{"id":21237,"date":"2017-03-15T00:45:52","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T00:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twitchy.com\/2012\/04\/17\/porn-for-space-nerds-shuttle-discovery-makes-final-flight-atop-747\/"},"modified":"2017-03-15T00:45:52","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T00:45:52","slug":"d-c-plays-spottheshuttle-as-discovery-flies-to-smithsonian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/21237","title":{"rendered":"D.C. plays #spottheshuttle as Discovery flies to Smithsonian"},"content":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/AbsolutSpaceGuy\/status\/192205398697185280\n

NASA geeks can follow the progress of the shuttle’s final flight from the Kennedy Space Center to Dulles International Airport on Twitter at #spottheshuttle<\/a>. Discovery will be towed to its new home at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum on Thursday.<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Astro_Nicole\/status\/191853535456006145\n

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THANKS! “@WinObs<\/a>: The video I put together contains live video and timelapse of shots I took. http:\/\/t.co\/npbai94u<\/a> #spottheshuttle<\/a>”<\/p>\n

— Jim Stembridge (@jimstem) April 17, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lRJanx_EvzA?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

Space Shuttle to fly near Capitol complex 4 times. 1st on West side, 2nd on east, final two to South. Comes around 9:45 am et<\/p>\n

— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) April 17, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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Shuttle love. pic.twitter.com\/Db2JGqTs<\/a><\/p>\n

— Kate Dykgraaf (@katedykgraaf) April 17, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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#spottheshuttle<\/a> right outside my office! so cool that it took a leisurely stroll around the Nat'l Mall. #fb<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/tDpw60BF<\/a><\/p>\n

— Patrick Frank (@patfrank) April 17, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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Giddy from proximity to space flight AND the Capitol. #spottheshuttle<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Fchlah8c<\/a><\/p>\n

— Rebecca Shakespeare (@Shakespearean) April 17, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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Space Shuttle Discovery Flies Over Washington, DC http:\/\/t.co\/MGreedZD<\/a> #spottheshuttle<\/a><\/p>\n

— Instagram (@instagram) April 17, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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For those in the DC area anxiously awaiting arrival of space shuttle Discovery, the flight is running just a few minutes ahead of schedule!<\/p>\n

— NASA (@NASA) April 17, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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AEI think tankers #spottheshuttle<\/a> http:\/\/t.co\/YLHPS8wf<\/a><\/p>\n

— AEI (@AEI) April 17, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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Space Shuttle Discovery flying over @TheAtlantic<\/a> offices: http:\/\/t.co\/LBFjlnVT<\/a> #spottheshuttle<\/a><\/p>\n

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) April 17, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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Cool RT @laurably<\/a> Woot!! I just #spottheshuttle<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/lRRRyymq<\/a><\/p>\n

— MrAndrewBradley (@MrAndrewBradley) April 17, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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The shuttle passing by the Capitol http:\/\/t.co\/6ar1R2IC<\/a><\/p>\n

— Todd Thurman (@ToddThurman) April 17, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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Overactive Fairfax County Police won't even let people walk to the lot #spottheshuttle<\/a><\/p>\n

— Peter Hesse (@pmhesse) April 17, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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Pedestrian bridge near National Airport filling up. #welcomediscovery<\/a> #spottheshuttle<\/a> http:\/\/t.co\/lPVbaWVE<\/a><\/p>\n

— Stefanie Dazio (@steffdaz) April 17, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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RT @smithsonian<\/a>: Photos & live stream of shuttle arrival at the Smithsonian are available here: http:\/\/t.co\/XzZKvcik<\/a> #ov103<\/a> #spottheshuttle<\/a><\/p>\n

— Cedarholm Library (@MBULibrary) April 17, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/drpc2010\/status\/192246788399431682<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

Aaaaand the shuttle just went by my window again. Now it's just showing off. #spottheshuttle<\/a><\/p>\n

— Taylor West (@Taylor_West) April 17, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/LoriLLLady\/status\/192252046945173504<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

@michellemalkin<\/a> sadly for us space nerds… It's a snuff film<\/p>\n

— Nigel Coleman (@nachocoalmine) April 17, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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Shuttle has landed at Dulles. Hope they can get a cab.<\/p>\n

— Nathan Wurtzel (@NathanWurtzel) April 17, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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Thank you all so much for all the retweets on this proud yet sad day in Shuttle history. Discovery is now a museum piece. Farewell Discovery<\/p>\n

— SpaceShuttleAlmanac (@ShuttleAlmanac) April 17, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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Goodbye Discovery! My heart was sad to see you go, but we will continue to keep the space dream alive.<\/p>\n

— Amy Tidd (@AmyTidd) April 17, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/AbsolutSpaceGuy\/status\/192205398697185280 NASA geeks can follow the progress of the shuttle’s final flight from the Kennedy Space Center to Dulles International Airport on Twitter at #spottheshuttle. Discovery will be towed to its new home at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum on Thursday. http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Astro_Nicole\/status\/191853535456006145 THANKS! “@WinObs: The video I put together contains live video and … Continue reading D.C. plays #spottheshuttle as Discovery flies to Smithsonian<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21238,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[180],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society-culture"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/14894631781389-shut.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}