We've been working on a project to capture the last flights of the Space Shuttle Program. It's meant a lot of time out with the bugs, heat, sun, gators and ever present pad security folks.
Once the sound hits, the maniacal laughter you hear is me!
Now we wait a couple of hours to see how our cameras faired. We're at the media center 3.2 miles from the Orbiter, our cameras are at 500-600 feet... I feel for them.
Re:Remind HN: STS-134, Space Shuttle Endevour's last launch ...
by WesleyJohnson on Monday May 16, 2011 @03:08PM
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I'm about 45 miles south of the launch pad. We watched it go up this morning and came in once it had disappeared into the sky (far higher than this video as we had a clearer view). Once we came back in and I sat down at my desk, the sound finally hit us, some 3.4 minutes after take off. It was still powerful enough to feel. I couldn't imagine being that close to one.
Re:Remind HN: STS-134, Space Shuttle Endevour's last launch ...
by Luyt on Monday May 16, 2011 @02:19PM
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"Celebrate Space! A mix of ambient and experimental music mixed with the historical sounds of the space program. And when a space shuttle mission is happening, we mix it in live from launch to landing."
Re:Remind HN: STS-134, Space Shuttle Endevour's last launch ...
by zwieback on Monday May 16, 2011 @09:48AM
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I remember watching the very first space shuttle launch in England with our group of exchange students. They were very upset that the "bloody yanks" were going to pull a major space undertaking like this off.
At the time it was fun to see how worked up they were but I'm glad this big waste of money is finally coming to an end. The cost of putting humans in space (and where the shuttle goes isn't really what I consider "space") is just too high.
Re:Remind HN: STS-134, Space Shuttle Endevour's last launch ...
by amelim on Monday May 16, 2011 @10:01AM
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The NASA budget is a mere drop in the bucket compared to the defense budget and entitlement programs. In my opinion, I don't think it's getting enough funding. The future of the human race is among the stars.
Re:Remind HN: STS-134, Space Shuttle Endevour's last launch ...
by zwieback on Monday May 16, 2011 @10:04AM
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Agree about the defense budget, makes me mad every time I think about it. Entitlements is a management problem but the size of "defense" is just insanity.
Re:Remind HN: STS-134, Space Shuttle Endevour's last launch ...
by ohyes on Monday May 16, 2011 @10:28AM
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As a percentage of GDP, it is only about 5%, granted everyone else is around 2.5%, but if you look at the numbers for example, in world war 2, we were spending about 40% of the GDP.
In actuality we could spend like this perfectly easily and support 'entitlements', we just have to raise taxes...
We've been working on a project to capture the last flights of the Space Shuttle Program. It's meant a lot of time out with the bugs, heat, sun, gators and ever present pad security folks.
Once the sound hits, the maniacal laughter you hear is me!
Now we wait a couple of hours to see how our cameras faired. We're at the media center 3.2 miles from the Orbiter, our cameras are at 500-600 feet... I feel for them.
http://www.ustream.tv/nasahdtv
http://somafm.com/missioncontrol/
It is fun to watch a piece of history in the making. Very interesting.
At the time it was fun to see how worked up they were but I'm glad this big waste of money is finally coming to an end. The cost of putting humans in space (and where the shuttle goes isn't really what I consider "space") is just too high.
In actuality we could spend like this perfectly easily and support 'entitlements', we just have to raise taxes...