Space shuttle launch viewing. Dz.com gathering?

[LadyDoc 0]

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Go to Titusville.

Best advice yet! The Indian river is LITERALLY the only thing that separates the Space Center from Titusville. There are a SHITTON of cheapass motels right on the river (they have run down a little bit...) and some nicer ones the closer you get to SR 50/Cheney Hwy. There is a high school there- Titusville HS, the closer you get to that area, I've found, is best, but, just make sure you understand that it's going to be crowded and if you'll end up traveling WEST again, you'll be sitting in the worst traffic imaginable. Stay in Tville if you can. I grew up there and I've seen so many launches that it's not exciting to me anymore. HOWEVER, my dad works there, so, I always watch just to make sure everything goes well. It's always nice seeing that my daddy still has a job when the shuttle goes up with little to no problems.
On a side note, they were filming Transformers 3 out there yesterday. They ended up panning around the entire parking lot by the Vehicle Assembly Building. My car was recently in a pretty nasty little car accident. I always go to the same body shop in Titusville, however, I recently moved to Jacksonville. So my dad took over my car to get it repaired. Well, it came out of the shop, finally, on Wednesday. He drove it to work on Thursday. At that point, it was filmed in the movie! If it makes the end production, I dunno. however, if it does, i can point and say, yay! look at my purty car!
fyi.

If you disbelieve everything because we cannot certainly know all things, we shall do much-what as wisely as he would not use his legs, but sit still and perish because he had no wings to fly.-JL

[Jewels 0]

Your car is going to be famous!! That's terrific!! I hope it makes it to the final product.

TPM Sister #102

[SARLDO 0]

Some good footage here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKPqomW5kDI&feature=player_embedded

Enjoy!

"Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest" ~Samuel Clemens

MB#4300
Dudeist Skydiver #68

[cocheese 0]

You rock Wendy. Thanks for the tickets!
Yay I have an extra ticket to Kars Park if anyone wants to join me.

[cocheese 0]

I still have a free ticket to the "NASA" park for great viewing of the launch. PM me today if interested.

[skymama 35]

Now it's Nov. 2nd, 4:17 pm.

She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

[kkeenan 13]

Good work on the update, SpaceMama.

[skymama 35]

Thanks, Kevin. I hope it doesn't screw up anyone's plans!

She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

[cocheese 0]

Just found out. Yes my plans are messed up now.

[sffudapparel 0]

Me and a couple friends are gonna go from ohio, a few of us have tickets but some of us do not and will try to hit titusville I suppose. Can't wait, something I've always wanted to see

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[kkeenan 13]

More changes.
New scheduled launch time is Wednesday, 11/3 @ 1552 (EDT).

Various mechanical issues seem to be corrected. The countdown clock is running.

Kevin

[PhreeZone 14]

I'm going to be watching it from Orlando if it launches on time! Can't wait!

Yesterday is history
And tomorrow is a mystery

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[normiss 620]

Electrical problems MAY cause further delays.
Shuttle updates

[cocheese 0]

I toured Kennedy Space Center yesterday. It was cool. I saw the shuttle on the pad. Sort of.

Now I'm back in Michigan.

DAMN IT!!!!

[SARLDO 0]

DELAYED! Crap! I was all set for my front row viewing. Maybe tomorrow, probably not until Friday due to weather.

"Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest" ~Samuel Clemens

MB#4300
Dudeist Skydiver #68

[kkeenan 13]

Crikey! We're on for tomorrow, 11/4, at 1529 EDT. After perfect wx for over a month, tomorrow's going to be the first stormy day. The ship is all ready, with no problems, so they're going to run the countdown and see what the weather looks like for the 5 min. window. Ballsy, but the best thing to do considering the scheduling problems that the delay of this launch is starting to cause.

It's been crazy this week with all the out-of-towners. Usually, with an on-time launch, they are gone by now.

Kevin K

[cocheese 0]

Good luck with the launch!

(I tried to post a pic, but I need to resize it)

[PhreeZone 14]

Yep. I am going to miss it too by a few hours at this point

Yesterday is history
And tomorrow is a mystery

Parachutemanuals.com

[cocheese 0]

I feel your pain.

Delayed til Friday at 3:04pm.

[skymama 35]

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Delayed til Friday at 3:04pm.

And there's already talk that it might be too windy.

She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

[kkeenan 13]

This is why I hate inviting people for a launch. When someone spends a ton of money to come to Fla. and then has to sit around for a week or more, they sometimes get a little testy. We locals are used to it, and besides, we aren't going anywhere anyway.

So far every day this week has been a "launch day".

Originally, the launch window went to Sunday, but now they are willing to try for a Monday launch, even though the mission will have to be cut by one day. Hopefully we get some good wx by then.

kk

[ladydyver 0]

we are gonna watch on our way to the airport if the launch goes.....we will see......

DPH # 2
"I am not sure what you are suppose to do with that, but I don't think it is suppose to flop around like that." ~Skootz~
I have a strong regard for the rules.......doc!

[d_squared431 0]

Last I heard they were talking about a delay until Mid Dec Which would be the next opportunity to launch.

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[cocheese 0]

They're "tanking".... so look for the launch at 3:04 pm.

The winds may be too high, but it will depend on the direction of the wind as well.

[kkeenan 13]

All has been looking good through tanking, however, around 0730, a Hydrogen gas leak was detected and is being looked at. This same type of leak delayed two different missions last year. Troubleshooting is in progress, but this has the potential to scrub today's attempt.