NASA lights blue touchpaper on Discovery

Discovery waits for launch. Credit: NASA Discovery waits for launch. Credit: NASA The space shuttle Discovery is set to blast off from Florida on its journey to the International Space Station later today, with the launch slated for 11:38am, Eastern Time. Weather forecasts don't look fantastic, with only a 40 per cent …

[Anonymous Coward]

That's

1638 BST, for anybody who's interested.

[Fluffykins]

@FInnbar

"1638 BST, for anybody who's interested."

What time is it for anyone who isn't interested?

Coat, going

[Dan]

@That's

not really.

[Feargal Reilly]

And in RST?

What is it in Register Standard Time?

[The Other Steve]

@Finnbar

Nice one

[Alistair]

Made out of recycled washing machines

"She and her crew will spend two weeks on the space station, attaching the Italian-built Harmony module"

I hope they kept the receipt.

[Adam Wynne]

@Finnbar

Nice one Finnbar!

Bad Sherriff! Bad!

[Luther Blissett]

2 stories in the wrong order

Why does the interesting and thought-provoking story, namely the PRC's first venture to the Moon, come as an afterthought to a Shuttle launch weather story? The USA rocket is bigger, better, faster - we all know that - but this is like preferring the repeat of a TV sitcom to the first showing of a documentary.

Is Ms Sherriff a NASA hack, or just a fangirl?

Of course, if Paris Hilton was mounted on the end of Discovery's booster, that would make all the difference.

[Tim]

parking

Woman in command hope no reverse parking's involved could be a long mission . Will they be calling at tesco's on the way.