Thursday night at 9:35pm from Launch Pad 39B Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, the space shuttle Discovery will launch on mission STS-116 continuing the construction of the ISS. It’s the second time this year NASA has launched on a day of American historical significance, Thursday of course being December 7th — the same day in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. The other launch, also of Discovery, took place on July 4th. Thursday night’s planned liftoff will be only the fourth launch since the 2003 Columbia disaster.
Remember, kick back and watch the launch in style. I plan on it — I love this stuff. And I know George Bush does.
Oh, by the way, did you know NASA just announced plans to establish a permanent base on the moon? Ah, yeah. (For $17 billion a year, you can have your own moon base, too!) And they’ve got a whole slew of new spaceships to help ‘em do it.
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