STS-120 Launch - Discovery in orbit

NASA has successfully launched STS-120, and Discovery is now in orbit.

Countdown Under Way for STS-120

"As the countdown clock continues ticking down toward space shuttle Discovery's 11:38 a.m. lift off on Tuesday, NASA managers overseeing the launch preparations at Kennedy Space Center in Florida said this morning that space shuttle Discovery and its payload are ready. The only problem on the horizon could be the launch-day weather, which still remains at 60 percent "go" for launch time Tuesday.

Discovery is scheduled to return to Kennedy's Shuttle Landing Facility at 4:47 a.m. Nov. 6."

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Sandy Burglar promotion in Hillary White House?

Criminal Behavior
By The Editors (NRO)
There are two kinds of crooks. The first cuts a deal. He tells the government what he knows and forever after is ostracized and hunted by his old partners in crime. The second is “stand-up.” He keeps his mouth shut. After serving his time, he is welcomed back into the fold. He might even get a “bump up” in rank from his grateful bosses.
No, we’re not talking about The Sopranos. What we have in mind is a new episode of a tawdry soap opera that began in the 1990s. Welcome to the case of disgraced former national security adviser Sandy Berger — and what it portends about a potential President Hillary.
Read the rest of this National Review editorial.