. I hope to be able to see the launch of ATLANTIS in September, if all goes well.
DISCOVERY Underway!
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Navy007Fan
, Jul 26 2005 03:12 PM
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Posted 26 July 2005 - 03:12 PM
Space Shuttle DISCOVERY launched safely this morning at 10:39 AM!!!! My ship is underway off the coast of Jacksonville, FL, but it was to hazy to see the launch . I hope to be able to see the launch of ATLANTIS in September, if all goes well.
. I hope to be able to see the launch of ATLANTIS in September, if all goes well.
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Posted 26 July 2005 - 03:50 PM
Fantastic news. We need to be in space.
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Posted 27 July 2005 - 01:45 AM
Remember(those of us old enough)when Trek fans were able to get the 1st space shuttle named Enterprise? I wonder if Bond fans could've done the same & gotten one of the shuttles named Moonraker? Hell, I'm surprised NASA didn't name one Moonraker after all the free publicity they garnered from the film.
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Posted 27 July 2005 - 02:21 AM
A one and a half inch heat tile came off the shuttle during launch. It is unknown whether it's serious enough to be unable to land. I believe Atlantis is on call for a rescue mission if needed.
They need to replace these shuttles.
They need to replace these shuttles.
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Posted 27 July 2005 - 03:32 AM
2015: New shuttles are going to be built for a return trip to the Moon.
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Posted 27 July 2005 - 04:23 AM
They should rename one of the Space shuttles Moonraker. In fact, a few years ago when I had just become a Bond fan, I went to Space Camp here in California and we had to do research about where the titles of the Shuttles came from. I asked them why they didn't name one of the shuttles 'Moonraker' and one of the counselors said that there was a point where they were split between a bunch of titles, and Moonraker was one of them! However, those damn Trekkies got Enterprise instead of our Moonraker!
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Posted 27 July 2005 - 06:24 AM
They should rename one of the Space shuttles Moonraker. In fact, a few years ago when I had just become a Bond fan, I went to Space Camp here in California and we had to do research about where the titles of the Shuttles came from. I asked them why they didn't name one of the shuttles 'Moonraker' and one of the counselors said that there was a point where they were split between a bunch of titles, and Moonraker was one of them! However, those damn Trekkies got Enterprise instead of our Moonraker!
Now that's interesting!
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Posted 28 July 2005 - 07:13 AM
They've scrapped future flights for the time being. That didn't take long, did it!? 
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Posted 28 July 2005 - 07:14 AM
Nope. It's about time that they replace them.
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Posted 28 July 2005 - 09:40 AM
They're going to anyway. Isn't "G Dub'ya" going to make an announcement on the matter within a week?