Spacetime Continuum

Launch attempt 6. Record held by two other missions which left on attempt 7. Pretty sure they’re not going for records at this point. Definitely feels a little like dejavu since Monday. I’m trying to complete several presentations for Friday’s White Wall Web (Back to the Future themed) conference, but uh… well,  Rome wasn’t built in a day… (which is about all I’ve got left…)

For those interested, @astro_127 is tweeting from this mission, and will continue to tweet from orbit. Also confirming my space-week having started watching Battlestar Galactica last night (wrestled it off for presentations…). I couldn’t help noticing distinct similarities to the Wing Commander games – the sweet smell of childhood a fitting accompaniment to my homemade icecream.

Updated: Funny thing. Several work guys all appeared on MSN and we sat watching the launch. Guess that firms up the “geek” classification…

Head over to NASA for more STS-127 information.