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Saw The Launch
We watched it from the causeway west of Cocoa Beach. It was a beautiful evening for it--all of the clouds had cleared. I may put up some pictures tomorrow, if they look worth it. Off to bed now, a little after 1 AM.
Posted by Rand Simberg at June 08, 2007 10:42 PM
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Remember back in the 80s when NASA had forecast Shuttle launch rates of dozens per year, which turned out to be wildly optimistic? It's sad that now NASA has forecast Shuttle launch rates of about 3 per year, which has turned out to be wildly optimistic...
Posted by Robin Goodfellow at June 9, 2007 12:51 AM
I was just watching the wake up call and just afterwards the camera was pointed aft, I saw a piece of "debris" come up fast and pass by the left wing. Very high closure rate. Anyone else see this? I have it recorded on the DVR but no way to get it off or I would post it somewhere.
Posted by Cecil Trotter at June 9, 2007 07:56 AM
I enjoyed watching the launch--quite an impressive sight!
Posted by Jay Dugger at June 9, 2007 09:07 AM
Cecil,
Perhaps its related to this.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4876016.html
June 9, 2007, 12:35PM
Atlantis' fabric heat shield a minor concern
By MARK CARREAU
Posted by Thomas Matula at June 9, 2007 11:55 AM
Debris went under starboard wing (left wing looking aft from ET camera). Issue is on port OMS.
Anyone else see this?
Yes.
Posted by Leland at June 9, 2007 01:13 PM
What I saw, and this was just seconds past 10:11 AM EDT, was out in front of the shuttle (relative to it's direction of travel) some distance. It first came into view just left (the orbiters left) of the vertical stab, above the OMS pod. It RAPIDLY moved across the OMS, up the left side of the orbiter, lost sight of it against the Earth background and then a glimpse of it as it zipped past and out of camera view. The speed differential between the object and the orbiter was very large, it did not appear at all to be something that could have come off of the orbiter.
Posted by Cecil Trotter at June 9, 2007 04:33 PM
Cecil,
You posted at 7:56am about debris you saw at 10:11am? Even if the time stamp is off a bit, I'm confused.
I was referring to ascent imagery.
Posted by Leland at June 9, 2007 07:33 PM
Time stamp is wrong, I posted at about 10:25 or so. The event happened just after crew wake up at 10:08.
Time here is now 10:16 PM, let's see what the time stamp shows!
Posted by Cecil Trotter at June 9, 2007 07:47 PM
Time stamps here cannot be relied on. In general, they're Pacific time, but they seem to be about a half hour off from that as well.
Posted by Rand Simberg at June 10, 2007 06:48 AM
I haven't heard of any thing about radar contacts around crew wake up. The issue in the news was noticed before crew went to sleep.
Posted by Leland at June 10, 2007 06:51 AM
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