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Nh - The Launch Thread, Godspeed little one
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post Jan 17 2006, 03:36 PM
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QUOTE (Toma B @ Jan 17 2006, 04:33 PM)
When will they start pumping LOX and LH into rocket?
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IIRC, first stage LOX loading begins at T-75 minutes. I have no idea when Centaur fueling begins, LH2 probably gets fueled last, though.


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post Jan 17 2006, 03:44 PM
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QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 17 2006, 04:32 PM)
Kudos to Bill Hardwood who said "I'm going to ask a question about New Horizons seing as no one else has"

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There was one other question (Would NH be turned off post encounter if it had been a success at Pluto) I missed who asked it though.

I was very disappointed with the seemingly endless "What about the Shuttle?" questions. Seems like most of the folks there didn't care about NH, next time we should ask to have a UMSF rep to ensure that there are more relevant questions.
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post Jan 17 2006, 03:49 PM
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QUOTE (helvick @ Jan 17 2006, 10:44 AM)
There was one other question (Would NH be turned off post encounter if it had been a success at Pluto) I missed who asked it though.

I was very disappointed with the seemingly endless "What about the Shuttle?" questions.  Seems like most of the folks there didn't care about NH, next time we should ask to have a UMSF rep to ensure that there are more relevant questions.
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Don't dump on the media too much - they are simply reflecting what the general public does and does not know about space exploration and where their interests do lie on the subject. It's up to NASA and the space community to make a better effort to educate the public and media about what is going on.

I guarantee you most people don't even have a clue right now until they see the evening news that a probe is about to be launched to Pluto. And what do they know about Pluto - well, it's either Mickey's dog or a place that's really far away, and oh yeah, it's pretty cold.

Maybe the space agencies and astronomers should ask the public more often what they want to see done with space exploration. Dan Goldin did that in the late 1990s on an informal basis, and he was very disappointed when he couldn't find anyone who wanted to know or see anything done about the International Space Station. They wanted NASA to put humans on Mars and find alien life.


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post Jan 17 2006, 03:57 PM
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QUOTE (Toma B @ Jan 16 2006, 03:02 PM)
NEW IMAGES at Spaceflightnow.com smile.gif  smile.gif  smile.gif

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av010/...t/rollout1.html

Isn't she a beauty?
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Thanks. At the launch site now, cameras at the pad ready to go. Beautiful weather.

Go Atlas, Go Centaur, Go New Horizons!


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post Jan 17 2006, 04:01 PM
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QUOTE (BPCooper @ Jan 17 2006, 06:57 PM)
Go Atlas, Go Centaur, Go New Horizons!
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You forgot "Go Star48B!"... tongue.gif biggrin.gif biggrin.gif biggrin.gif


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post Jan 17 2006, 04:02 PM
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Good luck to you as well Ben - we're counting on your for the picture's we'll put on our walls of this one smile.gif

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post Jan 17 2006, 04:12 PM
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Spaceflight Now.com
1607 GMT (11:07 a.m. EST)
Winds at the pad have gusted up to 29 knots. The limit is 33 knots at launch time.
Not so good news...


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post Jan 17 2006, 04:24 PM
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QUOTE (Toma B @ Jan 17 2006, 05:12 PM)
Spaceflight Now.com
1607 GMT (11:07 a.m. EST)
Winds at the pad have gusted up to 29 knots. The limit is 33 knots at launch time.
Not so good news...
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The clouds in the NASA TV feed are zipping along at a noticable clip but there doesn't seem to be any indication of worry from the NASA side ATM.
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post Jan 17 2006, 04:29 PM
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Ok, there are obviously some serious problems with the streaming videos. I get constant "buffering" on both WMV and RM streams.
Looks like major network congestion... grrrrr!

And I was really looking forward to watching this live sad.gif


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QUOTE (ugordan @ Jan 17 2006, 05:29 PM)
Ok, there are obviously some serious problems with the streaming videos. I get constant "buffering" on both WMV and RM streams.
Looks like major network congestion... grrrrr!

And I was really looking forward to watching this live  sad.gif
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I've been getting a good rm feed for the past hour or so, no bufferring issues. Just switched to WMV, better audio and video quality. No connection issues from this side of the atlantic.
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post Jan 17 2006, 04:48 PM
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QUOTE (helvick @ Jan 17 2006, 05:44 PM)
No connection issues from this side of the atlantic.
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It figures. I'll remember this when someone starts to complain about poor webcast quality of ESA press conferences...


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post Jan 17 2006, 04:50 PM
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Cryogenic oxidizer is being filled into Centaur and First stage now...


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QUOTE (Toma B @ Jan 17 2006, 04:50 PM)
Cryogenic oxidizer is being filled into Centaur and First stage now...
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You mean liquid Oxygen, right ? lol.
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QUOTE (MahFL @ Jan 17 2006, 11:53 AM)
You mean liquid Oxygen, right ? lol.
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Well oxygen oxidizes, right?tongue.gif
Or does it reduce? I never could keep oxidation/reduction straight....
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post Jan 17 2006, 04:56 PM
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QUOTE (ugordan @ Jan 17 2006, 11:29 AM)
And I was really looking forward to watching this live  sad.gif
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Don't feel bad - someone scheduled a meeting at 2:00pm EST, so my late lunch trip to the library is out. No streaming allowed in the building, so it's text-based launch observing for me. I knew I should have marked that that time in Outlook as "unavailable". sad.gif


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