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Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Science / Nerd Look to the Skies, East-Coast Slog Readers!

Posted by Jonathan Golob on Tue, May 5, 2009 at 5:41 PM

(Image from Uncle Ariel, Creative Commons)

Via Space.com:

Should a rocket blast off on schedule early Tuesday evening from NASA's Wallops Island Flight Facility in Virginia, a potentially spectacular sight might be visible across a wide swath of the U.S. Eastern Seaboard, weather permitting....

A launch window from May 5 to 9, from 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. EDT each day, has been established to take into account bad weather or equipment glitches (see "Final Points" below). A launch after 8:00 p.m. EDT would occur just after sunset along the entire Atlantic Coastline.

I am, once again, envious.

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Except it's been raining for the past three days here in VA...and it doesn't look like its going to stop....

Posted by darkstar on May 5, 2009 at 6:08 PM

Same here in PA. Lame.

Posted by chimerical on May 5, 2009 at 6:26 PM

Don't be. We don't have a whole lot going on for us out here beyond random shit like that.

Posted by The CHZA on May 5, 2009 at 6:56 PM

Sunset? What sunset. It just got dimmer and a little drizzly-er. Just like Seattle ...

Posted by SeaExile on May 5, 2009 at 8:28 PM

Huh, I guess there aren't too many of us East Coaster science geeks. Thank you, Jonathon, for the heads up. Anyway, this evening's launch was scrapped due to inclement weather. It has been rescheduled for Thursday, May 7 between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m.

See: http://sites.wff.nasa.gov/webcast/

Posted by facet on May 5, 2009 at 10:16 PM

I've been to that space center. It's near Chincoteague Island in Virginia. One of my brothers was in the Coast Guard, and lived near by for a few years. I will be looking tomorrow, but from Baltimore City, I don't think there are many good observation sites. If it were the weekend, I'd probably drive down to see it. Oh well.

Posted by Rob in Baltimore