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Shuttle Spotting « Posted: 29 April 2011 at 05:30 PM »
Should the skies remain clear tonight, there will be a chance to see the Space Shuttle over the UK.
http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/space_shuttle_could_be_glimpsed_over_norfolk_tonight_1_879426
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Re: Shuttle Spotting « Reply #1 Posted: 29 April 2011 at 05:42 PM »
Thanks George.  I've set my reminder on the computer for 8-50pm.
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Re: Shuttle Spotting « Reply #2 Posted: 29 April 2011 at 06:03 PM »
Chaps, it hasn't taken off yet! 48 hour delay due to technical checks.
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Re: Shuttle Spotting « Reply #3 Posted: 29 April 2011 at 06:05 PM »
That's nothing new then, Dave.
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Re: Shuttle Spotting « Reply #4 Posted: 29 April 2011 at 06:12 PM »
Thanks for letting us know Dave, saved me looking for something that isn't there!
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Re: Shuttle Spotting « Reply #5 Posted: 29 April 2011 at 06:13 PM »
Nope, nothing new. Its now got to wait for the space station to come round again;-)
The NASA systems checks (understandably nowadays) are a lot more thorough than ever before. .. any one of a million things can delay the launch.. is that a spider on the gantry?
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Re: Shuttle Spotting « Reply #6 Posted: 29 April 2011 at 06:35 PM »
Thanks for the update, i probably would have seen a chinese lantern go over and assumed that was it otherwise!
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Re: Shuttle Spotting « Reply #7 Posted: 29 April 2011 at 06:36 PM »
I mentioned in another topic that years ago I was a clumsy radio ham. I remember one evening trying to speak to somebody in Beccles and an American kept chipping in - it turned out to be an astronaut called Owen Garriott, who was in Spacelab - probably mid 1980's? Very strange talking to somebody up in space!
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Re: Shuttle Spotting « Reply #8 Posted: 29 April 2011 at 06:37 PM »
I once saw the space shuttle launch a few years ago.  Quite a sight to see in person.
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Re: Shuttle Spotting « Reply #9 Posted: 29 April 2011 at 07:54 PM »
My mother in law was living in Florida and had the awful sight of seeing the space shuttle explode.  it was bad enough seeing it on TV, can't imagine seeing it person.
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