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AR15.COM
3/6/2009 6:34:40 PM EDT
Kepler Set to Launch Tonight on Planet Finding Mission in about 15 mins

live on nasa tv  NASA TV
3/6/2009 6:38:11 PM EDT
[#1]
Grade-A awesome! Thanks for the link!
3/6/2009 6:38:28 PM EDT
[#2]
thanks

ETA - the internet feed has about a 20 second delay vs cable.
3/6/2009 6:40:07 PM EDT
[#3]
Got it on my tv right now.
3/6/2009 6:40:13 PM EDT
[#4]
t - 4 min
3/6/2009 6:41:45 PM EDT
[#5]
watchin now.
3/6/2009 6:43:14 PM EDT
[#6]
I'll step out front and watch it...
3/6/2009 6:43:55 PM EDT
[#7]
IBTL
3/6/2009 6:44:24 PM EDT
[#8]
wow...  checked Arfcom just in time.
3/6/2009 6:45:04 PM EDT
[#9]
Quoted:
IBTL



IBTC&B..
3/6/2009 6:45:39 PM EDT
[#10]
Hopefully it will find a Class M planet that we Liberty minded folks can escape to and live the liberals here to themselves and their non-productive socialist paradise.
3/6/2009 6:46:22 PM EDT
[#11]
holding..



no  they just started it again at 4 or 5 min
3/6/2009 6:46:51 PM EDT
[#12]
Watchin'
3/6/2009 6:48:53 PM EDT
[#13]




Quoted:

Watchin'




yep
3/6/2009 6:49:06 PM EDT
[#14]
2 min
3/6/2009 6:49:07 PM EDT
[#15]

Watching.

Neat.

Edit: 80 seconds
3/6/2009 6:51:26 PM EDT
[#16]
well.... there it went!
3/6/2009 6:51:34 PM EDT
[#17]


Vehicle is now supersonic.
3/6/2009 6:53:15 PM EDT
[#18]
I ran outside, that was pretty damn sweet.
3/6/2009 6:53:23 PM EDT
[#19]


One minute, 22 seconds into the launch and the vehicle weighs less than half of what it did at lift-off.

Losing 2,200 lbs of propellant per second.
3/6/2009 6:54:54 PM EDT
[#20]
Just stepped outside and watched it from my front porch. Very bright at night. Seemed to move slower than the Shuttle does.
3/6/2009 6:55:43 PM EDT
[#21]
Quoted:
I ran outside, that was pretty damn sweet.



Same here.  Very nice.
3/6/2009 6:56:27 PM EDT
[#22]
That was cool.
3/6/2009 6:56:42 PM EDT
[#23]
Can't see it anymore... was cool as hell moving like a motherfucker, then something fell off and headed back down and the 6 engines lit and it looked like a 6 legged octopus screaming across the sky.. then it went dark.
3/6/2009 6:57:32 PM EDT
[#24]
Well, that was fun, thanks OP
3/6/2009 6:58:00 PM EDT
[#25]
Damn, that thing went from 4000 mph to 8000 mph in about 45 seconds...........
3/6/2009 6:59:22 PM EDT
[#26]
now at 15,994 MPH...wow
3/6/2009 7:01:15 PM EDT
[#27]
up up and away!
3/6/2009 7:03:21 PM EDT
[#28]
12:?? minutes in and everything's good.
3/6/2009 7:05:30 PM EDT
[#29]
yup looks that way..12:24 loss of commo from Antigua.. will be picked back up in 39 minutes over Austrailia.
3/6/2009 8:04:07 PM EDT
[#30]
Quoted:
Hopefully it will find a Class M planet that we Liberty minded folks can escape to and live the liberals here to themselves and their non-productive socialist paradise.


This
3/6/2009 8:07:28 PM EDT
[#31]
Quoted:
Quoted:
I ran outside, that was pretty damn sweet.



Same here.  Very nice.



Oh, the advantages of living in Florida....

Awesome from here.
3/6/2009 9:57:16 PM EDT
[#32]
Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
I ran outside, that was pretty damn sweet.



Same here.  Very nice.



Oh, the advantages of living in Florida....

Awesome from here.


We had some family in from Houston.

"WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW! AWESOME!"

Heh.