Discovery!

I watched the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery today. It was breath-taking and my heart was in my throat the entire time.

Those are brave men and women on board making scientific advances that aren't possible here on Earth with the weight of gravity.

Since the Columbia disaster they have installed a camera on board the main fuel tank. After Discover left sight, the rest of the launch was shown from that vantage point. And it was beautiful. You could see different things happening to the shuttle, the wind tunnels and diffent points of light. And you got to see the Shuttle disengage from the fuel tank, it was a awesome sight to see. Discovery kicking in it's own burners and pulling away.

Come back safely astronauts, good news is always welcome.

Hooray! It takes real courage to go back up there! I hope it's a safe & fun voyage.

I didn't see the actual launch except on replay, but I did see the shuttle leave the fuel tank.

Funny thing was, there was a headline at the bottom of the screen that said something like "Return of the Shuttle," and I thought "what? something's already happened and it's coming back?" Ah well. [img]confused.gif[/img]

I really wish I'd seen it live. This is more exciting to me than most everything else going on in the world. I heard that if they hadn't gotten this launch off, the entire shuttle program would be scrapped. Wouldn't that be a bitch for the ISS?

I don't think it would have been scrapped, but they wouldn't have been able to take off again until October. I'm not sure the reasons, but something to do with weather patterns or daylight time I think.

It's called a "window" determind by weather among a load of other factors.

Ok, this is getting annoying. Did you see that AsIs's original post in this thread has a spam link to "fuel tank". How lame. (I'm assuming AsIs didn't do this on her own.)

What has happened to this board?

Gem the only link I see in my post is in my signature to my website?

ETA: Gem, I see it now. It appears that the site is probably selling word links. On my scifi forum, Science Fiction in the description also has a link.

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ August 11, 2005 08:48 AM: Message edited by: AsIs ]</font>

&lt;------ Not comprehending the problem, as usual...

Houston, we have unsolicited advertising. Please advise.

Are only some of us seeing it then?

What Gem is referring to is Asis' original post. In the 3rd paragraph, the words "fuel tank" are highlighted as a link to something.

Could depend on which browser or OS people are using.

*shrugs*

They started doing this for people's live journals too, but it eventually went away. Probably got a lot of complaints about them.

Ah...never saw it...

fuel tank


ah well. guess it's only once a page

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ July 31, 2005 12:34 PM: Message edited by: Firebird98 ]</font>

Saw it in the night sky over us tonight. Cool! Very bright! and it was a perfect clear night to see it too.


Yes I am still alive. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah. I seen either the shuttle, or the station the last couple nights. The night before last I saw a bright object by the moon at twilight. Last night it was quite a ways distant on the other side of the moon. I thought it was a planet at first, but planets don't move that far in a twenty-four hour period.

I'm glad the shuttle made it back safely. :)

Welcome back Discovery!

A happy ending, at least for Discovery [img]smile.gif[/img]

Am I the only one who thinks they shouldn't have sent them up there?

I mean, it was like gambling: with all the financial problems and political issue, it all seemed a huge governmental commercial.

Btw, I'm glad they're back home.

I admire them: I wouldn't risk my life for science nor for my country or whatever reason.
I'm glad they chose to share their dream.

All I can say is I am so happy they made it back alive and in one piece.

I'm glad they're back okay... but I don't think they should've been sent out there. I'd love to say I'm all for exploring new fronteers and all that good stuff, but nope, I'm sorry, I think we've got plenty of fronteers right here in good ole planet earth where we can spend our money and time and media attention that will leave me with a bit more than just pride for a group of people that granted, are doing something really corageous and exciting.

Oh, and hi y'all! I've come to disrupt your universe or something.

Exploring the fronteer is dangerous. It always has been, and probably always will be.

400 years ago, Europeans were crossing the Atlantic in leaky wooden ships.

200 years ago, Americans were crossing the continent on horses.

Today, we fly aging shuttles into orbit.

It's about time! What's new with you?

what's up with me? Besides the fact that 7 years as an undergraduate and I can't spell frontier? Man, I hate reading my old posts, makes me feel like I'm a spazzzzzzzzzz.

Y'all, I'm like a week away from finishing school, if only I manage to write the three papers I owe my professors and pass the final. Part of me thinks that I'm purposely screwing this up because I like being IN school so much, that I'd rather do this than go out and get a 'real' job. Help.

Hey, do y'all still read SiP? and, How ya doing, Crazy? Raelee said hi when I mentioned you. I believe you're the one that was up at the 'sane time' or something.

Alright. papers. yea. sorry for OT'ing the thread Stace...

I'm doing ok. Still in school, possibly finishing next year, but who the hell knows about that? Been doing some writing, working on a novel I started when I took a creative writing workshop. Had to make a trip to emergency room a while back for an abscessed tooth (which I still haven't gone to dentist for). But overall I'm doing ok. Tell Rae I said hi and *hugs*. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Comics have been put on my back burner for a while now, so I have no idea what's going on in any universe. As far as SIP, yes, that went on the back burner too. Katchoo was mad at Casey for not telling her Francine had called about having a miscarriage or something, Cherry Hammer was keeping an eye on Katchoo, and I don't know what happened after all that.

The big news (I think, I'm not too sure how I take it) is that Terry has decided to end SiP with number 89. We're up to 75 by now, so supposedly by the end of 2007, SiP will be no more.
It's pretty much the only comic I read at the moment (cuz a girl's gotta save some money) and I've stuck with it... I don't know why. The last two issues have been okay, I guess. I don't know.

HUZZAH school!! yay for you and creative workshop novels. and go to the dentist, dude, teeth ain't nothing to play with. Cuz then you end up 40 something with dentures, and won't that be fun?

Man, I really really don't want to go work on my papers. You see... I was taking a GLBTQ class, and decided to write my final paper on SiP and now, it's too late to change my mind. And I think I'm too close to the damn thing to be able to write a semi-coherent scholarly paper on the thing. I don't want to talk about any social implications on the fact that we've never seen two women express novel but seen hetero's do stuff. I wanna talk about Kat and Fran! Like they're people or something.

You know... maybe I should go eat some junk food. get motivated or something.

oh. and nothing's happened in SiP, really, except it looks like David is finally gonna go kaplooey thanks to some brain something-or-other-I-don't-pay-attention-when-he's-on-the-page

You can off topic any thread o' mine you want Yazi! run/tackle/hugs

I was just thinking about you the other day! I had a job interview in NYC. I might come back in next week or the week after for a second interview. I'll try and let you know and maybe we can do a soda or something.

Congratulations on finishing Yaz! Don't ask me how long I spent as an undergrad. ;)

I need to catch up on SiP. I was out with some girl (I met her about a month ago), and just found out last night that she's not really into comics, but there's one title that she likes. I'll give you three guesses as to which one, and the first two don't even count. :D

AWWW HOW CUTE JACE!!

you found a SIP fan!!!!

or a P.E. fan.......*ponders*


hell eather is good!!!!

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Originally posted by JaceSan:
I was out with some girl (I met her about a month ago)

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<font size="2" face="Comic sans ms, Helvetica, sans-serif">Did you meet her at a pub crawl? If so, I'm highly jealous. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Dude, I so use SiP to pick up the ladies. Except they go off reading and forget aboot me and well where's the fun inthat? Plus, I'm denying myself any physical fun (yesh, my friends, that's an euphemism) until I finish my work. Cuz dang it, I need to motivate myself somehow it's four days till the end of it all and I'm stll two papers and final away! (at least I finished the SiP crap I was writing).

Mz.Is, dude! I'd love to hang out. specially once I finish school. cuz then, I'll have all that free time, you see?

ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If I suffer a life threatening accident, would I automatically pass all my classes?

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Originally posted by RichC:
Did you meet her at a pub crawl?

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<font size="2" face="Comic sans ms, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yep. That be her. How do you explain that if your friend hadn't convinced you to read SiP, you probably wouldn't have started hanging out on the internet, never would've started a livejournal, and probably wouldn't have even heard of the live journal daily quiz, let alone help celebrate it's anniversary?

And it's the only comic book she reads.

Officially highly jealous.