Check out these NASA spaceship pictures! (more added)
04-10-2009, 05:03 PM
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Check out these NASA spaceship pictures! (more added)
Almost don't look real, But fucking superb!
A fisheye view captures the launch of a 19-story Lockheed-Martin Atlas 5 rocket with the Inmarsat 4F-1 communications satlelite at 4:42pm EST, March 12, 2005. This lens was destroyed by the very launch that took the 13,000-lb satellite into geosynchronous orbit.
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04-10-2009, 05:11 PM
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Did you know that NASA's current plans are for the Space Shuttles to be retired in 2010, after nearly 30 years of service?
I liken the Space Shuttle to Concorde - way ahead of its time with no credible competition even now, and retired way before it should be/have been.
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I liken the Space Shuttle to Concorde - way ahead of its time with no credible competition even now, and retired way before it should be/have been.
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04-10-2009, 05:38 PM
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That last one is brilliant 
30 years is enough service for the shuttles, remember they are really complicated bits of kit and the older they get the more expensive they are to keep running properly.
I mean, my old sega megadrive had more computing power than one of them
Next step are space planes with 100% reusable parts.
Did you know that NASA's current plans are for the Space Shuttles to be retired in 2010, after nearly 30 years of service?
I liken the Space Shuttle to Concorde - way ahead of its time with no credible competition even now, and retired way before it should be/have been.
steve
I liken the Space Shuttle to Concorde - way ahead of its time with no credible competition even now, and retired way before it should be/have been.
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I mean, my old sega megadrive had more computing power than one of them
Next step are space planes with 100% reusable parts.
05-10-2009, 11:43 AM
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Awesome pics! Oh I do love space travel. 
I bet the chap was working the cameras by remote or very good zoom lenses as he'd be toast by the looks of some of them.
I bet the chap was working the cameras by remote or very good zoom lenses as he'd be toast by the looks of some of them.
06-10-2009, 11:24 AM
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It's just the sort of views that you'd love to see with your own eyes.......but also be the last thing you'd ever get to do before burning up!
On my last offshore trip, I had our guys going outside to see the space station going overhead! lol
On my last offshore trip, I had our guys going outside to see the space station going overhead! lol
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06-10-2009, 12:58 PM
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There was a guy at my work did the exact same, when he knew it was going over he would try and get everyone outside
06-10-2009, 02:27 PM
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I guess its probably more the shockwave rather than the sound that would kill you.
You just need to go to santa pod to see the jet car to realize how powerful a shock wave can be. You can feel that thing getting onto the start line from halfway down the strip.
A big firework gives off a bang big enough to feel in your chest.
Imagine one of them fuckers...
08-10-2009, 11:58 AM
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I spotted the station by accident going over my house one late night I was outside. I thought it was a international plane @ 35,000' or whatever then I noted how flipping fast it was going in comparison to the speed planes go over my house.
I checked the site in the morning and sure enough it was that. Cool as fluff (I'm a bit anal when it comes to things like that)
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Some nice pics there. You could spend ages on Airliners looking at pics.
Anyone got the link to find out when the space stations are going over?
Anyone got the link to find out when the space stations are going over?
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