A Sad Discovery

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I just discovered that Discovery is only 13 days away from spending a total year in space, including the final mission for Discovery its still only 2 days away from a total year. Poor Discovery spending just under a year in space. :(

Darren

PS: I swear that pun was unintentional.
 
What???? Call Barack, NASA needs the funding for another two day mission in space. No matter the costs.
 
Checklist:
1. get VERY rich
2. wauit for the end of last diecovery.mission
3. buy discovery
4. fly in space for a few days.

But right, they could fly for a bitsome longer time, that would be nice.
 
even so, it's still pretty much a year, which is impressive :cool:
 
what date and time is it taking off at and can you give the time in my format thanks
 
what date and time is it taking off at and can you give the time in my format thanks

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-133 - you also have the Calendar here. You can also have a reminder for the event. Remember that the date and time can change so it's worth keeping a check on the wiki site and/or the calendar here.

and as for "your" format have a look at http://www.timeanddate.com
This will let you set up various time zones - Never worry about time or date format again! :lol:
 
There is also a "thanks" button here, please use that in place of one word thanks posts.
 
eh where

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found it
 
I'd rather it come down safely and on-time than have to stay up there a few extra days, even if it would make a round year.
 
But it should be in space longer. Maybe a hurricane for every available shuttle runway?

And to the Thanks-button:
The thanked posts you mae are in your statistic, too, so it brings you more, than just a "thanks"-post. It brings you, that everyone who looks in your statistic sees, that you make good posts, wich are thanked.
 
not sure why, but Discovery has always been my favourite shuttle :rolleyes:...

perhaps it's because of the little model i got when i visited KSC as a kid (little did i know how awesome were those things i was seeing... i really wanna go there again)...

two days short, c'mon... can't they just hold it up a couple of days longer and have the crew sing "happy birthday" or something? :lol:

but yeah, as Izack pointed out, safety first :thumbup:
 
But it should be in space longer. Maybe a hurricane for every available shuttle runway?

So you want to see serious problems for a safe landing just so Discovery can stay in space a bit longer?

I'd rather have discovery home safe, on time so she can close out a brilliant career than have her final landing marred by something like weather delays or a rather daft "requirement" to meet an arbitary number just because "it sounds better".
 
There is still hope!

If bad weather delays 133's landing by 2 days, or the mission is extended while in orbit Discovery will hit that year in orbit mark.
 
not ehen she lands, when she is on ISS. Than she would land after hurricanes are away - few days later.

Let's just hope she won't be scrapt and put in a museum instead.
 
not ehen she lands, when she is on ISS. Than she would land after hurricanes are away - few days later.

Let's just hope she won't be scrapt and put in a museum instead.

Discovery's going to the Smithsonian.
Enterprise, Atlantis and Endeavour are up in the air right now as where they will go.
 
People, It is just a number. Discovery lands when she lands and when she lands safely which is what anyone should be concerned about rather than hoping for world wide destruction thanks to severe weather.

I have never seen anything so daft.
 
As far as I'm concerned previous mission have shown that the shuttles are capable of longer than 11 days in space I mean look at STS-80 at 17 days.

Darren
 
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