Time To Go Fly

Discovery (under the command of Eileen Collins) is scheduled to lift off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Launch Pad 39B, on Wednesday, July 13 at 3:51 p.m. EDT.*

So if you could spare a moment or two of positive thinking, a crossed pair of fingers or maybe even a little prayer around that time, a lot of us kids who used to beg long-suffering homeroom teachers to let us watch those early launches in wide-eyed wonder would appreciate it.

Thanks.

* – Update: NASA managers scrubbed the launch of Discovery today due to a faulty fuel sensor.

July 12, 2005 – 10:39 pm | By Thomas | Posted in Observations | Comments (5)
  • http://amber.tangerinecs.com Amber

    …us kids who used to beg long-suffering homeroom teachers to let us watch those early launches in wide-eyed wonder…

    You were one of those too? :)

  • Ginger

    Well, the mission is scrapped for today, but hopefully it will be rescheduled soon!

  • http://monotonous.net Joseph G

    Are you guys old enough to remember challenger? That was horrible. I was in 4th or 5th grade, and some kids at my school had actually been watching the shuttle on TV as it blew apart.

  • http://amber.tangerinecs.com Amber

    I was in 1st grade… we were watching it on TV. Yeah, I remember.

  • http://www.livejournal.com/users/jolefay/ JO (Julieanne)

    I say..I am totally worried that they can’t fix it..and keep flying it.. We need new spaceships.. :)