I watched the backflip live this morning. Very cool and very impressive. Check C-SPAN for reruns - I know they ran reruns of the shuttle lift-off later on that day.

Then again, some cable outlets carry the NASA channel (yes, we have it), although I think they'll be running the live feed of Johnson SC or Discovery ops.

Jen, Fox News was also running the replay. What a great manuveur...I can't even parallel park on one try! I'd like to know if they have that preprogrammed into their flight computer, or if it was a seat-of-the-pants drill. Either way, very impressive.

I didn't realize that NASA had its own TV channel! (They might be better off spending money on foam. ;-|

Years ago (I was in grad school) the shuttle shot pictures of the earth from orbit for a later IMAX video.

Some cable channel ran the footage live with no breaks. I spent hours literally watching the world go by. It was unspeakably beautiful.

I didn't see any of the footage of the backflip today, but I'm gonna find it now!

Let's all pray for their safe return.

Let's all pray for their safe return.

Yeah, it's not like they can just call Triple-A to bail 'em out. They're in seriously dangerous territory.

Yes, and the story on NPR about the for-now grounding of the shuttle program features a spokesperson saying something like "They'll be fine, likely as not."

Floor, meet my knees.

Orbital Triple AAA is a grand idea! I mean, we can pull off Spaceship One why not SpaceTowTruck One?

My Dad has lost many hours watching the NASA channel. He was telling us about the time he clicked over to see an extreme close up of an eye (on his big screen). Apparently, they were doing a study of the eye in 0 gravity or something.

Shoot! I hit "submit" just as I remembered that I asked him if it was flaming. Because it immediately made me think of Sauron.

"They'll be fine, likely as not."

That quote belongs right up there with other gems such as your doctor looking at your chart and saying "I have some good news and some bad news."

Jen, I'm sure the NASA Channel has the same fascination for some people as the History Channel. Any channel featuring giant eyeballs -- flaming or not -- is bound to be a winner!

Oh please, that's nuthin'! I drive like that everyday! The only problem is I'm on the highway, not in a weightless environment. Oh well.

I should clarify: "They'll be fine, likely as not" is not an actual quote but merely what it seemed was being said through the use of many technical words. It's a translation, not a trascription.