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royal | 16:10 Tue 11th Jul 2006 | Science
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when the space shuttle is about to take of, why do they say t-minus?
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Avatar Image baileys
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-minus here you go Royal
16:18 Tue 11th Jul 2006
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t is the time of lift-off (or whatever else the countdown is for), so t minus 5 minutes is 5 minutes before (less) than the event.
16:36 Tue 11th Jul 2006
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....and after take-off, mission time is then "t-plus"
19:20 Tue 11th Jul 2006
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Maybe is counting down to a nice cup of tea?
23:56 Tue 11th Jul 2006
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come on brachiopod,whats my coordinates ? i mean, a man of your talents
00:55 Wed 12th Jul 2006

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