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dcmacdaddy · Jul 26, 2005, 09:19 AM

I'm watching the live feed from NASA (gotty use crappy Real Player, though).

It's cool to see all the close-out procedures. I really hope this ones goes off without a hitch.

Gator Lager, where are you? We need your play-by-play on this.

starman · Jul 26, 2005, 10:57 AM

Was watching it in HD. Very cool.

iLikebeer · Jul 26, 2005, 11:02 AM

That new external tank cam was pretty cool. I hope they release the footage when it starts to re-enter.

dcmacdaddy · Jul 26, 2005, 11:16 AM

Originally Posted by iLikebeer

That new external tank cam was pretty cool. I hope they release the footage when it starts to re-enter.

Yeah, I liked watching the tank separation. You got real-time footage from space.
And it was WAY COOL seeing the planet so small and blue in the background like it was.

to NASA!

wdlove · Jul 26, 2005, 11:20 AM

Yes, I watched the launch live via ABC. Still an awesome site. A time of anxiety and tension. God speed Discovery.

Gator Lager · Jul 26, 2005, 11:24 AM

Originally Posted by dcmacdaddy

I'm watching the live feed from NASA (gotty use crappy Real Player, though).

It's cool to see all the close-out procedures. I really hope this ones goes off without a hitch.

Gator Lager, where are you? We need your play-by-play on this.

sorry, I'm breathing again. whew.

I'm ticked, I work second shift so I had to watch it from my home. But she's in space.
yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaa.

I'll post some pics of the after launch stuff.

dcmacdaddy · Jul 26, 2005, 11:30 AM

Originally Posted by Gator Lager

sorry, I'm breathing again. whew.

I'm ticked, I work second shift so I had to watch it from my home. But she's in space.
yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaa.

I'll post some pics of the after launch stuff.

Glad you didn't turn blue.

I was thinking about you when I was watching the live feed early this morning. Didn't you used to be one of the people on the platform who "strapped in" the astronauts? That was cool to watch!

Gator Lager · Jul 26, 2005, 11:42 AM

[QUOTE=dcmacdaddy]Glad you didn't turn blue.

Didn't you used to be one of the people on the platform who "strapped in" the astronauts?

Yep. It's called the closeout crew. I only did one closeout then I resigned. To much political B.S.
for me.

Millennium · Jul 26, 2005, 11:44 AM

Originally Posted by iLikebeer

That new external tank cam was pretty cool. I hope they release the footage when it starts to re-enter.

I liked that too. Glad to see this one went off so well.

Gator Lager · Jul 26, 2005, 11:55 AM

Originally Posted by iLikebeer

That new external tank cam was pretty cool. I hope they release the footage when it starts to re-enter.

That was a kick ass view. funny thing is I looked for that damn camera on the tank and I couldn't find it ? I'm orbiter so I don't interface much with the tank, different group people.

Gator Lager · Jul 26, 2005, 12:03 PM

WE'RE BACK. YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAA

ok I'll stop.

but stay tuned for pics of what the after effects of + 6 million pounds of rocket power looks like.
I'll give ya a hint.

CHARRED

budster101 · Jul 26, 2005, 12:08 PM

Are they going to send a janitor up again to jiggle some wires around and make sure everything is working first? If so, then I'll watch... but I'm not holding my breath this time.

budster101 · Jul 26, 2005, 12:11 PM

Too lazy to edit....

Just noticed on the Plasma next to me as I typed the previous post they were actually showing the launch....

DOh...

olePigeon · Jul 26, 2005, 02:10 PM

Don't wory Budster, it's all fake.

budster101 · Jul 26, 2005, 02:55 PM

The moon landing. <you are making referrence to my disbelieve in this right?>

Why should that translate to today?
Why haven't we sent a man "back" to the moon since?
Come on, make some nonsense up ok?

We should have a base on the moon by now.

analogika · Jul 26, 2005, 03:00 PM

Originally Posted by budster101

The moon landing. <you are making referrence to my disbelieve in this right?>

Why should that translate to today?
Why haven't we sent a man "back" to the moon since?
Come on, make some nonsense up ok?

We should have a base on the moon by now.

Some Americans are truly bizarre.

"Lunatics", indeed.

budster101 · Jul 26, 2005, 03:02 PM

And most euro-trash are just Euro-trash.

zerostar · Jul 26, 2005, 03:17 PM

Originally Posted by budster101

The moon landing. <you are making referrence to my disbelieve in this right?>

Why should that translate to today?
Why haven't we sent a man "back" to the moon since?
Come on, make some nonsense up ok?

We should have a base on the moon by now.

You can't be serious?

analogika · Jul 26, 2005, 03:38 PM

Originally Posted by budster101

And most euro-trash are just Euro-trash.

By definition.

Maybe one day you'll move on from tautology to wit.

Doubtful, though.

outsourced · Jul 26, 2005, 04:04 PM

21st century and we still haven't figured out a better way to put a payload in orbit...geez. Maybe someday privatization will carry us farther faster than any gov't. program can/will.

But, anyway, congratulations NASA!

And, about the moon...why isn't there a base there yet? Or is there? Why all the interest in Mars and none about the moon? After all, the moon would be a great launching site for other missions.

I guess the Chinese will do it first. After all, we gave them the technology!

angelmb · Jul 26, 2005, 04:41 PM

BTW, it seems NASA is Silicon Graphics's (sgi.com) best friend.

rambo47 · Jul 26, 2005, 04:55 PM

Go Baby, Go!

TETENAL · Jul 26, 2005, 05:41 PM

A debris particle broke off during launch again by the way.

(pictures by spiegel.de)

rozwado1 · Jul 26, 2005, 08:12 PM

I watched it in person. I thought it would take a bit longer than it did. You could see it for 10-15 seconds, then once it dropped the boosters it was gone (to the naked eye).

The Godfather · Jul 26, 2005, 08:48 PM

HD footage bittorrent anywhere?

IFLY2HIGH · Jul 27, 2005, 07:26 AM

For something going 17,000+ mph, you think something won't break off somewhere? It was great to see it go up, watched it at home on TV, very nice to see again.

TETENAL · Jul 27, 2005, 08:23 AM

Originally Posted by IFLY2HIGH

For something going 17,000+ mph, you think something won't break off somewhere?

I don't know. If it's designed to not have break parts off I expect to not break parts off at 17,000 mph. I don't know what the design goals were. The heat protecting tiles seem to be very fragile though. There is possibly a damaged one at the Discovery now.

(images by spiegel.de)

budster101 · Jul 27, 2005, 08:28 AM

WTF. How does that happen?

These guys don't have much good luck. Can they make repairs in space?

Gator Lager · Jul 27, 2005, 12:38 PM

Originally Posted by budster101

WTF. How does that happen?

These guys don't have much good luck. Can they make repairs in space?

tell me about it.

as for repairs, they have something. ? I haven't see it in person, just seen videos of the astronauts doing training/repairs with it. as for the damage shown on the picture, I've been told it's not a concern. I work on the inside and the thermal protection folks are a seperate group. they said no biggie and I trust them. the tile techs that is

The Godfather · Jul 27, 2005, 06:49 PM

If the shuttle could fly with no humans inside, and the astronauts could be transported by safer vehicles, I wouldn't be shaking and worrying about this crew. Is the shuttle the only way to bring people into space? Perhaps the shuttle should be remotely maneuvered for cargo only.

IFLY2HIGH · 03:22 PM

Originally Posted by TETENAL

I don't know. If it's designed to not have break parts off I expect to not break parts off at 17,000 mph. I don't know what the design goals were. The heat protecting tiles seem to be very fragile though. There is possibly a damaged one at the Discovery now.
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True they did say the canister was completly fixed, but I bet they can only get close at to simulating the speed, pressure, and vibrations this thing actually encountes when flying here on earth, and only true real-world tests like a psycal launch does the real testing.

This mission they should be doing actual tile repair test and should be able to repair or at least patch the problem area to get back, that is again, the real world test is to fix the damage and come back to earth and find out weather it blows up again or comes in saftly. Not trying to be crude here either.

It's to the point that one little bit of damage everyone hits the panic button now. Tile damage like they may have now could of noramlly happened in the past, maybe they noticed it when they landed and presumed that oh that was re-entry's doing when it could of been damaged before hand ect ect and really be no big deal. Now you've got tons of new sensors and camera's that you never had before and now they are seeing what may have been happening for the past umteen launches and now it's like a huge problem.

TomR · Jul 29, 2005, 07:48 AM

Originally Posted by budster101

The moon landing. <you are making referrence to my disbelieve in this right?>

Why should that translate to today?
Why haven't we sent a man "back" to the moon since?
Come on, make some nonsense up ok?

We should have a base on the moon by now.

2 reasons:

1) Money
2) Public will.

Apollo ahd plenty of both.

We went, deal with it.

IFLY2HIGH · Jul 29, 2005, 09:56 PM

Do we even have a space module that can land on the moon still? I know the shuttle itself can't as it's too rough of a surface, and then even if there was a runway on it, hows it gona take back off again?

Besides, how do you expect a building on the moon to stay in one piece. Look at the moon, it's bombarded with space stuff all the time, you gona fund the $$ for the repairs. We also get hit with the same stuff, but it will burn up in our atmosphere, unless it's a planet killer, lol...

The Godfather · Jul 29, 2005, 11:02 PM

Originally Posted by IFLY2HIGH

Do we even have a space module that can land on the moon still? I know the shuttle itself can't as it's too rough of a surface, and then even if there was a runway on it, hows it gona take back off again?

Besides, how do you expect a building on the moon to stay in one piece. Look at the moon, it's bombarded with space stuff all the time, you gona fund the $$ for the repairs. We also get hit with the same stuff, but it will burn up in our atmosphere, unless it's a planet killer, lol...

The other reason why the moon looks craterish is because of lack of erosion. The median age of a crater could be 100,000 years. Statistically, any given Florida house might be blown up by a hurricane before any given moon house will be struck by a space rock. P.S. the house market is still balooning over here.

TomR · Jul 30, 2005, 10:39 AM

Originally Posted by IFLY2HIGH

Do we even have a space module that can land on the moon still? I know the shuttle itself can't as it's too rough of a surface, and then even if there was a runway on it, hows it gona take back off again?

Besides, how do you expect a building on the moon to stay in one piece. Look at the moon, it's bombarded with space stuff all the time, you gona fund the $$ for the repairs. We also get hit with the same stuff, but it will burn up in our atmosphere, unless it's a planet killer, lol...

1) No we currently have nothing that can even GO to the moon, never mind land on it.

2) The odds are small for a building impact on the moon, the moon is a fairly small world. Buildings are rarely hit on Earth, it happens but it's fairly rare. I think Park Forrest was the last meteorite impact on a building IIRC.

Tom

Thilo Ettelt · Jul 30, 2005, 12:06 PM

Why is there an armed guard?

(Source Spiegel.de)

- Thilo

TETENAL · Aug 1, 2005, 05:55 PM

Some pictures of the current damage.

(pictures by spiegel.de)

The Godfather · Aug 1, 2005, 07:08 PM

Good thing the astronauts will have ejection seats. Not to sound unpatriotic, but when/if the shuttle lands in Houston, the fleet should be sent to the Smithsonian. Those missions are less safe than a road trip in a 1975 Pontiac.
And then make a NASA tax for every tax payer to contribute to the new space SUV.