Last space shuttle launch - Who will be broadcasting it?

[ButtonPuncher]

Does anyone know if any of the local channels will be carrying the last space shuttle in HD?  It's today at 2:47pm.

http://www.space.com/11517-nasa-space-shuttle-endeavour-launch-preview.html

Thanks,
           Ben

[cnjbucks]

Flight cancelled for today.  

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/04/29/shuttle.endeavor/index.html?hpt=T1

[ButtonPuncher]

Yep...

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts134/status.html

1701 GMT (1:01 p.m. EDT)
NASA now estimates Endeavour won't launch before Monday at 2:33 p.m. EDT.

1659 GMT (12:59 p.m. EDT)
Launch director Mike Leinbach says the team believes there's an electrical short in one of the shuttle's load control assemblies (LCA) or one of the lines going to that box. The LCA routes power to the two heaters that exhibited problems on Auxiliary Power Unit No. 1, forcing today's scrub.

[Xizer]

HDNet will be broadcasting it

[ButtonPuncher]

Like I said in my original post...

"Does anyone know if any of the local channels will be carrying the last space shuttle in HD?"


BTW, it looks like it's going to be another week...

MONDAY, MAY 2, 2011
Work to replace and retest an electrical distribution box in the shuttle Endeavour's engine compartment will push the crew's next launch attempt to at least May 10, agency managers said Monday. An official launch date is expected Friday, after repairs are complete.

[Xizer]

Oh I doubt very much that the locals will cut away from Judge Judy and Oprah for this.

The networks are too busy worrying about two people manipulating a country of fools into paying for their expensive wedding, some brown dude in a Pakistani mansion getting shot, or "a slight thunderstorm!!11 everybody PANIC" to cover something that's actually important like science that showcases where the human species' future should be.

[techguy1975]

Oh I doubt very much that the locals will cut away from Judge Judy and Oprah for this.

The networks are too busy worrying about two people manipulating a country of fools into paying for their expensive wedding, some brown dude in a Pakistani mansion getting shot, or "a slight thunderstorm!!11 everybody PANIC" to cover something that's actually important like science that showcases where the human species' future should be.

The locals won't carry it unless the network does...  That is probably not likely.  It will probably get the lead on the nightly news, but its not really "news"  I could be wrong, but I believe the last launch  that actually got covered was the Challenger disaster in 1986.

And Xizer, that "brown dude" was the man responsible for the deaths of over 3000 people in 2001.  He was the most hated man on the planet.  The fact that he is gone is HUGE news.

[Xizer]

Every American president to ever hold office is responsible for more deaths of innocent human beings by an order of magnitude than Osama bin Laden ever was.

[ButtonPuncher]

WOW.  If you don't like the freedoms that the USA provides, feel free to leave.  Both of the borders are WIDE open.


I should just have the moderator delete this thread right now.  I's just going to turn into a leftie nutjob flamewar.

[jjallou]

WOW.  If you don't like the freedoms that the USA provides, feel free to leave.  Both of the borders are WIDE open.


I should just have the moderator delete this thread right now.  I's just going to turn into a leftie nutjob flamewar.

FYI........I believe if you started the thread you can also delete it. The delete is located somewhere near the top for the person who started it.

Xizer.....I hear Syria is pretty nice this time of year.......
There's BS no matter where you live. Just pick the BS of your choosing, or leave the planet. Some of us are actually proud to live here and deal with the BS that happens.

[Talos4]

We've started having a problem with persons posting items with political slants.  This board is for HDTV and a little tongue-in-cheek type comments.  However we are not going to allow any politcal wrangling during this election year.

So let's keep it neutral and enjoy the forums and the information available.

Thanks,

The Administration and Moderators.

From 2004 and quite appropriate today.

[Xizer]

WOW.  If you don't like the freedoms that the USA provides, feel free to leave.  Both of the borders are WIDE open.

A fascist airline security operation that gropes anyone attempting to board a plane and reserves the right to confiscate any personal property disagrees with that statement. :rolleyes:

The United States provides the freedom... to spend the rest of your life in a prison cell for smoking some marijuana.

[Bluto]

Can a mod clean this crap up?  Thanks.

[OlsonNet]

Can a mod clean this crap up?  Thanks.

Just ban Xizer. He's just a troll (and doing a hack job of it too, not the least bit entertaining).