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What a great launch!!!	11 Aug 2007 23:33 GMT	31
An excellent launch!! Right on time, no real issues worked, what more could you ask? I could ask for 10 more years for the STS. Saw some stuff coming of both the tank and the orbiter, don't think it
Does rocket exhaust break near-space vacuum?	11 Aug 2007 09:21 GMT	2
Even at the low orbital height of the space station, I would think the mass ejected by rocket exhaust, from visiting spacecraft as well as positioning jets onboard the ISS itself, must break the vacuum, so to speak. Is the matter contributed by rocket exhaust quickly dissipated to
Beautiful Launch!	10 Aug 2007 23:52 GMT	12
What a beautiful launch it was, Endeavour!! The lighting of this time of day makes it look golden. Go, go go!!!!
STS total burn rate/mass	10 Aug 2007 12:20 GMT	2
At http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/sts_ascent.htm , Jim Cornish writes: "By the end of the eighth second, the shuttle has traveled only twice it own length in distance [and] has already accelerated to 161 kilometers per hour (100 mph.) During this short time, the orbiter's
Shuttle - ISS catch up?	10 Aug 2007 09:28 GMT	6
How far behind the ISS does the shuttle launch? Here in the UK, the ISS is visible tonight at 18.43 Eastern time, 23.43 local time, some 7 minutes after the launch. What I was wondering was if we will also be able to see the shuttle shortly after that?
OMS pod engines	09 Aug 2007 23:29 GMT	4
Right after SRB sep, I heard the MCC PAO say that the propulsion officer has just anounced that the OMS engines had ignited to help give the orbitor a "kick in the pants" for the next 1:30 to assist orbital insertion... do these ignite at this time during each flight or was there
Alcohol Free Please	09 Aug 2007 14:53 GMT	1
Safety is all about preventable accidents. Any adult with experience with alcohol will tell you that your body is in a "recovery" mode after consumption. Hence, alcohol consumption and its affects are preventable. Important human activity is performed in nano-seconds?
Endeavour mission question	09 Aug 2007 11:21 GMT	6
I was looking at the schedule for this shuttle mission on the NASA site. Why is it that the two astronauts doing the space walks have to 'camp out' in the airlock beforehand? Katipo
Update STS-118 - launch day	09 Aug 2007 10:15 GMT	1
NASA Education Briefing http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id= 2618&Itemid=2 Live Interviews with STS-118 Lead Space Station Flight Director http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id= 2612&Itemid=2
40 secs delay on webfeed	09 Aug 2007 03:23 GMT	1
.....but good pics and no breakup for a change. --
Question about countdown	09 Aug 2007 02:33 GMT	2
Often heard "BFS" go for this or that. Female voice. Can anyone tell me what the BFS is and what the person does. Teddy Roosevelt's mother said "Fill what is empty, empty what is full, and scratch where it itches"
Cape Canaveral, shove it	09 Aug 2007 02:19 GMT	1
>Access onto the KSC Visitors Center is through metal detectors. You can not >bring on backpacks, "large items", sharp items, etc. I used a canvas shoulder >bag, but was warned that that might be too big; I had no problems with it. >Everything you bring on site will be searched. ...
NASA Develops Wireless Tile Scanner for Space Shuttle Inspection	09 Aug 2007 01:32 GMT	2
Aug. 7, 2007 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4769
STS-118 crew arrival at Shuttle Landing Facility / Phoenix Launch /Progress 24 / M-59 undocking	06 Aug 2007 17:22 GMT	1
STS-118 crew arrival at Shuttle Landing Facility http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id= 2613&Itemid=1 Phoenix Post-Launch News Conference http://www.space-multimedia.nl.eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id= 2640&Itemid=1
launch delay 24 hrs	06 Aug 2007 03:03 GMT	4
so NBC is about to report...