xkcd

by **Zer088** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 11:41 pm UTC

MirrorWing wrote:Hahaha, sorry, this girl's heart is taken. :] (By someone who doesn't want it and probably doesn't deserve it, butthat'sbesidesthepoint. >.>)

The next launch out of Kennedy is on 9/26/2008 at noon Eastern, they're launching the United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket (With a classified spy satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office as cargo). :3

*takes note of relational discontent*

Well I like the NASA launch idea. It's a ways away so people can plan on that Friday. And more people (searching this fourm) can find out about it and come.
so if people plan on showing, post here, (if we get enough, we may get a group rate ^_^)
I live in Homestead, and i've got four wheels if there's some one car-less and needs a ride, or just wants to car pool to save gas.

by **MirrorWing** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 11:50 pm UTC

I like it too.

Closer to the actual date (To try to rule out having the launch get deferred to another day), if we have solid numbers, I might be able to help on the admission part if we wanted to actually go into the visitor's center... I know someone who works for NASA, so he might be able to get tickets under some kind of employee's discount.

I'll have to talk to him about that, but it's a possibility...

by **Sebeka2** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 11:55 pm UTC

That would be awesome.

by **Zer088** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 4:30 pm UTC

how many floridians are geohashers?
Todays locaion (Miami) is on land and reachable by car.

by **Aelfyre** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 4:06 pm UTC

MotorToad wrote:I and at least one other person exist in Pensacola. With the heat and the high average dumb outside I don't go around much.

Panama City beach and yeah I feel ya there.. that plus the cost of the liquid platinum my car apparently runs on for fuel.

by **Pandora_Bound** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:59 pm UTC

just adding my name to the list of ppl who live in florida. Lakeland area. I'm game for a meetup or whatever.

by **Zer088** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:16 pm UTC

welcome to the club, are you up for the NASA missile launch?

by **Pandora_Bound** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:48 am UTC

possibly, depending on the date. (havent bothered to read most of thread, so sorry if this came up previously) end of october doesnt work well though, for whatever thats worth. most of the rest though, i can do.

by **Pandora_Bound** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:55 am UTC

The next launch out of Kennedy is on 9/26/2008 at noon Eastern, they're launching the United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket (With a classified spy satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office as cargo). :3

WOW, should've seen that on the top of the page!! Feeling kinda stupid right now. lol. Sorry about the double post, felt that that needed to be addressed.

Anyways, 9/26 looks possible, though i won't know for sure for another week or so.

by **Zer088** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 1:30 pm UTC

Pandora_Bound wrote:
The next launch out of Kennedy is on 9/26/2008 at noon Eastern, they're launching the United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket (With a classified spy satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office as cargo). :3

WOW, should've seen that on the top of the page!! Feeling kinda stupid right now. lol. Sorry about the double post, felt that that needed to be addressed.

Anyways, 9/26 looks possible, though i won't know for sure for another week or so.

and you should!!! lol
1. for not reading the novel-like 2 pages before posting.
2. for not using the edit button instead of double posting.

none of us can really confirm that we'll be there until several days before,
so just post if you plan on showing, and pray against unforeseen circumstances.

OKC Profile · by **dasknocker** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 5:06 am UTC

Orlando reporting in!

Satellite launch sounds a spectacularly exceptional outing, sign me up! I also can help with car pooling, so long as passengers don't mind jazz, orchestras, and ~~excessive~~ mild speeding.

by **Zer088** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:08 pm UTC

welcome dasknocker
So only 4-5 xkcdians in florida are open to the NASA launch?
I hope that doesent mean only 4-5 people in Florida read xkcd, that is a depressing thought :cry:

Sooo... Mirrorwing have you talked to your NASA insider about geting a discount?
(and I know it's unlikely but I'll ask anyway) how about a tour behind the scenes? In the shuttle? The moon base? Free souvenir?

by **MirrorWing** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:25 pm UTC

No, I didn't ask yet, I was waiting on more definate numbers. But since the launch is coming up so soon, I'll see if I can get in touch with them in the next day or so. :3

I know there's more people than that (There's at least three people on the fora from my old university), maybe they're just shy, or totally socially inept.

Or too far from the Cape to come.

by **Zer088** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:47 pm UTC

Shy?
I'm as shy as it gets
As for social ineptness, well I lost count of all the akward moments and ruined conversations, even on some Internet forums (forums, you know, where you can take 20 minutes to think about a reply) tell them they have to go or you'll rip out their entr... see what I mean.

by **alchemistique** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 5:46 am UTC

Palm Beach County ftw. I attend almost any Florida con I can get my hands on, too, so I'm always up for an xkcd gathering at one.

OKC Profile · by **dasknocker** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 5:37 am UTC

Balls to the nth power. I work until four on the twenty-sixth. If it is delayed I'll check the schedule but that day is a no-go for me. ;_;

-1 XKCDian.

by **psypete** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 2:52 pm UTC

Ft. Lauderdale!

And CRAP, that launch is on my birthday too! I would totally go if I didn't have people from St. Pete coming down =(

by **MirrorWing** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 6:17 pm UTC

dasknocker wrote:Balls to the nth power.

Possibly one of the best phrases I have ever heard. Thank you, sir.

I don't think I'm going to be able to make it to the launch. My usual ride to far places is going up that area on the 25th, so asking him to go up again the next day would be a bit excessive.

And I couldn't swing a discount, sorry. Best I can do is $5 off admission to the visitors center.

by **Zer088** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 9:34 pm UTC

MirrorWing wrote:
dasknocker wrote:Balls to the nth power.

Possibly one of the best phrases I have ever heard. Thank you, sir.

I don't think I'm going to be able to make it to the launch. My usual ride to far places is going up that area on the 25th, so asking him to go up again the next day would be a bit excessive. And I couldn't swing a discount, sorry. Best I can do is $5 off admission to the visitors center.

i don't think i can make it ether [/dies a little inside]

CONTINGENCY PLAN!!! October 8th, I know I can make this one. i have a car if you need a ride. [/saiz teh interweb giy]

by **MirrorWing** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 4:46 pm UTC

Shit, guys!!!

If someone can give me a ride up to the space center on the day of the launch, I can get myself and five other people into the visitor's center for free!

http://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/press ... pressId=96

Let me know!

by **Zer088** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 4:53 pm UTC

I can try for my day off again. ill let you know tonight.

Well I mentiond the over time I'm getting, and they were happy to say OK!
(seemed kinda forceful matter-o-fact)
So if you still need a ride, I'm good for it. /\_/\

by **MirrorWing** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 11:05 pm UTC

Yes, please. A ride would be most apprieciated.

This should be awesome! (Assuming it's more than just the two of us, heh...)

by **Zer088** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 11:23 pm UTC

I FORBID ANYONE ELSE FROM COMING!!! :evil:

just kidding :lol:

but it would be kinda awkward too be the only two, we need a third wheel

if the third wheel lives south of the center or within 15 minutes. we can car pool.

by **MirrorWing** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 11:30 pm UTC

Well, I live about 40 minutes south of the center, in Palm Bay. But I'm the one who can get the free admission, soooo... o__o

Unless other Brevard residents want to come...

by **Zer088** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 11:41 pm UTC

getting you is a given, how much is normal admission?
plus your south, so you're on the way

i meant 15 minutes north, (or anyone willing to pay all my gas

(I'm doin 50 the whole way))

by **MirrorWing** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 3:34 am UTC

A one day normal admission ticket is $38 adult/$28 child (ages 3-11) plus tax, and an annual pass is $50 adult/$40 child (ages 3-11) plus tax. Prices are different for shuttle lunch days, but this is a rocket, not the shuttle, so...

Unfortunately, I really can't help pay for gas. I'm tapped out right now (Spent ~$100 on getting to the Nightwish / Sonata Acrtic concert last Sunday and now I have $9 to my name. >.< ), but I'll see if I can pull something together if it'll be a problem...

by **Zer088** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:24 am UTC

thats OK. 38 bucks is almost a full tank for me, but if you really do fell inexplicably compelled to give me >9x10^3 dollars, i wont complain!

you can PM me your address, or if you dont want me to know were you live (damn it) you can give me a location of a nearby McDonalds, i have a bike rack.

psypete wrote:Ft. Lauderdale!
And CRAP, that launch is on my birthday too! I would totally go if I didn't have people from St. Pete coming down =(

its you birthday? AHEM: remember we are the adults now, and we get to decide what that means, now go throw a temper tantrum until you get your way.
(how can you not get to do what you want on your birthday?)

by **MirrorWing** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 3:24 pm UTC

Zer088 wrote:give me >9x10^3 dollars

Greater than $9000? My my, are we taking a private jet there?

Eehhh... as much as I don't care if internetman knows where I live, I probably should care, so I'll just PM you directions to the nearby grocery store. Close enough to me to walk there with minimal effort but far enough that you can't come axehack me if it turns out you're a crazed serial killer.

by **Zer088** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 3:46 pm UTC

"IT'S OVER NINE THOUSAND!!!" written in scientific notation.

i could fly it [/is a pilot]
damn it!!! my helpful nature stifles my axe happy arm, again!!!

by **MirrorWing** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 3:52 pm UTC

Bwahahaha, that's awesome.

Ooohhhh, you're a pilot? o.o I'm jealous, that's AWESOME.

OKC Profile · by **dasknocker** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 4:50 pm UTC

Methinks flying a plane around the space center while a rocket with classified and extraordinarily expensive equipment launches would be a very, VERY bad idea.

What is the cap around the launch area anyway, 25 miles and a damn good reason for even being that close?

by **psypete** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 5:36 pm UTC

hmm.... i used to know 2 people who worked at nasa. bought my last car from someone who works in the visitor's center. ill see if i can get in contact with them about future discounts for geeky florida residents o_O

are there any plans in the works for a con meet-up in central fl? i'd carpool ppl from the south if we split the gas (i've got the mpg of a truck so any help i get with gas is great)

next year, definitely, we should do a southernmost point meet-up during fantasy fest xD

by **Zer088** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 5:42 pm UTC

http://skyvector.com/
go to charts, click orlando, zoom out a little
when something is happening, there is no flying over the area at all regardless of the payload.
they MAY not shoot you down if you got too close, but there WILL be a small army of black SUV's waiting for you when you land

by **MirrorWing** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:58 pm UTC

Well, I just looked it up, and it looks like the launch of the rocket was delayed to, of all days, Halloween.

So it's you guys' call as to whether or not we still go. It's only this weekend that Brevard residents can get into the visitor's center for free, but if psypete knows / knew someone who works at the actual visitor's center...

by **Zer088** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:55 pm UTC

well the rocket launch would have been nice, but i've got nothing else to do. so im still up for it if you are.
the last time i went to the center was years ago.
Sebeka2 can make it latter in the day if we still go.

by **MirrorWing** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 2:55 am UTC

Sure, I'm still up for it.

I haven't been there in years, either. Not since before I started college for Space Sciences, actually.

Just let me know what time you'd want to go / be here, so I can actually be awake in time.

by **Zer088** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 3:16 am UTC

the center opens at 9
i would like to leave Dixie around 8:30 so we could get there at opening (unless you don't want to be there so early)
so ill be there at 8 o'clock to eat something. so join me if you want, or sleep in to your hearts content

by **MirrorWing** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 3:26 am UTC

Auuggghhhhh, I think you may have mistaken me for a morning person.

If that's what you want, though, then I'll be at the grocery store at somewhere around 8-8:30am. I hope.

by **keiyume** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 12:48 pm UTC

I might be a bit late for this forum, but there will be new launches soon... hopefully...
Shuttle Endeavor is scheduled for November 14 at 7:55pm local time. Two days later is a Delta 4 launch.

I'm a Florida native (unfortunately). Lakeland/Melbourne/Cape Canaveral.

by **mikhail** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:35 pm UTC

I seem to have missed all the launches, but I'm newly arrived in Boca Raton. Anyone around?

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