Shuttle Taking off at around 9pm......

VaderDSL · 31 May 2008 at 20:44

I wish they had the NASA HD channel on Sky, when I was in Seattle, they had the HD NASA tv program on cable.

Would love to watch the launches on my 32" TV

therealnerd2 · 31 May 2008 at 20:45

unclebob123 said:
They just said t-minus 30 mins, giving a 9:05 launch

You need to read the link in the post you quoted

PhillyDee · 31 May 2008 at 20:49

Emergency Kecks?

Wang · 31 May 2008 at 20:49

VaderDSL said:
Yeah it's really interesting

1200kbps Stream

My media player wont play that stream, what codec do i need?

seaviewuk · 31 May 2008 at 20:50

VaderDSL said:
I wish they had the NASA HD channel on Sky, when I was in Seattle, they had the HD NASA tv program on cable.

Would love to watch the launches on my 32" TV

Would be nice just to get NASA TV on SKY!

I'm sure you are aware you can actually download the launches from NASA in HD after the launch from the NASA site. It's not immediate but it does end up on there.

milkinc13 · 31 May 2008 at 20:51

that's incase the toilets break again

Duke · 31 May 2008 at 20:55

Brief list of things they do as the clock ticks down - http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/launch/countdown101.html

aslco · 31 May 2008 at 20:55

PhillyDee said:
Emergency Kecks?

Hahah, yeah i reckon

Energize · 31 May 2008 at 20:56

Wang said:
My media player wont play that stream, what codec do i need?

It should automatically download it, mine did.

For 1.2Mb/s though the quality isn't great. For a space exploration organisation they sure do use old computer technology.

Marky · 31 May 2008 at 20:58

20 Minutes left - Countdown just started

Gaygle · 31 May 2008 at 20:58

T-MINUS 20 MINUTES

Nymins · 31 May 2008 at 20:58

Quite excited. First live launch i've seen

milkinc13 · 31 May 2008 at 20:59

just done t- 20mins

seaviewuk · 31 May 2008 at 20:59

Marky said:
20 Minutes left - Countdown just started

Built in holds to come

40 minutes hold at T-9

Gman · 31 May 2008 at 21:00

I like the explanation for the master alarm, that 'something' got vented lol would you strap yourself into a shuttle that a top guy says vented 'something'

Soviet · 31 May 2008 at 21:00

Yup, T-20 minutes has holds.

seaviewuk · 31 May 2008 at 21:01

T-minus 20 minutes and counting. The countdown has resumed after a 10-minute hold. Clocks will tick down for the next 11 minutes to T-minus 9 minutes where the final planned hold is scheduled to occur. The hold length will be adjusted to synch up with today's preferred launch time of 5:02 p.m.

Discovery's onboard computers are now transitioning to the Major Mode-101 program, the primary ascent software. Also, engineers are dumping the Primary Avionics Software System (PASS) onboard computers. The data that is dumped from each of PASS computers is compared to verify that the proper software is loaded aboard for launch.

5:02PM being US Eastern Time Zone 10:02PM UK

Soviet · 31 May 2008 at 21:03

Gman said:
I like the explanation for the master alarm, that 'something' got vented lol would you strap yourself into a shuttle that a top guy says vented 'something'

"Uhhh Discovery be advised something just got vented, go ahead and push the thingymajig on the panel."

aslco · 31 May 2008 at 21:04

T-13 minutes 45 seconds

Trick · 31 May 2008 at 21:04

This is one of the best uses of the Internet for a long time! Amazing stuff!