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Thanks George. I've set my reminder on the computer for 8-50pm.
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Chaps, it hasn't taken off yet! 48 hour delay due to technical checks.
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That's nothing new then, Dave.
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Thanks for letting us know Dave, saved me looking for something that isn't there!
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Dave01
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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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Thanks for the update, i probably would have seen a chinese lantern go over and assumed that was it otherwise!
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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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I once saw the space shuttle launch a few years ago. Quite a sight to see in person.
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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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The space station has been viewable every night and what a sight it was.Really bright and fairly slow moving considering.
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I though NASA had decomissioned it's entire fleet of shuttles? or is that on the way?
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Endeavour is the last shuttle and this should be its last flight.
Launch has been delayed to May 8th (next Sunday) at earliest. This is due to an electrical problem preventing a heater element in an aux power unit from working. Probably a loose wire;-)
Nasa have the aft access compartment hatch open and are now looking into it.
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Flight of Endevour now delayed till May 10th at earliest.
This flight is planned to be the penultimate flight. Atlantis is the other shuttle and it is planned to fly in June.
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If these are the last two shuttle flights, what is happening after that? I assume they must be bringing anybody on the space atation back to earth, unless there is some other 'service' ready to take over.
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The russians are going to be servicing the space station and ferrying astronauts until the USA bring their new heavy lift rocket into service.
That is still a few years away apparently.
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Their prices would be 'out of this world' :-)
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