Nextmanup Posted May 30, 2020 Posted May 30, 2020 2 hours ago, KD in CA said: I was in Clearwater once during a shuttle launch. Saw it pretty clearly. Wow! That's like 150 miles or so more or less across the entire state. Today is a gorgeous day and so I will try to watch it. I'll report back. I guess it's now moved back to 4:30pm for those interested.
KD in CA Posted May 30, 2020 Posted May 30, 2020 Just now, Nextmanup said: Wow! That's like 150 miles or so more or less across the entire state. Today is a gorgeous day and so I will try to watch it. I'll report back. I guess it's now moved back to 4:30pm for those interested. Yeah, it was pretty cool. Heard the countdown/launch on the car radio and a few seconds saw it coming up over the horizon. Obviously pretty small from that distance, but unmistakable. 1
Doc Posted May 30, 2020 Posted May 30, 2020 I was once in Orlando at a TGIF's and saw the shuttle taking off. It was very cool.
snafu Posted May 30, 2020 Posted May 30, 2020 51 minutes ago, Doc said: I was once in Orlando at a TGIF's and saw the shuttle taking off. It was very cool. I saw a night time shuttle launch in Orlando once when I was on vacation — clear as a bell. I didn’t know it was going off so it was freaky to see. It took a couple minutes for me to tell that this fireball was going UP, not down. It was cool to see. 1
Chef Jim Posted May 30, 2020 Posted May 30, 2020 (edited) On 5/27/2020 at 1:27 PM, KD in CA said: Hoser Take off eh... When it takes off and they don’t “cooo loo coo coo coo coo coo coo! Coo loo coo coo coo coo coo coo!” I’ll be really disappointed. Edited May 30, 2020 by Chef Jim
BillsFan4 Posted May 30, 2020 Posted May 30, 2020 (edited) They’re saying they are on schedule for the launch. It’s showing 38 minutes to launch (it’s currently 2:45pm est). Edit, yep sounds like a go! Edited May 30, 2020 by BillsFan4
Augie Posted May 30, 2020 Posted May 30, 2020 4 hours ago, KD in CA said: I was in Clearwater once during a shuttle launch. Saw it pretty clearly. 1 hour ago, Nextmanup said: Wow! That's like 150 miles or so more or less across the entire state. Today is a gorgeous day and so I will try to watch it. I'll report back. I guess it's now moved back to 4:30pm for those interested. I saw it very clearly from Sarasota. It wasn’t like anything else you saw up there. Very cool!
BillsFan4 Posted May 30, 2020 Posted May 30, 2020 (edited) I went and watched a couple launches in person when I lived in Florida (years ago). They were space shuttle launches. Drove 4 hours to Kennedy to see the launch. It was cancelled. Drove back a week or two later and got to see it. It really is cool to see in person. It’s soo loud. It hits you right in the chest. Edited May 30, 2020 by BillsFan4
LeGOATski Posted May 30, 2020 Posted May 30, 2020 (edited) They didn't show the first stage actually land on the pad... ? Feed cut out and then the rocket was on the pad Edited May 30, 2020 by LeGOATski 1
BillsFan4 Posted May 30, 2020 Posted May 30, 2020 2 minutes ago, LeGOATski said: They didn't show the first stage actually land in the pad... ? Feed cut out and then the rocket was on the pad Yeah that was a bummer. I’m hoping they’ll post some videos of the landing on Twitter/YouTube. Its amazing that it landed almost dead center on the landing pad! 1
Chef Jim Posted May 30, 2020 Posted May 30, 2020 5 minutes ago, LeGOATski said: They didn't show the first stage actually land on the pad... ? Feed cut out and then the rocket was on the pad I have a feeling that was done on purpose in case is didn't go as planned.
LeGOATski Posted May 30, 2020 Posted May 30, 2020 1 minute ago, Chef Jim said: I have a feeling that was done on purpose in case is didn't go as planned. Maybe....I think everyone would know if it failed, anyway.
Chef Jim Posted May 30, 2020 Posted May 30, 2020 2 minutes ago, LeGOATski said: Maybe....I think everyone would know if it failed, anyway. But to have it shown live? Not sure. I imagine there will be video of it. But landing on a ship?? That's ***** awesome regardless!!
Bob in Mich Posted May 30, 2020 Posted May 30, 2020 The launch as shown on CNN was screwy. They got the audio and video out of sync. They seemed to have a video version that was about 15 seconds behind live. They then switched to ‘live’ video as the countdown got near but they didn’t switch to live audio. The result was seeing the liftoff for about 5 seconds before the final 10 second countdown on the audio. The rocket was pretty high up before the audio caught up announcing liftoff.
WhoTom Posted May 30, 2020 Author Posted May 30, 2020 18 minutes ago, Doc Brown said: Those astronauts aren't six feet apart. But everyone in Mission Control is, and they're all wearing masks. I pointed that out to my wife and she said, "Not surprising. I'm pretty sure they all believe in science." 2 1
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