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    Default Space Shuttle Launch STS-120

    Anyone thats interested, Discovery will be blasting off in a few hours:

    Space Shuttle Mission STS-120

    Space Shuttle: Discovery
    Payload: Harmony Node 2
    Targeted Launch Date: October 23
    Launch Time: 11:38 a.m. EDT
    Pad: 39A
    Space Station Assembly Mission 10A

    Launch is Wednesday October 24 12:38am AEST

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    Excellent, I'll watch it not much chance it will actually take off is there? but you never know

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    Quote Originally Posted by greenfoam View Post
    Excellent, I'll watch it not much chance it will actually take off is there? but you never know
    I think it will, they're all strapped in ready to go.

    and it's actually due to launch at 1.38am, not 12.38am!! doh
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    gotta say that was pretty amazing never seen it like that especially when looking down at earth from the space shuttle... thats the highlight of my day

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    Thanks for letting me know that was going to happen, I was impressed with the shed they have to put the shuttle on the rockets, 525? feet high roof and 8 acres of floor space:P. I used to think takeoff in a 747 was a dodgy experience (still do really), but 10,000 miles per hour sitting on a half a million gallons of hydrogen and still accelerating at 3 gs into space gets my respect for all those onboard :P

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    High Def footage of the launch

    NASA - Multimedia - High Definition Video Gallery

    v. cool.
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    STS-122 Launch is planned for 4:31pm Thursday 6th December 2007 (US Time).

    Friday 7th December 2007 @ 8:31am Australian Time.
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    STS-122 Launch postphoned till tommorow (Saturday 8th December 2007 @ 8:09am Australian Time)
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