Keep an eye on the sky tonight.....

Thanks - I'm in GA.  I'm calling my house right now to leave myself a message reminding me and my kids to go outside then.

VERY COOL!!  

I got to see a daytime launch in '84 and it was absolutely incredible.  I'm jealous!!

from www.nasa.gov

The STS-119 launch was scrubbed at 2:37 p.m. EDT due to a hydrogen leak in a Liquid Hydrogen vent line between the shuttle and the external tank. The launch team is currently beginning the process of draining the external fuel tank. We'll turn around for launch attempt tomorrow at 8:54 p.m. EDT.

One of the most amazing things I've ever experienced was the first night time launch of a shuttle. I was standing on the beach next to the condo where I lived in Cocoa Beach.

A shuttle launch is amazing thing to see. A night launch is beyond description. I don't see how someone could watch one and not be awed by what the U.S.A is capable of.

Bummer....

from www.nasa.gov

Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach said Wednesday that workers will take their first up-close look Thursday afternoon at the gaseous hydrogen vent line that began leaking during the countdown to Wednesday night’s launch attempt. The leak prompted a postponement of the STS-119 launch to the International Space Station.

The inspection could set a course for repair options that would allow another launch attempt as soon as Sunday.

Leinbach said the leak developed on the piping that runs from the fixed service structure, or launch tower, to a valve at the intertank section of the shuttle’s external tank. The pipe moves hydrogen gas away from the shuttle and to a flare stack near the launch pad that burns it away safely. He said there was never any danger to the shuttle while it was being fueled, but that the leak allowed too much gaseous hydrogen to escape the vent line

I remember watching that launch from the parking lot at my apartment in Daytona...and then running to the TV to see what the heck happened.

I was thinking wrong again.  He drove for both the launch with Sally Ride and the Challenger.  I was originally thinking Christa Macauliffe, I think (she was the teacher, no?)

Oh yeah...I was talking about Challenger...

Wouldn't it be a PITA to get cargo to the Andes?