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Shuttle Cameras Yield Excellent Footage
Jivecat writes "All those extra cameras NASA has added to the Space Shuttle to watch for debris impacts have yielded what may be the coolest Shuttle launch footage ever. The forward-facing view from the right-hand SRB shows, at about the 2:58 mark, booster separation and Discovery zooming away. Other views are available at the main mission site."
I am amazed at how these cameras manage to survive and produce a steady image from the atmosphere, into space, and back. This leads me to believe that instead of using foam insulation, we should cover the entire shuttle in cameras.
About 10 minutes into it I found myself thinking, "Man! I hope they pull me out soon, I can't hold my breath much longer."
That I would have had to hold my breath through the whole liftoff sequence didn't really bother me - just the being under water part.
I imagine the part after it separates would be awesome drunk.
Why don't you ask the NASA engineers? They probably have some experience in that field.
"You will pay for your lack of vision..." - Emperor Palpatine to Ray Charles
There's more than one reason they call their training plane the "Vomit Comet."
Information wants a fueled airplane waiting at the hangar and no one gets hurt.
Give it 36 hours.
"It is our blasphemy which has made us great, and will sustain us, and which the gods secretly admire in us." - Zelazny
That thing obviously killed a large jellyfish when it hit the water.
We must end this MURDEROUS space program NOW, before it is too late for the planet!
What? That was the parachute?
Uh. Oh, never-mind.
That's why the saying is "I'm no rocket scientist, but..." :)
Well, presumably at least below room temperature.
You NASA shill. You know danmed well they don't use soundstages anymore.. they use Pixar.
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