[kj] [Bulk] Re: Latest Blog Post from Youth:

[Andy M]

Ummm...err...oh. Well, there will be other kinds of launches then. 
Something going from the ground into space will have to do.

-Andy

Neil Perry schrieb:

> Hi Andy

>

> Well I hope you are not planning on a short life - after this year 

> there are

> no more shuttle launches!

>

> N

>

> On 8 March 2010 11:27, Andy M <kj at misera.net <mailto:kj at misera.net>> 

> wrote:

>

>     Wow, that sounds awesome. Another "things to do before I die"

>     added to the list.

>

>     -Andy

>

>

>     Neil Perry schrieb:

>

>         I was there also!

>         I remember it all just got a bit more gloomy than it already was.

>

>         But I recommend ditching whatever plans you have to follow KJ

>         around and go and see one of the few remaining shuttle

>         launches instead

>         (allowing of course for the possibility of

>         cancelled-KJ-tour-disappointment x100

>         if the bloody thing doesn't launch).

>

>         But I've been meaning to do it for 20 years - it was a lot of

>         hassle and

>         organising but worth it, most amazing spectacle I've ever seen

>

>         one of many youtube vids here:

>         http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jISagq2Uko&feature=related

>         <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jISagq2Uko&feature=related>

>         <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jISagq2Uko&feature=related

>         <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jISagq2Uko&feature=related>>

>

>

>         I was about another 5 miles closer than where this was shot :)

>         The rumble when the sound wave reached us was incredible,

>         best bass ever

>

>         n

>

>         On 7 March 2010 00:22, phil <phil.tofield at virgin.net

>         <mailto:phil.tofield at virgin.net>

>         <mailto:phil.tofield at virgin.net

>         <mailto:phil.tofield at virgin.net>>> wrote:

>

>            you lucky bugger, seeing a shuttle launch has always been

>         an ambition

>            of mine. As is seeing a total solar eclipse, and Im

>         unlikely to see

>            either now. Went to cornwall for the eclipse in '99, and

>         the only

>            clouds in the sky for the whole week we were there was the

>         2 hours of

>            complete cover which obscured the whole event. Didnt see a

>         fucking

>            thing. Im still gutted about that to this day.

>

>            On Sat, 6 Mar 2010 23:59:24 +0100, you wrote:

>

>            >Being an unashamed space nerd, a month ago I acted on a very

>            long-held

>            >ambition and travelled to Florida to see a space shuttle

>         launch

>            from Kennedy

>            >Space Centre. Now this is a risky use of time/money, as it is

>            quite possible

>            >it will be postponed/cancelled - it is

>            >of course the most complicated machine ever built by

>         humans, yet

>            it relies

>            >on getting

>            >into orbit by the ignition of what is basically a massive

>         bomb.

>            And sure

>            >enough,

>            >after I had travelled 3000 miles, queued for hours then sat

>            around until

>            >4.30am, it was

>            >postponed 9 minutes before launch due to various safety

>         reasons. Fair

>            >enough,

>            >there are six people sat on top of the massive bomb so every

>            precaution has

>            >to be taken.

>            >It was to be expected. But I was still absolutely gutted.

>            >

>            >Elsewhere, a band fail to get the recording of their new

>         album to

>            coincide

>            >with a world tour.

>            >I only mention these two things together because ONE OF

>         THEM IS NOT

>            >FUCKING ROCKET SCIENCE.

>            >

>            >N

>            >

>            >PS: I witnessed the space shuttle launch 24 hours later.

>         And it

>            was awesome.

>            >So never give up hope, eh?

>            >

>            >

>            >On 6 March 2010 19:42, B. Oliver Sheppard

>            <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net

>         <mailto:bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net>

>         <mailto:bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net

>         <mailto:bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net>>>wrote:

>

>            >

>            >> I "understand" the reasoning for this.

>            >>

>            >> But still.

>            >>

>            >> MOTHERFUCK.

>            >>

>            >>

>            >> -0liver

>            >>

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