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Rob
02-24-2011, 3:31pm
NASA Launch (http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2#utm_campaigne=synclickback&source=http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=showcustomobject&postId=5769527&item=0&medium=5808990)

Watch live stream of the shuttle launch
longhorn341
02-24-2011, 3:35pm
:cool1::takdir:
Rob
02-24-2011, 3:39pm
Aww hell, they just pulled off part of the tile just above the hatch door.

I wonder if this will postpone the launch.
NeedSpeed
02-24-2011, 3:42pm
Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com
jaxgator
02-24-2011, 3:44pm
Thanks Dixie! And yeah, I'm wondering if it's going to hold up or cancel the launch.
jaxgator
02-24-2011, 3:45pm
Looks like we're a go. :hurray:
Rob
02-24-2011, 3:47pm
Looks like we're a go. :hurray:

Yup, we are counting down now. Those guys better get moving.
American Made
02-24-2011, 3:58pm
:cool1: and for a safe trip :angel:
dwjz06
02-24-2011, 4:05pm
:cool1: and for a safe trip :angel:

:iagree::cheers:
mikeg826
02-24-2011, 4:06pm
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-pGkeGjJTvs/TKe2lppAbCI/AAAAAAAAKY4/Dn7zrynG1Js/s1600/S1E19_Locke_Hatch_Light.jpg

thought you were talking about LOST for a minute there. :leaving:
Superstreet
02-24-2011, 4:07pm
On 2 launches left after this one. :(

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/Superstreet/Space-Shuttle-over-the-years.jpg
Curvette
02-24-2011, 4:08pm
Very cool, thanks!
ApexOversteer
02-24-2011, 4:49pm
This is the 39th and final planned mission for the Orbiter Discovery.

Her total time in orbit to date is 351 days, having orbited the planet 5,628 times since her first flight in 1984.
jaxgator
02-24-2011, 4:49pm
T-minus 4 minute and counting! Godspeed astronauts! :angel:
Entropy
02-24-2011, 4:57pm
This is so freakin' cool. :cool:

Still get goose bumps when I watch a lift off.
Exotix
02-24-2011, 4:59pm
Very Nice ! ... :dance:
jaxgator
02-24-2011, 5:03pm
Awesome launch!
Sea Six
02-24-2011, 5:04pm
This is so freakin' cool. :cool:

Still get goose bumps when I watch a lift off.

It IS cool.

I was 18 years old and working for NASA in 1985. I was in Discovery in the crew compartment less than 24 hours before launch... mission 51-I IIRC. It would have been July or August of that year. It's the only orbiter I've ever been in that was in the vertical position.

I was at the VIP / press viewing location at the launch. It was an incredible experience.

:patriot:
Stangkiller
02-24-2011, 5:17pm
This is so freakin' cool. :cool:

Still get goose bumps when I watch a lift off.

I usually tear up watching the launches...I've got goosebumps just thinking about the launch.
Exotix
02-24-2011, 5:21pm
msnbc.com Video Player
C5SilverBullet
02-24-2011, 5:51pm
Very awesome.