mcmonkeyplc wrote:That is so cool
Shuttles final wake up call a special one
Put a smile on my face.
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Ged42 7,400 posts
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Registered 11 years agoFucking lucky bastards--------------------------------------------------------------------
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X201 12,990 posts
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Registered 7 years agoJust a reminder another Shuttle mission scheduled for the 29th of this month.
In the meantime - The Space Shuttle: A Horizon Guide was on BBC 4 last night. Its a compilation of previous Horizon Space Shuttle episodes. Its a bit lightweight but is an easy hour's viewing.
It was Space night on BBc4 they also showed Knocking on Heaven's Door - about the early days of the Russian space program.
Destination Titan - about the space probe sent by a team of British scientists to Titan, Saturn's largest moon, charting the sacrifices they made and their hopes for the landing.
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Registered 7 years agoSyrok wrote:
No, the last one is in June.
Is that the last Shuttle mission?
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I watched the Titan doc and the shuttle one. Both really good. I didn't know much about the shuttle explosion in the 80s, such a shame for all of them especially that poor teachers family who were watching the launch. Unthinkably horrible. I think that what they have done has been remarkable, especially when you see how much hubble has advanced knowledge in the area.
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Registered 7 years agoRage_Quit_Rob wrote:
I watched the Titan doc and the shuttle one. Both really good. I didn't know much about the shuttle explosion in the 80s, such a shame for all of them especially that poor teachers family who were watching the launch. Unthinkably horrible. I think that what they have done has been remarkable, especially when you see how much hubble has advanced knowledge in the area.
The programme last night didn't cover it in detail. There is a hell of a lot more to it than just faulty O-rings (Corporate bullying, whistle blowing, government fudging, and loads more)
Challenger: Countdown to Disaster is a semi-dramatised documentary that was shown a while back on Channel 4, and is well worth watching - If only for Richard Feynman being a pain and stopping the Govt. enquiry becoming a whitewash by pointing out the problems with NASA management.
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Fake_Blood 2,964 posts
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mcmonkeyplc 35,792 posts
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Registered 10 years agoWell that's my tv time till wednesday taken care of then.gif)
Come and get it cumslingers!
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X201 12,990 posts
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Registered 7 years agoTo celebrate the fact that its 50 years to the day since Yuri Gagarin went into space, a film has been released...
"First Orbit is a feature-length, experimental documentary film about Vostok 1, the first manned space flight around the Earth. By matching the orbit of the International Space Station to that of Vostok 1 as closely as possible, in terms of ground path and time of day, documentary filmmaker Christopher Riley and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli were able to film the view that Yuri Gagarin saw on his pioneering orbital space flight. This new footage was cut together with the original Vostok 1 mission audio recordings sourced from the Russian State Archive."
http://www.firstorbit.org/watch-the-film
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altitude2k 1,248 posts
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mcmonkeyplc 35,792 posts
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Khanivor 38,676 posts
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mcmonkeyplc 35,792 posts
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Registered 10 years agoBasically Khani, your being ripped off! Riot!
Come and get it cumslingers!
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Khanivor 38,676 posts
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mcmonkeyplc 35,792 posts
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Registered 10 years agoIt does sound really enthusiastic but IF they can pull off what they say they can then it really would help usher in a new era of space launches.
It's not written by spaceX though, just a space enthusiast.
Wont have to wait long eithier according to the SpaceX web site the test launch of the Falcon Heavy is next year.
They're doing a bunch of launches to the ISS this year too using the Falcon 9 that the heavy is based on.
Come and get it cumslingers!
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thegamesthething 1,079 posts
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Live final preparation for the launch of Endeavour today - suiting up, cleaning out the ashtray, checking the tyres etc. -
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thegamesthething 1,079 posts
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Registered 8 years agoYup. Blast off in 20 minutes. -
X201 12,990 posts
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X201 12,990 posts
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Registered 7 years agoI know NASA need to save money, but putting communications in the hands of KFC is surely taking it too far -
mal 20,484 posts
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Registered 11 years agoIs there meant to be any audio on that feed?Cubby didn't know how to turn off sigs!
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X201 12,990 posts
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Registered 7 years agomal wrote:
From time to time. Its fairly quiet when it is on.
Is there meant to be any audio on that feed?
It will get a lot livelier closer to launch.
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ecureuil 74,087 posts
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There is, but they silence it until something happens.
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mal 20,484 posts
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Registered 11 years agoAh there we go. Damn quiet though.Cubby didn't know how to turn off sigs!
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DaM 11,738 posts
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ecureuil 74,087 posts
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Registered 8 years agoThere's no sound at this point. Launch is in 5 minutes. -
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