Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

… riddled with inexplicable and elementary errors of law and fact

People really shouldn’t expect the government to help after they watched the GOP drown it in a bathtub.

If you cannot answer whether trump lost the 2020 election, you are unfit for office.

Jack Smith: “Why did you start campaigning in the middle of my investigation?!”

“Facilitate” is an active verb, not a weasel word.

When someone says they “love freedom”, rest assured they don’t mean yours.

Republicans: The threats are dire, but my tickets are non-refundable!

America is going up in flames. The NYTimes fawns over MAGA celebrities. No longer a real newspaper.

Usually wrong but never in doubt

Petty moves from a petty man.

So many bastards, so little time.

Seems like a complicated subject, have you tried yelling at it?

Jesus, Mary, & Joseph how is that election even close?

DeSantis transforming Florida into 1930s Germany with gators and theme parks.

One way or another, he’s a liar.

We still have time to mess this up!

This is dead girl, live boy, a goat, two wetsuits and a dildo territory.  oh, and pink furry handcuffs.

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

Trump’s cabinet: like a magic 8 ball that only gives wrong answers.

Nothing says ‘pro-life’ like letting children go hungry.

… gradually, and then suddenly.

This really is a full service blog.

There are times when telling just part of the truth is effectively a lie.

You are here: Home / Science & Technology / Space / East Coast Launch: Early Morning Viewing!

East Coast Launch: Early Morning Viewing!

by | 4 Comments

This post is in: 

Folks,

There’s an Orbital ATK Antares rocket launch at 4:39 AM Eastern, in just a bit. It’s launching from the Wallops Island Facility in Southeast Virginia.

Since the rain has gone, it looks like a lot of folks may see something, should they look the appropriate direction (and up!).

Link to more info: https://www.space.com/40644-watch-orbital-atk-rocket-launch-oa9-webcast.html

 

You can watch the launch live on space.com

 

Reader Interactions

4Comments

  1. 1.

    The Ancient Randonneur

    Successfully launched. I do, however, find the launches that don’t include a first stage booster re-entry and landing less interesting. Spacex is rapidly changing expectations and lowering launch cost. It’s an interesting time for those of us interested in space travel. Oh, the places we’ll go.

    Thanks for the thread.

  2. 2.

    Cermet

    Rats, missed seeing it – was in the gym doing my run but they did show the launch on the TV; I was the only person there – a bit early for most morning people.

  4. 4.

    Betsy

    I saw it. There was a thick bsnk of clouds all around the horizon that I was pretty sure would enntirly obscure the view, but but lo and behold, four minutes after the delayed launch time of 4:44, I was about to go home and was very surprised to see a bright light come up from the thickest part of the clouds and illuminating the thin upper part of cloud bank from behind. Also saw the stage 1 or booster rocket flare out behind it.

    A huge “smoke ring” cloud way up in the stratosphere (where the stage 1 rocket had burnt out) remained illuminated by the pre-dawn sun for a good twenty minutes after liftoff, while the sky was still dark. I’m sure it was visible to most anyone on the mid-atlantic / Eastern seaboard.

Comments are closed.