Another Succesful Shuttle Launch Today Feb. 7 2008

MrJimi · Feb 7, 2008

I have a good friend that works with getting this up in space here is a video of it going up
NASA TV

enjoy
Jim

bones1 · Feb 7, 2008

Cool, I'll check it when I get home.Need more picks of your truck project.

RobS · Feb 7, 2008

As said about a transoceanic pilot:

"Moments of intense anxiety seperated by hours upon hours of absolute boredom".

Interesting link, thanks.

MrJimi · Feb 7, 2008

bones1 said:
Cool, I'll check it when I get home.Need more picks of your truck project.

The truck has been on the back burner but I tried to get some bolts off yesterday and I don't have enough ?? ( insert neat word here )
I do have more pictures but all same stuff . Oh, I did make a center support for the bed, I want to make all my supports and then take bed off again and paint frame and I have some bodywork to do to the bed and get my fenders bolted correctly
Jim

NewToy · Feb 8, 2008

MrJimi said:
I have a good friend that works with getting this up in space here is a video of it going up
NASA TV

enjoy
Jim

My wife and I have been to a few shuttle launches and there is nothing like it. We sent off to NASA for "launch passes" one year and they were great. It gets you a bit closer than watching from the causeway but you're still at a considerable distance. The first one we went to was the best. The thing lit off and started to ascend and I commented to my wife how surprised I was that it was so quiet. I barely got those words out when the wall of sound hit us! It was a fierce rumbling that reverberated through your whole body, especially your chest cavity. The only thing better is catching a night launch at the "Cape", best fireworks show you'll ever see. Even clear over in Tampa the night launch is a real crowd pleaser. Truly an awe inspiring event.

John

Podunkadunk · Feb 8, 2008

NewToy said:
The first one we went to was the best. The thing lit off and started to ascend and I commented to my wife how surprised I was that it was so quiet. I barely got those words out when the wall of sound hit us! It was a fierce rumbling that reverberated through your whole body, especially your chest cavity.

John

The sound is tremendous! Those NASA guys are pretty smart fellers...
At T minus 16 seconds, the massive sound suppression system (SPS) begins to drench the Mobile Launcher Platform (MLP) and SRB trenches with 300,000 U.S. gallons (1,100 mï½³) of water to protect the Orbiter from damage by acoustical energy and rocket exhaust reflected from the flame trench and MLP during liftoff. If they didn't, it would literally vibrate itself apart and burn up.

Pretty cool video! Thanks for sharing.

Podunk

turnkey4099 · Feb 8, 2008

Heard on the news that they will be breakig out the inspections gear. Crap was seen falling off the SRB but they don't think it hit anything. It is amazing that we have had so many missions with so few fatalities.

Quite a contrast to the Russian missions - I monitored them back in the military and copied the last words of one mission (?Gagarin?) and the problems of soem others. ended with the ?1970? 71?) fatal mission.

Harry K

texbaylea · Feb 8, 2008

NewToy said:
My wife and I have been to a few shuttle launches and there is nothing like it. We sent off to NASA for "launch passes" one year and they were great. It gets you a bit closer than watching from the causeway but you're still at a considerable distance. The first one we went to was the best. The thing lit off and started to ascend and I commented to my wife how surprised I was that it was so quiet. I barely got those words out when the wall of sound hit us! It was a fierce rumbling that reverberated through your whole body, especially your chest cavity. The only thing better is catching a night launch at the "Cape", best fireworks show you'll ever see. Even clear over in Tampa the night launch is a real crowd pleaser. Truly an awe inspiring event.

John

I was assigned to the Johnson Space Center at Houston and was TDY at the Cape for all Apollo launches from 11 on. Those were something to see and experience.

I never was able to finagle (as much as I tried) a reason to be there for a shuttle launch even though I worked on the shuttle missions for a while then moved to the space station program.

Vernon

NewToy · Feb 9, 2008

texbaylea said:
I was assigned to the Johnson Space Center at Houston and was TDY at the Cape for all Apollo launches from 11 on. Those were something to see and experience.

I never CA that as able to finagle (as much as I tried) a reason to be there for a shuttle launch even though I worked on the shuttle missions for a while then moved to the space station program.

Vernon

I wish I had seen the Saturn V in action, what a monster! I wonder how long it will be until we have another rocket as powerful as the mighty Saturn V. It's hard to believe that it was 40+ years ago when those bad boys started flying. The old USSR N1 rocket was also quite a studly piece.
I saw a thing on TV the other day about a salvage yard in CA that has all kinds of old Saturn V parts. Alot of tanks, valves and plumbing that NASA was interested in. Most everyone from the Apollo days are gone and the new "kids" are really interested in checking out the plumbing used.
Vernon, did you ever meet Dr. Von Braun back in "the day"? They sure came a long way from Peenemunde!

John

texbaylea · Feb 9, 2008

NewToy said:
I wish I had seen the Saturn V in action, what a monster! I wonder how long it will be until we have another rocket as powerful as the mighty Saturn V. It's hard to believe that it was 40+ years ago when those bad boys started flying. The old USSR N1 rocket was also quite a studly piece.
I saw a thing on TV the other day about a salvage yard in CA that has all kinds of old Saturn V parts. Alot of tanks, valves and plumbing that NASA was interested in. Most everyone from the Apollo days are gone and the new "kids" are really interested in checking out the plumbing used.
Vernon, did you ever meet Dr. Von Braun back in "the day"? They sure came a long way from Peenemunde!

John

Dr von Braun was based at MSFC in Huntsville, Ala and I did not have reason to interface with MFSC until the Skylab Program and by then he was spending more time at HQs. There are Saturns Vs at MFSC and at JSC (Houston). Houston's has been refurbished and reopened to the public under cover. Quite a tourist attraction now.

During Apollo my job was flight crew health/space radiation protection. By Skylab I was moving into science integration into the missions. I did not move out of space radiation protection until the Shuttle requirements were determined.

Vernon