STORM2K

im psyched for this liftoff as it is a night launch and have heard from people around here that we will be able to see it.

Launch Time: 8:37 p.m. EST
Landing Date: 12/22/06
Landing Time: 3:56 pm
Mission Duration: 12 days

chances of a landing at KSC are moderate with white sands and edwars looking better.

They haven't had a night launch in like forever. We were thinking about driving the girls up to Cocoa to see it go off. It is a once in a lifetime experience. It goes from dark to ........BAM all the sudden its like the sun is up, the whole beach lights up. Hubby is afraid of a scrub though.

Problems may hinder Discovery launch
Weather and technical glitches jeopardize Thursday's planned liftoff
By Seth Borenstein
Updated: 1 hour, 3 minutes ago

CAPE CANAVERAL - Continually worsening weather forecasts and two late-breaking technical worries created uncertainty Wednesday about the planned night launch of the space shuttle Discovery.

NASA meteorologists downgraded the chance for good weather at the scheduled 9:35 p.m. EST Thursday launch time to only 40 percent with low, lingering clouds more likely than not to prevent liftoff.

"The forecast has trended toward the worse," NASA shuttle weather officer Kathy Winters said Wednesday morning.

Along with concern about the weather, engineers planned to spend much of Wednesday trying to decide whether the two technical problems — a brief power surge and concerns about a glue that helps protect seals in the solid-fuel rocket boosters — were minor or major.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16074740/

does anyone know the takeoff pattern they will be using.

fact789 wrote:does anyone know the takeoff pattern they will be using.

Up pattern real fast...

now a 40% chance of takeoff

nasa tv:

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

i just went outside and im giving it a 5% chance of take off because of increasing winds. 8/8 clouds. and a temp drop from 70 to 64 since 5:00

rainline is forming and probably will be a problem.

im gonna start doing 10 minute updates now.

clouds lifting rain coming, however weather improving. Shuttle ready.

t-15 woohoo!!!!

the next hold will tell if discovery will go or not at the 9 mins hold.

one hour until liftoff

no change in plans
process occuring in the 9 min hold:
The Launch Director, Mission Management Team and Shuttle Test Director poll their teams for a go/no go for launch

did anyone else notice that they rose the flag from half staff?

so far no change in launch time

no update but clearence was given by KSC