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Fast things and fake bushes

Saturday Lunch

It was a weekend of fast things and fake bushes.  Friday was a drive to Titusville, Florida for the launch of the Endeavor on STS-127 (Fast thing #1) to the International Space Station.  Although it was a grand adventure the Space Shuttle did not launch due to a leak in the hydrogen fueling system. Saturday [...]

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STS-127 Launch Scrub

Landscape of the launch complex.  Shuttle barely visible on the left the Vehicle Assembly Building on the right

Last night’s trip to Titusville for the launch of Endeavor on space shuttle mission STS-127 was great fun up until a fuel leak was discovered and the launch scrubbed. If you do not get tickets for the NASA launch site then the best place is Space View Park in Titusville, FL – http://spacelaunchinfo.com/spaceview.html I met [...]

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Week in review

Dinner at Limey's

A hodgepodge of activities this week that started with me finishing the score to a short art film “Uniting States” by Isabel Czerwenka-Wenkstetten  and Leslie Fry. While I can’t show you the full project(as it is to be debuted in Berlin)  here is the score (there is about 10 seconds of silence at the start): [...]

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STS-125

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Space Shuttle Atlantis headed off to service the Hubble telescope this afternoon.  The afternoon launch while not as spectacular as a night lunch is still beautiful to see.  It takes about 45 seconds from liftoff till it is visible here in St. Petersburg.  It was exiting to see a crowd gather at the top of The Pier [...]

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STS-119

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Tonight’s launch of the space shuttle Discovery was beautiful.   This is the third launch that I have seen from about 150 miles away.  It takes nearly 30 seconds from the time of main engines light to when it comes up over the horizon.   There was a group of about 100 people that watched [...]