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Final Space Shuttle Night Launch
Monday, February 8th, 2010 07:32 pmDay 39 I went into work early today so that I'd be at my desk in plenty of time to see Endeavour launch (weather permitting). This was the last ever night launch of a Space Shuttle - which is sad, and sad too that we'll only see four more launches and then that will be it. Truly the end of an era.
I was listening to NASA TV for the T-9 poll, and getting a little more excited with every "Go" that came back in the poll. And then when it was confirmed there were no constraints to launch, Endeavour is go for launch, I was so excited! I turned to my friends at work and said "We're gonna go! They've just given Go for launch!" And their reaction was "o rly? \/\/". When launch came, I called to them again with "Look! Last ever shuttle night launch!" and they looked for about 1 second and said "oh yeh" and went back to fighting the impossible databases. I continued watching:
This mission includes a Brit (technically an Anglo-American) in the crew - Nick Patrick, tweeting as @Astro_Nicholas. I suggested to @Wossy that he ought to invite Nick Patrick onto his show after the mission. Chatshows are always more interesting when they have astronauts on.
I was listening to NASA TV for the T-9 poll, and getting a little more excited with every "Go" that came back in the poll. And then when it was confirmed there were no constraints to launch, Endeavour is go for launch, I was so excited! I turned to my friends at work and said "We're gonna go! They've just given Go for launch!" And their reaction was "o rly? \/\/". When launch came, I called to them again with "Look! Last ever shuttle night launch!" and they looked for about 1 second and said "oh yeh" and went back to fighting the impossible databases. I continued watching:
This mission includes a Brit (technically an Anglo-American) in the crew - Nick Patrick, tweeting as @Astro_Nicholas. I suggested to @Wossy that he ought to invite Nick Patrick onto his show after the mission. Chatshows are always more interesting when they have astronauts on.
