Astronauts sealed into shuttle, ready for launch (scheduled for 11:40am)

[ConcernedCanuk]

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Astronauts sealed into shuttle, ready for launch
Last Updated: Friday, September 8, 2006 | 10:02 AM ET
CBC News

Canadian astronaut Steve MacLean and his five crewmates have boarded the space shuttle Atlantis and the hatch has been closed in preparation for a much anticipated NASA launch in Florida.

Earlier, they donned their orange space suits, then took a silver "astrovan" to the launch pad where Atlantis was docked, as crews prepared the spacecraft for the launch scheduled for 11:40 a.m.

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[Dr.Phool]

1. They better hurry up

A lot of clouds and thunder rumbling on Florida's west coast.

[sam sarrha]

2. with a short in a generator cell and a bad fuel switch.. pray for them

[Botany]

3. They will keep sending people up in the shuttle until they kill another ..

... crew.

[Cooley Hurd]

4. It's been scrubbed until tomorrow due to fuel cell sensor issue...

[mtnester]

6. Of course...my guess is that censor is not malfunctioning and is most

likely working correctly.

good on the few people who VOTED to try and stop this mission due to a FUEL CELL PROBLEM. If they do not scream I told you so, I will be disappointed.

I myself would not have stepped into that thing if a SINGLE person said, "whoa, wait a minute"

[ConcernedCanuk]

11. "fuel cell sensor issue..." - can that blow your ass into the next world??

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sure sounds like it to me . . .

I'm glad NASA ain't designing cars -

[PATRICK]

5. I just have visual feed on my TV.

It looks like they are trying to get out or fix something inside and they are not suited up.

Oops. that was the crew unlocking the crew from the other side. Scrubbed it is.

[MaineDem]

7. Launch has been scrubbed. n/t

[jayfish]

8. I'm Gonna Predict A 9/11 launch.

Kinda like the 7/4 launch.

Jay

[Javaman]

9. Oh you, come on, that would mean that someone was playing

politics. No one ever does that with the space program.

Silly.

:sarcasm:

I picture moron* riding the nose cone like slim pickens.

[jayfish]

10. Sweet,...

more flight-suit pictures.

Jay