Final US Shuttle Launch Scheduled For Tomorrow

2011-07-07 16:04:51

#1

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|6089|College Park, MD

I'm surprised Kmar didn't make this already haha. The final planned US shuttle launch is scheduled to be 8 July 2011 11:26:46 EDT. There is a chance that the launch will have to be scrubbed due to weather, sadly. After that there are no more shuttle launches. Its primary mission is to resupply the ISS. It'll also be doing some other stuff including bringing back a failed ammonia pump.

Launch Blog Up to date mission information center.
NASA TV Live stream of launch.
Skywatcherz Kmar's blog with a live stream.
Spaceflight Now Alternative live stream from Spaceflight Now.

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2011-07-07 17:06:48

#2

Blade4509: Wrench turnin' fool; +202|5896|America

Does anyone know why this is the last one? Kinda shocked me that this is really the LAST one. I didn't even believe it at first.

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2011-07-07 17:14:32

#3

Macbeth: Banned; +2,444|5973

What will it be replaced with?

2011-07-07 18:17:10

#4

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|6089|College Park, MD

Macbeth wrote:
What will it be replaced with?

I believe the plan was for the Ares rockets, but 'the orator' scrapped that.

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2011-07-07 22:39:27

#5

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6988|132 and Bush

I doubt it's going to launch tomorrow. There's only a 30% chance. They are supposed to decide if they are even going to start fueling within the hour. There was a lighting strike at the cape earlier today, and naturally if you don't need all that fuel on the pad you don't want it sitting in a thunderstorm.

Blade4509 wrote:
Does anyone know why this is the last one? Kinda shocked me that this is really the LAST one. I didn't even believe it at first.

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Now that the ISS is finished there really isn't a need for something that can carry that much payload at once.
This is my link to the Atlantis page.
I recommend Spacevidcast for watching online.

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2011-07-07 23:01:27

#6

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6988|132 and Bush

*They just announced that they are in fact Go for tanking.

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2011-07-07 23:16:59

#7

KuSTaV: noice; +947|6899|Gold Coast

I've always wanted to see the space shuttle launch in person

So why are they getting rid of it?

noice

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2011-07-07 23:24:10

#8

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6988|132 and Bush

It's not cost efficient.

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2011-07-07 23:49:25

#9

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,068|7159|PNW

Too bad they don't axe more things that are cost-inefficient.

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2011-07-08 00:07:23

#10

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6988|132 and Bush

yea well this would be a damn shame..

Kmar wrote:
Panel Proposes Killing Webb Space Telescope
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/07/scien … .html?_r=3

The House Appropriations Committee proposed Wednesday to kill the James Webb Space Telescope, the crown jewel of NASA’s astronomy plans for the next two decades.

Tod R. Lauer, an astronomer at the National Optical Astronomy Observatory in Tucson, echoed his view. “This would be an unmitigated disaster for cosmology,” he said. “After two decades of pushing the Hubble to its limits, which has revolutionized astronomy, the next step would be to pack up and give up. The Hubble is just good enough to see what we’re missing at the start of time.”

The Webb telescope, he said, “would bring it home in full living color.”
Well that sucks.. immensely. Hopefully it's just political hot air.

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2011-07-08 01:44:40

#11

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6988|132 and Bush

Mobile link for viewing. http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/n … flash.html

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2011-07-08 01:57:56

#12

KuSTaV: noice; +947|6899|Gold Coast

Kmar wrote:
It's not cost efficient.

Ah righto.
What will take its place? Surely it'd have to be something pretty decent...Cant imagine something becoming as symbolic as the shuttle.

noice

2011-07-08 02:07:29

#13

Shocking: sorry you feel that way; +333|6387|...

So what exactly is NASA's plan now? Ever since Obama killed the constellation program there hasn't really been a goal for the future.

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2011-07-08 02:42:53

#14

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,820|6493|eXtreme to the maX

Rely on the Russians.

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2011-07-08 03:35:36

#15

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6988|132 and Bush

NASA is looking to break the cycle of low earth orbit. They've been tasked with developing a new launch vehicle by 2016.

As far as the launch. er.. looking out the window, tropical downpours approaching..

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2011-07-08 03:35:42

#16

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6887|so randum

Kmar wrote:
yea well this would be a damn shame..
Kmar wrote:
Panel Proposes Killing Webb Space Telescope
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/07/scien … .html?_r=3

The House Appropriations Committee proposed Wednesday to kill the James Webb Space Telescope, the crown jewel of NASA’s astronomy plans for the next two decades.

Tod R. Lauer, an astronomer at the National Optical Astronomy Observatory in Tucson, echoed his view. “This would be an unmitigated disaster for cosmology,” he said. “After two decades of pushing the Hubble to its limits, which has revolutionized astronomy, the next step would be to pack up and give up. The Hubble is just good enough to see what we’re missing at the start of time.”

The Webb telescope, he said, “would bring it home in full living color.”
Well that sucks.. immensely. Hopefully it's just political hot air.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14073222

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2011-07-08 03:41:47

#17

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6988|132 and Bush

FatherTed wrote:
Kmar wrote:
yea well this would be a damn shame..
Kmar wrote:
Panel Proposes Killing Webb Space Telescope
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/07/scien … .html?_r=3

Well that sucks.. immensely. Hopefully it's just political hot air.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14073222

Right. Sounds exactly like the Hubble before it launched.. which was an amazing fuck up originally.

read this
American Astronomical Society statement http://aas.org/press/pr2011Jul07_jwst

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2011-07-08 03:43:33

#18

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6887|so randum

thats as close to shouting as i've ever seen scientists write

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2011-07-08 03:48:28

#19

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6988|132 and Bush

The launch blog in the OP is live now. Twitter is my preference for updates though. Here is my science list if you're interested.
https://twitter.com/#!/list/Kmarion/science

It's actually starting to look a little better.

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2011-07-08 07:06:35

#20

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|6089|College Park, MD

bet those idiots trying to scrap the telescope have no idea what it does, or have any grasp of the contributions to society made by NASA, or even took science courses past high school. and I bet those damn fools would have a fit if you suggested cutting the only three big parts of our budget.

2011-07-08 08:26:23