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    Default Get outside by 9:06Pm tonight

    look up in the sky towards the SW and you should be able to see the space shuttle for 4-6 minutes traveling SW to NE

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    I just walked my fat butt out here I better see a shuttle


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    What space shuttle? We retired the shuttle I thought. Do you mean the ISS?
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    my wife and I did see it

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mergie Master View Post
    What space shuttle? We retired the shuttle I thought. Do you mean the ISS?
    not sure what it is but it was on the local news

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    Thanks for the heads up. My two year old thought it was awesome
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    I see it. Thing is gettin it


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    That was cool

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    My son enjoyed that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by b35w View Post
    I see it. Thing is gettin it


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    Yep it was hauling butt
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    That was cool!
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    It's the International Space Station (ISS). We don't have any shuttles in service, they were all mothballed.

    Here's the schedule for the ISS sighting in SC
    The Elites don't fear the tall nails, government possesses both the will and the means to crush those folks. What the Elites do fear (or should fear) are the quiet men and women, with low profiles, hard hearts, long memories, and detailed target folders for action as they choose.

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    Quote Originally Posted by b35w View Post
    I see it. Thing is gettin it
    It's 249 miles high and moving at 17,150 mph. Orbit speed is 4.76 miles/second. Yeah it's fast.
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    The Elites don't fear the tall nails, government possesses both the will and the means to crush those folks. What the Elites do fear (or should fear) are the quiet men and women, with low profiles, hard hearts, long memories, and detailed target folders for action as they choose.

    "I here repeat, & would willingly proclaim, my unmitigated hatred to Yankee rule—to all political, social and business connections with Yankees, & to the perfidious, malignant, & vile Yankee race."

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    I've seen it a few times. Its pretty cool when it comes over.
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    Damn IT, been watching for years. Real Neat. Yall payin for it. whoops we
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    Quote Originally Posted by DRDUCK View Post
    Damn IT, been watching for years. Real Neat. Yall payin for it. whoops we
    After that turnado you probably watch it laying in bed looking up at the sky where your roof used to be.
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    Dang Im slow. Clean miss.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mergie Master View Post
    It's the International Space Station (ISS). We don't have any shuttles in service, they were all mothballed.

    Here's the schedule for the ISS sighting in SC
    cool site

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