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Dec 17^th, 2010 at 8:16am

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For anyone interested, this is a specific post pointing out that at the moment, http://www.spacevidcast.com/ is covering the space shuttle Discovery's tanking test live in HD. It started about 75 minutes ago, will take 3 hours total to fill the tank.

Don't freak out if your computer can't handle HD, the site auto-adjusts to what your computer can handle, trust me. My 6 year old emachines can handle it and it looks great for me.

Reason they're doing the tanking test is because of some cracked stringers in the External Tank noticed early last month while prepping for Discovery's final flight. That launch has been moved to February, and she'll be rolling back in the barn in a few days after the tank has had time to vent and be purged of the residual hydrogen and oxygen.

I'll be in there for a good part of the day. I plug this website because it's NASA TV's feed, but rather than just being presented what NASA wants to talk about, there's a live chat that also has folks like me who are knowledgeable about the program.

It's what got me addicted to aviation in the first place, back when Challenger was lost.

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Reply #1 - Dec 17^th, 2010 at 8:52am

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My computer handles the HD fine. It's my slow DSL connection that hinders things. But it's better than I expected and even better than many videos I've watched. This only paused for about a second, two or three times.

If God intended aircraft engines to have horizontally opposed engines, Pratt and Whitney would have made them that way.

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Reply #2 - Dec 17^th, 2010 at 8:58am

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I'm not the host, but I am one of the "henchmen" Huh

of the site that offers answers and info to viewers and folks interested in learning more. They recently upgraded, allowing for the auto-adjust. Even with a bad connection, I'm glad and will pass it on that the site's not too frustrating with the hang-ups and buffering.

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Reply #3 - Dec 17^th, 2010 at 9:08am

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Jeph wrote on Dec 17^th, 2010 at 8:58am:

I'm not the host, but I am one of the "henchmen" Huh

of the site that offers answers and info to viewers and folks interested in learning more. They recently upgraded, allowing for the auto-adjust. Even with a bad connection, I'm glad and will pass it on that the site's not too frustrating with the hang-ups and buffering.

That's great, thanks.

Is the launch going to be aired on it?

If God intended aircraft engines to have horizontally opposed engines, Pratt and Whitney would have made them that way.

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Reply #4 - Dec 17^th, 2010 at 9:18am

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Absolutely, with at least two live hosts, interviews from the cape, a few of us "arm chair astronauts" in chat fielding the flood of questions we'll see. Cheesy

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Reply #5 - Dec 17^th, 2010 at 12:05pm

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Jeph wrote on Dec 17^th, 2010 at 9:18am:

Absolutely, with at least two live hosts, interviews from the cape, a few of us "arm chair astronauts" in chat fielding the flood of questions we'll see. Cheesy

Great. Thanks for the heads up.

If God intended aircraft engines to have horizontally opposed engines, Pratt and Whitney would have made them that way.

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