Lift Off

[doppelganger]

The Space Shuttle Discovery launched this evening. Good luck with your mission and have a safe flight home.

[Spicoli]

wgaf.:thumdown:

[Tony George]

wgaf.:thumdown:


:tony: :tony: :tony:

[Ankf00]

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j165/rgalexan/STS-116/sts116-s-001.jpg



some new components for the ISS being installed, rotating an American, and they're rewiring the electrical system to hook up with teh new solar arrays installed from the last mission

flight data files have been published online: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/news/flightdatafiles/index.html

pilot has a blog: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts116/oefelein_blog.html

[KLang]

wgaf.:thumdown:

Quite a few of us do.

Damn, I meant to watch and forgot all about it. :irked:

[Eagle104]

wgaf.:thumdown:

Hey gome'..what's the matter..do they have a cool website that they won't invite you in to or something? lol

[Spicoli]

:boring:

:eek:

Tell me all about how space exploration - EXPENSIVE space exploration has helped solve social challenges here in the US of A.

[Stu]

:boring:

:eek:

Tell me all about how space exploration - EXPENSIVE space exploration has helped solve social challenges here in the US of A.

It was pretty important to people during that whole Cold War thing.

[EDwardo]

:boring:

:eek:

Tell me all about how space exploration - EXPENSIVE space exploration has helped solve social challenges here in the US of A.

It isn't about solving social problems. Its about science, exploration, technology and a quest for knowledge.

The approximately $16 billion 2007 NASA budget represents about 0.7% of the total budget.

[KLang]

It isn't about solving social problems. Its about science, exploration, technology and a quest for knowledge.

The approximately $16 billion 2007 NASA budget represents about 0.7% of the total budget.

:thumbup: What he said.


What's the matter Spicoli, don't like Tang? :p

Here (http://www.thespaceplace.com/nasa/spinoffs.html) are some of the benefits we've seen over the years.

[Spicoli]

i'm just ****ing with you guys.:laugh:


You nerdfs are all cool with your rockets and stuff. Besides, its a small penis compensation vehicle for Ank.:cool:

[Ankf00]

werd.


http://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/ares.jpg

[Spicoli]

No wonder it falls off. :laugh:

[WickerBill]

wgaf that the building you work at got hit by a tornado? Yet, you posted it...

Show some respect, some decorum, some tact.

[Spicoli]

wgaf that the building you work at got hit by a tornado? Yet, you posted it...

Show some respect, some decorum, some tact.


Its a joke dooder. :bored: waiting to leave town.


I heart space exploration, rockets, technology, and everyone who works in it, around it and for it.

peace,,,in posting,,,,:D

[WickerBill]

Sorry, it wasn't a joke, don't believe that for a second. "It's a joke" has become a CYA phrase when someone calls you out for being a tool. Don't insult my intelligence.

[Joelski]

http://www.joelski.com/jerry.gif

:rofl:

[RusH]

Oh SNAP!!:gomer:

[Insomniac]

Video is on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=search_videos&search_query=sts-116&search_sort=video_date_uploaded&search_category=0

[emjaya]

Video is on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=search_videos&search_query=sts-116&search_sort=video_date_uploaded&search_category=0

Must be great to be there at the launch and to see it takeoff in the night. :thumbup: :D


And Here (http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,20901393-5003413,00.html) is some really important work NASA is doing. :gomer: :D

[Elmo T]

We had the kids in Walt Disney World through Friday morning. We were watching the TV - waiting for the Go/No go decision. We were all set to run outside the hotel to take a look. :(

Missed the launch Friday as we were on the train home. :(

I've heard the night launches are very impressive.

[dando]

We had the kids in Walt Disney World through Friday morning.

I jealous. I can't wait to take the family there during the holidays. I watch the FoodTV special about WDW holiday setup and just drool. Plus, the possibility of a shuttle night launch makes it just that more special. :thumbup:

-Kevin

[RaceGrrl]

When Richard and I lived in Orlando, watching the shuttle launches was one of the few things we liked about living in Florida. We saw one night launch and even from 50 miles away, it was spectacular. I used to take a break from work to watch the daytime launches which meant that I also saw the loss of Challenger. Still bothers me to think about it 20 years later.

[ferrarigod]

Missed the launch Friday as we were on the train home. :(


Amtrak? From Pennsyvania to FLA:eek:

How was that trip?

I've watched all the available vids, and hope a booster video is soon posted. And then the tank seperation video.

[Warlock!]

Sweet vids. Shuttle launches peg the Too-fkn-cool meter. :cool:

[Insomniac]

I've watched all the available vids, and hope a booster video is soon posted. And then the tank seperation video.

The external fuel tank separation is part of the 6 or so minute clip. Unless you mean a longer beginning to "end" one. I wish they would show it to the real end.

[Andrew Longman]

I GAF:gomer:

When I was a kid I would play sick so I could stay home from school and watch Gemini launches and space walks

My kids never seemed too into it until the launch this weekend. My youngest (7) was home with me and asked me about the launch about 5 minutes prior to lift off. He got totally into it and will be running home from school to watch the link up with the ISS this afternoon.

One thing that amazes me about the launches it how far away they can be seen. I've seen the shuttle from St Pete and occasionally they route them up the East Coast and you can even see it from NJ.

Not the same in person though. It is spectacular I hear. I'm told one of the most stunning things, especially when compared to Apollo is how fast it leaves the pad.

[ferrarigod]

I GAF:gomer:

When I was a kid I would play sick so I could stay home from school and watch Gemini launches and space walks

Wow, you just gave away your age.:D

I didn't even get to see the white external tank of the shuttle:p

[Andrew Longman]

Wow, you just gave away your age.:D

I didn't even get to see the white external tank of the shuttle:p

Surely my old fartdomness has come through in my postings before now.:gomer:

I actually remember a few of the Mercury flights too.

[Ankf00]

I actually remember a few of the Mercury flights too.

Redstone!! JSC has one of those, Saturn V, and Little Joe II sitting out front.

[Andrew Longman]

Redstone!!.

Not quite. All my memories of Mercury were Atlas pushed

[Greg B]

Not quite. All my memories of Mercury were Atlas pushed


I don't know if this has been posted before but if you're into the space program these folks have fantastic DVDs. I have almost all of them and they are first class. A little dry at times but fairly riveting.

http://www.spacecraftfilms.com/index.html

[ferrarigod]

Here (http://www.thespaceplace.com/nasa/spinoffs.html) are some of the benefits we've seen over the years.

Why did NASA invent the pr0n machine? Or computer as it may be known in certain circles.

[Elmo T]

Amtrak? From Pennsyvania to FLA:eek:




We took the Auto Train from Lorton, Va (just outside DC). We load up the van, a three hour drive to DC. Train leaves at 4PM and arrives outside Orlando at 0830 the next day. We book a "family bedroom" on the sleeper car - it has two adult beds and two child beds. Dinner and breakfast are included. Showers and bathrooms in our car (but not our room) and there is a lounge car with movies. Not the fastest, but an adventure - plus we can bring along all those extra kid essentials.

Walt Disney World at Christmas... :thumbup:

Back OT, I have hazy memories of seeing Apollo missions on early morning TV as I was getting ready for elementary school. I received the "Man on the Moon" three book set for Christmas a few years back. :thumbup: :thumbup:

[Eagle104]

Hell, I remember Sputnik! :eek:

(I need a nap now....) :)

[ferrarigod]

Hell, I remember Sputnik! :eek:

(I need a nap now....) :)

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http://pisa.ucsd.edu/cse125/2001/cse190g5/images/SpudnikLogo.jpg

[Joelski]

Until you've stood across the cape and watched the launch in person. Everybody in the compound looked like porcupines from the hair standing up! Feeling the thunder of the engines, seeing all that weight propelled into the sky like a child's toy, imagining the bravery it takes to subject yourself to something normally reserved for suicide bombers!:D There is no better example of chemically induced wood. ;) I am thoroughly awed by the bravery and engineering that the golden age of space exploration has brought to us. My great uncle and Sen John Glenn were roomies in college and I still see him from time to time, and I still hammer him for stories of those days. Awesome.

[ferrarigod]

My great uncle and Sen John Glenn were roomies in college and I still see him from time to time, and I still hammer him for stories of those days. Awesome.

Don't hammer Buzz Aldrin, he'll hammer back:D

http://www.csicop.org/articles/20021018-aldrin/

[JoeBob]

I didn't even get to see the white external tank of the shuttle:p

Then maybe it's time to shut up and learn.

[WickerBill]

Hell, I remember Sputnik! :eek:

(I need a nap now....) :)

Eagle!!

[devilmaster]

Then maybe it's time to shut up and learn.

:laugh:

[ferrarigod]

Then maybe it's time to shut up and learn.

:(

i know why they stopped painting it:cry:

[Eagle104]

How ya doo'n, WB..Happy Holidays

[Insomniac]

Reminder: Discovery is Docking soon (5:06 ET). It will be on NASA TV and you can also watch NASA TV on the web at http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html.

[ChampcarShark]

Reminder: Discovery is Docking soon (5:06 ET). It will be on NASA TV and you can also watch NASA TV on the web at http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html.

slow at times but the next best thing.

also try this tracking website. Hit zoom once or twice for a closer look.

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/tracking/

[Ankf00]

nighttime photos, flight director sent them to his people supporting the mission, I like the last one.:

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j165/rgalexan/STS-116/STS116Streak1E.jpg

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j165/rgalexan/STS-116/STS116AstroRd1E.jpg

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j165/rgalexan/STS-116/STS116fromDaytona.jpg

[Ankf00]

one of the buttons on the controller joystick for the SRMS (robotic Canada arm) is malfunctioning, works in certain modes, not in others. serviceable workaround implemented over the weekend and crew is having no problem grappling anything.

the orbiter looks clean enough, they haven't stopped to inspect any portion of the tile surfaces

[doppelganger]

Another productive day in space.

The memories you've posted, the links you've shared and the pictures...:)

[Ankf00]

http://www.local6.com/technology/10523819/detail.html


A violent solar explosion sent a dangerous wave of radiation through space late Tuesday, prompting NASA to order the crews of Discovery and the International Space Station to take shelter overnight, according to Local 6 News partner Florida Today.

The solar flare erupted around 9:40 p.m., unleashing enough radiation to disrupt radio communications on Earth and in orbit while endangering astronauts circling 220 miles above the planet.

NASA flight surgeons and agency radiation experts determined that the burst of highly energetic particles approached a limit that made preventative action prudent, Florida Today reported



first EVA was today, installed a new truss & a mobile platform for ISS's robo-arm, like a cart sorta...

apparently the Swedish astronaut keeps dropping EVA tools :laugh:


http://spaceweather.com/spacecraft/y2006/09dec06/Suro1.jpg

http://spaceweather.com/spacecraft/y2006/09dec06/Mayrand2.jpg

http://spaceweather.com/spacecraft/y2006/09dec06/bradley1.jpg

^^^ a shot of shuttle main engine cutoff from Long Island of all places, night launches are incredible...

[Andrew Longman]

Don't hammer Buzz Aldrin, he'll hammer back:D

http://www.csicop.org/articles/20021018-aldrin/

Small world department

At the time of Apollo 11 Buzz Aldrin lived two blocks from me in Montclair. I walked past his house every day on my way to school. (Yogi Berra lived two blocks the other direction. I rode bikes around the neighborhood with Dale Berra and his brothers sometimes).

Town had a big parade for Buzz upon his return.

I watched the moon landing in my uncle's kitchen in Buffalo, NY on a small BW TV. The next morning I was off for 9 days canoeing in the Ontario wilderness. Missed the rest of the mission.

[sadams]

I'll show my age as well.
I stayed home from school/work for every manned space mission until Apollo-Soyuz!!
From Alan Shepard though all the Gemini missions and Apollo I watched them all.
I build Revel modles of Mecury lanuch pad, Gemini capsule and a complete Apollo Command/Lunar module. Watched the Buzz/Neil show live.
Followed the ill fated Apollo 13 mission.
They were heady times for a 6-18 year old kid.