Tomorrow's Launch Was Changed for Prime Time Viewing.

[Sequoia]

Because, how many people would've stayed up to watch the blast off as previously scheduled for after midnight?

Prime time viewing equals more money to be charged to advertisters, get people's minds off the real problems, and lookey at the American Heroes! Flags flying, bands playing, yes.

Betcha!

However, mother nature could pull a fast one and there goes all that revenue down the drain.


http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/07/24/space.shuttle/index.html

[iamjoy]

1. Too Bad, I Love Night Launches

I love the way it lights up the sky.

[Maru Kitteh]

4. Yeah, I was looking forward to that too

the photos from night launches are always awesome.

[Maru Kitteh]

2. actually I'm all for American heroes, flags flying and bands along with

Taking a very short break from the multitude of very real problems we are facing.


Then it's back to business. Rove is still gonna get his cheese fried, so I say enjoy the show.

I consider myself to be quite patriotic, it's why I hate these assholes as much as I do actually.

[XNASA]

3. I thought that there would be no night launches until further notice.

It's also important to consider that this mission is a 'rendezvous' and that the launch window is much smaller than a non-rendezvous mission.

So the options for when launch may occur are limited to begin with.

[HereSince1628]

6. Question about that launch window

I appreciate the need for timing to be able to have two trajectories make a rendezvous, but when they scrubbed last time didn't they say that the next window would be in September?

Were they only talking about a window available in the middle of the day?

[XNASA]

9. I'm not very knowledgable in orbital dynamics....

But I seem to recall that the launch windows only moved about 6 minutes per day. So slip 10 days, and the window moves about an hour or so. I could be wrong, I left NASA in 2001, so some it is a little fuzzy.

I never heard the bit about the next window being in September. They plan to launch mid-morning tomorrow, so the window must be fine. They certainly wouldn't launch unless it was, that's for sure.

[jzodda]

5. Good deal! Prime time launch means I will be awake to see it

And as far as heroes go, those people in the shuttle fit the bill as far as I am concerned. So let the flags fly and the bands play

[fishnfla]

7. Since when is 10:39 am prime time?

mind you, I dont watch TV anymore so I really dont know.

[Sequoia]

8. On the West Coast, prime news hour

After all, the West is the Best and we have more money to throw around!

[aphasetome]

10. daylight

The first shuttle launch, maybe more to be launched in daylight.
Cameras looking at the external tank for foam falling off.That is all.