I have on NASA TV now, watching the countdown for launch.
It's now at T-minus 40 minutes, cryogenic fueling is almost complete.
There's talk about the wind gusts. I hope they don't interfer with the launch.

Anyway, quite cool watching this historic mission about to get underway.

Anyone else following it live?

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I'm watching it right now too. I think almost every body here is watching it.

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And so it was, however late . . .

Now at T-minus 25 minutes (if I heard right).

Do you know if the entire rocket, aside from the boosters, are fueled by liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen? Or is it just the Centuar stage?

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I calculated the odds of this succeeding versus the odds I was doing something incredibly stupid...and I went ahead anyway. - Crow T. Robot

Godspeed, John Glenn. - Scott Carpenter

And these atomic bombs that science burst upon the world that night were strange even to the men that used them.
- H.G Wells, The World Set Free

To the conspiracy crowd, radiation is a big Boogey Man that inspires terror and death in all who encounter it. - JayUtah

Four minutes to launch and holding for ten minutes.

The suspense is high!

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I calculated the odds of this succeeding versus the odds I was doing something incredibly stupid...and I went ahead anyway. - Crow T. Robot

Godspeed, John Glenn. - Scott Carpenter

And these atomic bombs that science burst upon the world that night were strange even to the men that used them.
- H.G Wells, The World Set Free

To the conspiracy crowd, radiation is a big Boogey Man that inspires terror and death in all who encounter it. - JayUtah

To avoid double threads, I refer to the New Horizons countdown thread in the spacce exploration forum, where exactly the same conversation is going on .

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I am also watching it live!!!

Oops. Did I double post this topic then, Nicolas?

Winds are being assessed. New T-zero is at 2:10pm EST.

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I calculated the odds of this succeeding versus the odds I was doing something incredibly stupid...and I went ahead anyway. - Crow T. Robot

Godspeed, John Glenn. - Scott Carpenter

And these atomic bombs that science burst upon the world that night were strange even to the men that used them.
- H.G Wells, The World Set Free

To the conspiracy crowd, radiation is a big Boogey Man that inspires terror and death in all who encounter it. - JayUtah

Is there a way for me to lock this thread, since there's an existing thread for this? The other one is better anyway.

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I calculated the odds of this succeeding versus the odds I was doing something incredibly stupid...and I went ahead anyway. - Crow T. Robot

Godspeed, John Glenn. - Scott Carpenter

And these atomic bombs that science burst upon the world that night were strange even to the men that used them.
- H.G Wells, The World Set Free

To the conspiracy crowd, radiation is a big Boogey Man that inspires terror and death in all who encounter it. - JayUtah

contact a mod who's online now via pm.

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To the regular visitor of internet bulletin boards it is clear that it's an excellent idea your parents get to choose your real name.

Thanks...

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I calculated the odds of this succeeding versus the odds I was doing something incredibly stupid...and I went ahead anyway. - Crow T. Robot

Godspeed, John Glenn. - Scott Carpenter

And these atomic bombs that science burst upon the world that night were strange even to the men that used them.
- H.G Wells, The World Set Free

To the conspiracy crowd, radiation is a big Boogey Man that inspires terror and death in all who encounter it. - JayUtah

Thread closed at OP's request.

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