3... 2... 1...

it was dark, and then it went all BRIGHT and there was this white light, and the clouds went whooooooooo, and then there was smoke, and biiiiiig clouds of smoke, and the light went yellow, and orange, and white some more, and then it went up a little bit, and then a little bit more, and there was more smoke and then it started roaring but not really because it started long before but we were a long ways away but there was lots of sound and lots and LOTS of light and then up up up up up up up whooooooooooooooosh

and then it was gone

3... 2... 1...

it was dark, and then it went all BRIGHT and there was this white light, and the clouds went whooooooooo, and then there was smoke, and biiiiiig clouds of smoke, and the light went yellow, and orange, and white some more, and then it went up a little bit, and then a little bit more, and there was more smoke and then it started roaring but not really because it started long before but we were a long ways away but there was lots of sound and lots and LOTS of light and then up up up up up up up whooooooooooooooosh

and then it was gone

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Dawn at 2:15:56am.

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Dawn at 2:15:56am.

Messenger is go, go, gone.

Now that I've had some sleep, and a bit of time to recover from the five day 'fast trip' to FL and back...

A few months ago, gilthalas, who works at Johns Hopkins APL on contract for NASA, asked me how I'd like to see the Messenger launch. (I believe my response was "Well fucking duh...") I thought he was kidding, but a few weeks ago, a bright shiny invitation showed up in the mail for ginkgo and I to attend, as guests of NASA.

( whoosh )

Next morning has us sleeping in a bit, then heading to Savannah GA... but that's for another post. :)

I put the pics for the above post up at http://www.cs.unc.edu/~smithja/KSC/ if anyone's interested.

Messenger is go, go, gone.

Now that I've had some sleep, and a bit of time to recover from the five day 'fast trip' to FL and back...

A few months ago, gilthalas, who works at Johns Hopkins APL on contract for NASA, asked me how I'd like to see the Messenger launch. (I believe my response was "Well fucking duh...") I thought he was kidding, but a few weeks ago, a bright shiny invitation showed up in the mail for ginkgo and I to attend, as guests of NASA.

( whoosh )

Next morning has us sleeping in a bit, then heading to Savannah GA... but that's for another post. :)

I put the pics for the above post up at http://www.cs.unc.edu/~smithja/KSC/ if anyone's interested.