Countdown To The Countdown
« Reply #18 on: March 10, 2010, 07:38:27 PM »
AAHH!!!! MY EYES!!!!
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Re: Countdown To The Countdown
« Reply #19 on: March 11, 2010, 05:10:56 PM »
Did "Captain Jackson" touch your eyes, Jawa? That would be a step up from where he used to touch people.

T-25 days and a'countin'.

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Discovery on the pad.
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Re: Countdown To The Countdown
« Reply #20 on: March 11, 2010, 08:26:30 PM »
He couldnt get close to me, cause when I saw that face, I went running screaming.
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Re: Countdown To The Countdown
« Reply #21 on: March 11, 2010, 11:59:22 PM »
But Jawa, in Neverland no one can hear you scream (Jackson paid extra for the acoustic insulation).
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Re: Countdown To The Countdown
« Reply #22 on: March 12, 2010, 10:42:48 AM »
Great!  Just great!  That's going to give me nightmares for weeks.
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Re: Countdown To The Countdown
« Reply #23 on: March 12, 2010, 11:12:17 AM »
Nasty storms moving through Titusville today... hope they have battened down those hatches!
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Re: Countdown To The Countdown
« Reply #24 on: March 12, 2010, 07:40:50 PM »
T-24 days and counting.

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The shuttle is pretty well cocooned once it arrives at the pad, as can been seen in the above photo. The last time I visited KSC (~1994) there was a shuttle on the pad but you could hardly see it. The only time it is really vulnerable to weather is during the roll out to the pad and just before launch when the RSS (Rotating Service Structure) is moved off to the side. They will roll it back into the VAB if there is a hurricane anywhere within a couple days of the Cape.
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Re: Countdown To The Countdown
« Reply #25 on: March 12, 2010, 07:54:51 PM »
Did she say Titusville?

DB, do they hear a tree falling?
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Re: Countdown To The Countdown
« Reply #26 on: March 12, 2010, 10:00:12 PM »
Yes, Titusville.
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Re: Countdown To The Countdown
« Reply #27 on: March 13, 2010, 12:05:20 AM »
In Neverland even the tree are silent, never to speak of the sights they have witnessed.
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Re: Countdown To The Countdown
« Reply #28 on: March 13, 2010, 12:26:55 AM »
So, could one say what happen in Neverland stay in Neverland?  =)
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Re: Countdown To The Countdown
« Reply #29 on: March 13, 2010, 01:25:03 AM »
Sometimes what happened in Neverland came out in the deposition.

I'm not sure which is worse, having my thread hijacked or posting on topic all by myself.  :-\
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