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The Big Picture: Space Shuttle Atlantis |
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  | Eagle | | Registered: Oct 31, 2001 |
| Registered: March 15, 2007 |  Posts: 563 |
| | Posted: | | | | Yesterday saw the final launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. The Big Picture collected a series of images spanning it's return to Earth last November, it's processing and preparation, and it's final launch. Quite an impressive undertaking, IMHO. The Big Picture | | | | My phpDVDprofiler collection |
| | Registered: May 26, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 599 |
| | Posted: | | | | I lived in Florida for three years back in the 90's and the only thing I miss about living there was the Shuttle launches, especially the nighttime launches. |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 20,111 |
| | Posted: | | | | I would have loved to have seen a shuttle launch in person. It was impressive enough just seeing one in IMAX!
The shuttles have been enormously successful, even with two disasters...which technically were well within the safety hazards for so many complicated and dangerous launches/landings. Economically, they were an vastly overpriced failure however. | | | | Corey |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,203 |
| | Posted: | | | | I remember watching the very first shuttle launch. It was a site to behold...even on TV. While they brought us our first ever loss of life in space, I will miss them. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
- Citizen G'Kar | | | | Last edited: by TheMadMartian |
| | Registered: June 15, 2008 | | Posts: 220 |
| | Posted: | | | | great pictures   |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | I am planning to go down for the October? launch of Discovery. I have seen numerous launches from the West coast of Florida and the Orlando area, but haven't been to the cape to watch a live launch since Apollo 8, and all I can say is WOW!! | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
Billy Video |
| | Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Posts: 366 |
| | Posted: | | | | Discovery is currently scheduled for September, with Endeavor scheduled for November. I plan to head over to the coast for one or both with my family.
We were at Disney's Animal Kingdom on Friday, and I scoped the place all morning for the perfect spot to watch the launch. That's the closest I've been to a launch since 1984. It was a beautiful site seeing it over the trees there.
Of course, my usual shuttle launch routine is to put on NASA TV, watch the first 30 seconds after liftoff, go out to my driveway, watch it for bout 6 minutes, then go back inside and catch the final 2 minutes on TV. It helps to live 150 miles WSW of KSC.
Doesn't matter when the launch is. There was a 4:15am launch many months ago. I got out of bed, turned on the TV at T-37s, did my launch routine and went back to bed.
The pre-sunrise launch of Discovery in April was one of the most impressive I've ever seen because the trails were backlit by the sun below the horizon. At one point, the shuttle and trail glowed like a giant comet. Wish I'd had a quality camera to take a picture. |
| | Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 5,734 |
| | Posted: | | | | Impressive images. | | | | Don't confuse while the film is playing with when the film is played. [Ken Cole, DVD Profiler Architect] |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting nolesrule: Quote:
Discovery is currently scheduled for September, with Endeavor scheduled for November. I plan to head over to the coast for one or both with my family.
We were at Disney's Animal Kingdom on Friday, and I scoped the place all morning for the perfect spot to watch the launch. That's the closest I've been to a launch since 1984. It was a beautiful site seeing it over the trees there.
Of course, my usual shuttle launch routine is to put on NASA TV, watch the first 30 seconds after liftoff, go out to my driveway, watch it for bout 6 minutes, then go back inside and catch the final 2 minutes on TV. It helps to live 150 miles WSW of KSC.
Doesn't matter when the launch is. There was a 4:15am launch many months ago. I got out of bed, turned on the TV at T-37s, did my launch routine and went back to bed.
The pre-sunrise launch of Discovery in April was one of the most impressive I've ever seen because the trails were backlit by the sun below the horizon. At one point, the shuttle and trail glowed like a giant comet. Wish I'd had a quality camera to take a picture. Thanks for that Joe | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
Billy Video |
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