destructionfever Posted July 26, 2005 CID Share Posted July 26, 2005 Saw the launch and when they finally exited our atmosphere they hit supersonic speeds of 14,000 mph and counting. They had a camera attached to the beast. Now we should pray for their safe trip there and back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkieXL Posted July 27, 2005 CID Share Posted July 27, 2005 i missed the launch braodcast due to a Dr's appointment but glad to hear it went well; i cannot measure or begin to comprehend the amount of dedication it took these 7 space travellers to board the ship with the Columbia disaster still fresh on everyones mind; this is a level of valor and duty which sends most people running to the hills....highest accolades & safe return shouting out to this shuttle crew -JxL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paladin Posted July 27, 2005 CID Share Posted July 27, 2005 Saw the launch and when they finally exited our atmosphere they hit supersonic speeds of 14,000 mph and counting. They had a camera attached to the beast. Now we should pray for their safe trip there and back. I saw it also and all looked good. They had to get above 17,000 mph in order to go into orbit and they did. Hooray!!! I just hope they make it back safely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resijs Posted July 27, 2005 CID Share Posted July 27, 2005 I couldn't see it, sun was directly over head, I certainly heard it though. :0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Matter Posted July 27, 2005 CID Share Posted July 27, 2005 Each Time a Space Shuttle is launched i am awe struck. It's just simply amazing each time what else can you say. ehhhh!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightshade43 Posted July 27, 2005 CID Share Posted July 27, 2005 The launch went well but it sounds like a piece of heat shield may have come off durning the launch also sounds like they hit a bird and lost a piece of the foam. Inspections of Discovery's heat shield began this morning about 5:40 a.m. EDT. Crewmembers are using cameras and a special boom on the robot arm to inspect Discovery's wings, nose cap, and crew cabin. Also, crewmembers are slated to use handheld cameras to inspect tiles on the Orbital Maneuvering System pods. The crew's inspections are slated to last seven hours. Engineers on the ground are using the imagery and data from today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn0 Posted July 28, 2005 CID Share Posted July 28, 2005 Here's a link to some pretty awesome images of the external tank right after it was separated. They also show the unfortunate piece of missing foam. It appears that the foam missed the Shuttle, fortunately. http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/multimedia/external_tank_images.html http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/multimedia/post_mmt_briefing_072705.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn0 Posted July 31, 2005 CID Share Posted July 31, 2005 Live NASA video and audio feed. This is pretty interesting.... I could not directly link to it, just go to "Live NASA TV Video" from here (I had to use IE, FF wouldn't work) edit: I apologize, sounds like everyones going to bed now, that won't be too interesting....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netmasta Posted July 31, 2005 CID Share Posted July 31, 2005 I view the feed from Yahoo! News, on the top right of the page. It works in FF, at least for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn0 Posted July 31, 2005 CID Share Posted July 31, 2005 I view the feed from Yahoo! News, on the top right of the page. It works in FF, at least for me. You are correct, netmasta, it works with my FF also. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted August 1, 2005 CID Share Posted August 1, 2005 http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/07/31/shuttle/index.html Hey.. at least they know about it this time.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted August 3, 2005 CID Share Posted August 3, 2005 Is it just me or are they looking for stuff to fix? http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/08/03/space.shuttle/index.html Meanwhile, engineers are working to determine if another anomaly discovered on the orbiter -- a damaged thermal blanket under one of the cockpit windows -- also poses a threat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hyperspace Posted August 3, 2005 CID Share Posted August 3, 2005 Is it just me or are they looking for stuff to fix? http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/08/03/space.shuttle/index.html Even though I'm all for safety, I think they are hyper-paranoid about another accident. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted August 3, 2005 CID Share Posted August 3, 2005 O I agree 100%.. they have another accident and NASA is history.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netmasta Posted August 3, 2005 CID Share Posted August 3, 2005 Is it just me or are they looking for stuff to fix? http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/08/03/space.shuttle/index.html I saw him remove the second piece live today on tv. The (local) morning news show I watch tuned in just in time. It didn't look like "fabric" to me. I looked like a flat piece of plastic or something like that. I love that we get to see this stuff live like never before though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted August 4, 2005 CID Share Posted August 4, 2005 yeah it did look quite hard.. From what I have been reading.. it is fabric sprayed with the same material that the tiles have on them... Otherwise why would they use a "hack saw".. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightshade43 Posted August 16, 2005 CID Share Posted August 16, 2005 I feel NASA should go back to discovering and man moon flights or even mars and leave the orbital flights to the private sector look at SpaceShip One sure it needs work yet but they did something nasa cant do they had to go into orbit, return to earth and relaunch back into orbit in a 14 day time period to win the x prize and did it. Take a look at the small amout of electronics Spaceship 1 uses compared to nasa here is a link to there site http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/xprize_full_coverage.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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