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Post by Calcasieu on Apr 26, 2011 9:33:58 GMT -5
I could use a ride. :veryhappy:
I'd call Obama to see if I could bum a ride with him but I don't have his phone number. I'm sure he's got great seats.
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Post by Goddess on Apr 26, 2011 9:55:40 GMT -5
Yeah, I just pm'd you his cell #, Calci-poo.
I am expecting company on Friday, so y'all probably won't be hearing from me until sometime on Tuesday......
Enjoy the launch!
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Post by Barb on Apr 26, 2011 10:02:10 GMT -5
hmmmmm...would this be your dude?
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Post by Goddess on Apr 26, 2011 10:34:32 GMT -5
I would answer that if I weren't afraid you'd come to sneaka peak.
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Post by deb on Apr 26, 2011 11:54:03 GMT -5
looks like Goddess is going to the moon as well! enjoy yourself!!!
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Post by MAK on Apr 28, 2011 10:45:20 GMT -5
He's been busy with a forgery expert![/color]
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Post by Barb on Apr 28, 2011 11:32:34 GMT -5
hmmm...not much going on for me this weekend Goddess.....
not interested in the wedding. Guess I'll come peer through your windows anyway....
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Post by MAK on Apr 28, 2011 12:57:00 GMT -5
Good Gawd me either..I am so sick of celebrity crap. They're going to hound them as much or more than they did lady Di.
And I'm VERY VERY sick and tired of the continual Casey Anthony circus. Lock her up and throw away the key!
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Post by Calcasieu on Apr 28, 2011 13:29:38 GMT -5
He's been busy with a forgery expert! [/color] [/quote]
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Post by Calcasieu on Apr 28, 2011 13:32:58 GMT -5
After doing some Googling I'm about 95% sure there will be one more launch in June. I think maybe I'll just go down to Ponce Inlet or New Smyrna Beach for tomorrow's launch.
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Post by mikeyk on Apr 28, 2011 13:38:53 GMT -5
After doing some Googling I'm about 95% sure there will be one more launch in June. I think maybe I'll just go down to Ponce Inlet or New Smyrna Beach for tomorrow's launch. Date: June 28 + Mission: STS-135 Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle Atlantis Launch Site: Kennedy Space Center - Launch Pad 39A Launch Time: 3:40 p.m. EDT Description: Space shuttle Atlantis will carry the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module to deliver supplies, logistics and spare parts to the International Space Station. Atlantis also will fly a system to investigate the potential for robotically refueling existing spacecraft and return a failed ammonia pump module. Last one
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Post by Goddess on Apr 28, 2011 13:41:04 GMT -5
June 28ish! I love it!
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Post by Calcasieu on Apr 28, 2011 13:46:59 GMT -5
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-135STS-135 is the last planned Space Shuttle mission.[2][4] It is planned to use the hardware officially being processed for the STS-335 contingency mission, provided that the Launch On Need (LON) rescue mission, designated to support STS-134, is not needed.
While the mission has been authorized, it has no appropriation in the NASA budget, raising questions about whether the mission will fly at all. On 20 January 2011, program managers changed STS-335 to STS-135 on the flight manifest. This allows for training and other mission specific preparations.[1] As of 13 February 2011 managers have told their workforce that STS-135 will fly “regardless” of what happens with the funding situation via the Continuing Resolution.[5] Until this point, there had been no official references to STS-135 mission in NASA official documentation for the general public.[6][7][8][9][10][11]
During an address at the Marshall Space Flight Center on 16 November 2010, NASA administrator Charles Bolden said that the agency needs to fly STS-135 to the station in 2011 because development of commercial rockets and spacecraft designed to transport cargo to the ISS is likely to be delayed. "We are hoping to fly a third shuttle mission [in addition to STS-133 and STS-134] in June [2011], what everybody calls the launch-on-need mission ... and that's really needed to [buy down] the risk for the development time for commercial cargo," Bolden said.[12]
Space Shuttle Atlantis is to fly the 12-day mission; For this mission, Atlantis would carry the STS-335 four-person crew (the smallest of any shuttle mission since April 1983 on STS-6) and the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) Raffaello and a Lightweight Multi-Purpose Carrier (LMC). The mission is included in NASA's 2011 authorization,[13] signed into law on 11 October 2010, but funding is dependent on a subsequent appropriation bill. United Space Alliance signed a contract extension this mission along with STS-134 in 6 one month options with NASA.[14]
The U.S. government budget approved in mid-April 2011 calls for $5.5 billion for NASA's space operations division, which includes the space shuttle and space station programs. According to NASA, the budget which runs through 30 September 2011 ended all concerns about funding the STS-135 mission.[15]
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Post by jimliz on Apr 28, 2011 18:09:52 GMT -5
I just hope they don't make any risky decisions about launching due to the fact the president will be here.
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Post by MAK on Apr 29, 2011 7:30:10 GMT -5
Yeah...I thought the same thing. You've got US Rep Gabrielle Giffords there too. It does make you think that they may stretch launch protocol a bit to get that baby off. There's a 30% chance the weather will not cooperate. This fronts coming through a little slower than expected. But.....MAK the weather man says it will be good to go for launch!
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