Bvamp 604 Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 Friends, Tonight, at approx 4am i am going to witness our most complex machine humanity ever built go launch off into space. There will be a couple launches after, but this is the last of its kind.... This is my proudest moment as an American. We did it.This is the final night launch of the most complex machine Human kind has ever built. What an honor that I could see this happen in my lifetime.....I am waiting up all night to see our last night "crew" off on its way.....yes i can see the launch from the other side of the state..... ...I dont care where I am, im not missing this one for the world......seee you noobs at 5am!!! HIP HIP HOORAH!!!!! HIP HIP HOORAH!!!!!! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DogMan 2,343 Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 Friends, Tonight, at approx 4am i am going to witness our most complex machine humanity ever built go launch off into space. They are going to launch my VCR into space? Thank God! Seriously, I remember the very first shuttle launch and as I was watching it lift off I thought one of these days that big bomb is going to blow up. Six years later it did. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DogMan 2,343 Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 (edited) owe, the noob, I pray that our species finds it way, in the path of all things, Lord. HIP HIP HOORAH!!!! the most complex machine mankind ever built is about to "go off" Sorry BVamp, but I think when that shuttle lifts off you are going to be sleeping off the Jim Beam Edited February 8, 2010 by DogMan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bvamp 604 Posted February 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 I am struggling to stay awake tonight, and see the liftoff from the other side of Florida (yes I can see it from here, 300 milees away). Im sorry, I really want to see the most complex machine Humans ever built go lift off into space....sorry..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Klassy Kalashnikov 1,393 Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 I too am staying awake to watch the final show. Just so everyone knows, this is by no means limited to southern Florida. In fact you can see the second phase of the launch as far north as Canada. Here's what you can see and where from: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Snoofer 138 Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 how was the show bvamp? i caught it on tv. the speed of the shuttle right before the news channel cut away was 26000 feet per second! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rastamanila 313 Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 I watched the Night Launch live on BBC here in Manila after I woke up this afternoon. Let's not forget those brave men and women who tragically perished in the Columbia and Challenger disasters. A prayer for their souls and a heartfelt hope that Science and History will not forget them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bvamp 604 Posted February 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 cool stuff. Oh, I chucked a couple useless posts I made in my half asleep sobriety I saw the challenger explode on live TV in elementary school, school was dismissed early that day because of it, most of the parents came to pick us all up. The columbia, I was out west at the time, and ran outside to just catch it going over the horizon in pieces. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rastamanila 313 Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 cool stuff. Oh, I chucked a couple useless posts I made in my half asleep sobriety I saw the challenger explode on live TV in elementary school, school was dismissed early that day because of it, most of the parents came to pick us all up. The columbia, I was out west at the time, and ran outside to just catch it going over the horizon in pieces. I was in 8th Grade in the infirmary of my boarding school in MA in bed with a bad fever when I saw the Challenger tragedy. I have never forgotten it. It always saddens me when I think about it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bvamp 604 Posted February 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 well the locals here in florida tell me that over the shortband radio, they could hear screaming and someone praying on the way down. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DogMan 2,343 Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 OK, I was wondering what all the fuss was about. Now it all makes sense. Shuttle Mission Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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