Here in China, NHK for J-expats is broadcasting an hourly countdown to the Shuttle launch...
As of 20:00 hrs Tianjin/Beijing time, some 9+ hrs to go...
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by Socratesabroad » Wed Jul 13, 2005 9:13 pm
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by Socratesabroad » Wed Jul 13, 2005 9:19 pm
I'm still searching for better links on the J views of the shuttle launch...
http://www.spaceworld.co.jp/show/discovery.html
J-news broadcasts are focusing on the heat shield problem, etc.
As for NASA, business as usual:
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/
Let's just say that as an American I hope the launch goes flawlessly...
An uneventful launch sure would be a nice counterpoint to all all of the recent 'successes' over the last few years in Japan's space program.
http://www.spaceworld.co.jp/show/discovery.html
J-news broadcasts are focusing on the heat shield problem, etc.
As for NASA, business as usual:
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/
Let's just say that as an American I hope the launch goes flawlessly...
An uneventful launch sure would be a nice counterpoint to all all of the recent 'successes' over the last few years in Japan's space program.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming...
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by Tsuru » Wed Jul 13, 2005 9:39 pm
Great news! Let's hope that all goes well 
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by sludge » Thu Jul 14, 2005 7:13 am
NASA Calls Off Discovery Shuttle Launch
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A faulty fuel-gauge reading forced NASA to call off Wednesday's launch of Discovery on the first shuttle flight since the Columbia disaster 2 1/2 years ago. The mission was put off until at least Saturday.
The decision to scrub the launch came with less than 2 1/2 hours to go, while the seven astronauts were boarding the spacecraft for their journey to the international space station. Up until then, a thunderstorm over the launch site looked like the only potential obstacle.
The problem involved one of the external fuel tank's four hydrogen fuel sensors, which are responsible for making sure the spacecraft's main engines shut down during the ascent when the tank runs out of fuel. A launch could end in tragedy if the engines cut out too early or too late.
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