Shuttle landing delayed about an hour due bad weather at KSC

[karlrschneider]

just now on NASA television sorry no link now...Dish network chan 213

edit: new estimate ETA is 0522 CDT

[KT2000]

1. Thanks so much

for this post - especially the Dish channel. Just got in on the end of a Newsbreak and didn't get the whole story.

[rawtribe]

2. NASA TV streaming online

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html?skipIntro=1

[nookiemonster]

4. Thanks!!

Very smooth as long as you have broadband.

[jim3775]

3. I see I'm not the only one up watching this. n/t

[jim3775]

5. Stupid MSM

My sky news desktop alert said

SHUTTLE DISCOVERY LANDING DELAYED MORE SOON...

Pretty typical for a Rupert Murdoch news org, only getting half the story.

[Name removed]

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[terrya]

7. A bit tasteless there.

I'm hoping that this does NOT end like the last shuttle mission did.

I hope they land successfully and all are safe.

[karlrschneider]

9. Agree. I think you left out "as" or "like"...

Just an observation...
;-)

[terrya]

10. Oops! I still have time to do an edit.

Seriously...thanks for pointing it out. :-)

[karlrschneider]

12. You're most welcome.

:D

[karlrschneider]

8. You won't. (get debris)

Have another drink or three, then you can be pissed.
:eyes:

[Massacure]

11. I'm 17, have pulled all nighters before, what is another hour or two!?!?

WeeeeeeEEEEEEEEeeeeEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

[karlrschneider]

13. Hang in there, my young friend! We shall overcome.

:D
:toast:

[Up2Late]

16. If you have a good Computer game, crank that sucker up...

...That will eat up an Hour before you know it. That's what I'm about to do, I just have to decide between Quake or "Leisure Suit Larry 8."

Here's a cool picture for you:
(click on the thumbnail to Go to DigitalGlobe SAMPLE IMAGERY, then goto Sample image #7)

Kennedy Space Center, Florida

Image Collected April 21, 2005

Description:

This is a natural color QuickBird satellite image featuring the Space Shuttle Discovery on launch pad 39B.

[Massacure]

18. Well they will make a decision in the next 5 minutes.

[Up2Late]

19. Wave OFF!

No landing tonight!

[Massacure]

22. Shit. Wake me at noon. >_<

[Up2Late]

23. Yup, it does suck, Good night All!

[Up2Late]

14. Here's a link to one of several: Weather Forces Discovery to Delay Landing

(If they decide landing is a "Go" for this second pass (which I think it will) they will do the De-obit burn at about 5:15am EDT/4:15am CDT. They should make the call a few minutes before that.)

Aug 8, 3:54 AM EDT

Weather Forces Discovery to Delay Landing

By PAM EASTON
Associated Press Writer

SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) -- After orbiting the Earth for 13 days, astronauts aboard space shuttle Discovery were told to circle the planet once more early Monday as NASA delayed their landing because of bad weather in Florida. The astronauts had powered up their spacecraft and were awaiting word from Mission Control to fire their braking rockets and head for home.

But NASA ordered the shuttle to put off its landing by at least 90 minutes because of low clouds over Cape Canaveral. The seven astronauts were advised to try for a second opportunity at 6:21 a.m. EDT in hopes the sky would clear.

Discovery, the first shuttle to return to orbit since Columbia disintegrated while re-entering the Earth's atmosphere 2 1/2 years ago, was set to land at Florida's Kennedy Space Center before dawn. If weather prevents the shuttle from landing Monday, the flight would be extended by one day. On Tuesday, flight controllers could consider two alternative landing sites, in addition to the space center.

<http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SPACE_SHUTTLE?SITE=KHOU&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT>
(more at link above)

[jim3775]

15. more clouds are moving in

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts114/status.html

0810 GMT (4:10 a.m. EDT)

After a clearing of the low clouds over the past half-hour, more clouds seem to be moving in again.

[Up2Late]

17. Looks good to me, check out these satellite pictures (and Loops)

This one is the IR (click the link near the bottom to see a loop)

<http://tsr.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/tracker/static/NATIR.html>

This one is Water Vapor(again, click link near the bottom to see a loop)
With the Water Vapor view, the darker it is, the dryer the air is. See how it lightens near the end of the loop, that's a very good thing:

<http://tsr.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/tracker/static/NATWV.html>

These links originate at this site: <http://tsr.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/>

[jim3775]

20. Delayed 24 hours. Unstable weather. n/t

[Up2Late]

21. No landing tonight, WAVE OFF

They said the weather is too unstable tonight.

[Moderator]

24. Lock

Let's continue the conversation on updated thread. Thanks
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1685225