STS-135 - Final Atlantis Launch

Bumblebee said:
unfortunately, we are out. Our kitty had a lump that grew really fast over the last couple of days and today the vet advised that it is Vaccine Associated Sarcoma... we need to take care of her and with my limited availability at home (needing to be back on the tanker next week) this is the only time we have to make the decisions we need to make together and it is likely we will need to put her down this week.

So sorry, we were really looking forward to this trip. I know we will be there Nov into Dec.
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I've never heard of that being fatal. Normally, they have a lump, but it doesn't bother anything. Not that there aren't other issues with vaccines.
 
Tough time losing a beloved pet. Thoughts are with you.

Seems like the weekend will be spent in traffic, waiting outside for hours for them to scrub, and trying to keep a 5 year old entertained.

Fingers crossed!
 
well, now you have.
amjon said:
I've never heard of that being fatal.
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but fibrosarcoma, the most common vaccine associated cancer, is particularly bad. If VAS is present then with a combination of surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy, the survival time is, on average 24-36 months. If only one of these options is utilized, the a general estimation on life expectance is 6-12 months post diagnosis.

...and for our cat (outside mostly) leg amputation is not an option.
 
Bumblebee said:
well, now you have. but fibrosarcoma, the most common vaccine associated cancer, is particularly bad. If VAS is present then with a combination of surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy, the survival time is, on average 24-36 months. If only one of these options is utilized, the a general estimation on life expectance is 6-12 months post diagnosis.

...and for our cat (outside mostly) leg amputation is not an option.
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Hope she does well with whatever treatment you decide on.
 
STS-41B said:
OK, don't get too down yet Kristie.. Florida weather is not favorable for launching in the summer and the early forecast is not great for Fri, with only slight improvement over the weekend..

Of course, they've gone into a launch day with 10% chance of favorable weather and gotten off.. and had 90% chance of favorable weather that hasn't panned out, so you never know.

I'd strongly advise you guys going to keep checking on http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com It's a site that has SERIOUS inside info on the technical things especially.. several times they've announced a scrub nearly a half hour before even NASA PAO announced it or the news media.. they've got folks behind the scenes feeding them info.
Just scroll down to the "Atlantis" section and each launch attempt day they'll have a thread with nearly constant updates starting about the time they start pumping 532,000 gallons of liquid propelant into the External Tank.
And again.. have fun!
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Thanks so much for all the great info!!! I had no idea Nasa even had a forum :p
 
Bumblebee said:
unfortunately, we are out. Our kitty had a lump that grew really fast over the last couple of days and today the vet advised that it is Vaccine Associated Sarcoma... we need to take care of her and with my limited availability at home (needing to be back on the tanker next week) this is the only time we have to make the decisions we need to make together and it is likely we will need to put her down this week.

So sorry, we were really looking forward to this trip. I know we will be there Nov into Dec.
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NOOOOOO you can't be out too....that's just not fair!!!

I'm so sorry bout your kitty :(
 
Yes right now it's looking pretty lousy for Fri.. and only marginally better for an attempt Sunday.
A Delta-IV rocket has the Eastern Range booked from 7/11-15, so the 16th would be the earliest next shuttle attempt.. it takes about 36 hours to re-configure the range tracking system, so that would be taken into consideration, too.
We'll see how it plays out.. You truly never know if they're going to go until those SRBs ignite.
 
Bumblebee said:
unfortunately, we are out. Our kitty had a lump that grew really fast over the last couple of days and today the vet advised that it is Vaccine Associated Sarcoma... we need to take care of her and with my limited availability at home (needing to be back on the tanker next week) this is the only time we have to make the decisions we need to make together and it is likely we will need to put her down this week.

So sorry, we were really looking forward to this trip. I know we will be there Nov into Dec.
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So sorry to hear about your kitty cat. I hope things work out. :(
 
STS-41B said:
Yes right now it's looking pretty lousy for Fri.. and only marginally better for an attempt Sunday.
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According the forum you posted here (thanks for that!) the Mission Management Team (MMT) decided unanimously to proceed towards a Friday 11:26am launch. The chances of weather delaying tanking are minimal. They're saying 40% chance of a launch on Friday morning due to weather. We've got our fingers crossed. If they delay 48 hours (Sunday morning) we'll still be there. After that apparently Delta has the range until mid July.
 
thanks for the kind words about Matrix the cat....

I will be in front of the flat screen on the NASA channel Friday starting 0730 PST.... enjoy!
 
So for those that will be at the launch....where is everyone going to be watching from? I have no clue where I'm going to be yet.
 
Thanks for the advice! I sent him a PM. If anyone else will be in the area shoot me a PM and we can try to coordinate a spot to view if you want to.
 
Bumblebee said:
thanks for the kind words about Matrix the cat....

I will be in front of the flat screen on the NASA channel Friday starting 0730 PST.... enjoy!
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I wish we had the NASA channel but Cox got rid of it years ago :(

I'll be probably using CNN (yuck) or internet for my connection.
 
Oh man Dale I just saw you were out! I'll be down by the river right at the end of highway 50 if anyone is still coming. Shoot me a PM if you want and we can try to meet up.
 
What time are you Orlando folks headed over? We're leaving the hotel at 5am if it isn't scrubbed overnight.
 
I just got my car at FLL. Going to drive on up and probably end up sleeping in my car somewhere. :)

Sideous...what time will you be at the end of 50?
 
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