Space Shuttle Discovery

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
The live feed from the camera attached to the fuel pod was nothing short of amazing!

Cool stuff!

 

[Wag]

I'm hoping they have handheld HD cameras with them this time around. Pretty sure they will. They didn't really exist 2 1/2 years ago.

 

[JasonSix78]

For those who just watched this and know about these shuttles, what was the big halo of flame at throttle down and just before main booster seperation?

-Jason

 

[marvdmartian]

Man, that was awesome to watch!! 😀

For someone who has grown up with space flight, literally from the Mercury missions onward (I remember sitting in front of the tv set when Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon in 69), I never lose the wonder and awe of watching one of these monstrosities launch into orbit!

Let's all wish these guys a safe ride and godspeed during their mission, and an uneventful return back to mother earth. :thumbsup:

 

[SouthPaW1227]

Anyone else just watch millions and millions of dollars being wasted on something that'll never benefit our planet?

Still very cool though.

 

[WolverineGator]

Just got back from watching it outside where our world stopped for a few moments. The UPS and mail truck guys stopped and got out of their cars. There were a lot of people out of their cubicle farms milling around waiting for the launch. Pretty cool. Next time I hope to be closer.

 

[FrustratedUser]

Rerun of launch coming up. New angles.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: bonkers325

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: bonkers325

Originally posted by: rh71
watching the tv live feed... what's the white spots flying by ? Static on screen or what ? Looked like actual stars. 😕

aliens

:Q

dont let the MAN fool you! put on your tinfoil hats and hide under your beds!

so in other words, you have no fuggin clue either.

 

Great launch!

 

[AdamSnow]

Originally posted by: WolverineGator
Just got back from watching it outside where our world stopped for a few moments. The UPS and mail truck guys stopped and got out of their cars. There were a lot of people out of their cubicle farms milling around waiting for the launch. Pretty cool. Next time I hope to be closer.

That would be an awesome experiance!! 🙂

 

[Zim Hosein]

Beans! 😀

 

[bonkers325]

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: bonkers325

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: bonkers325

Originally posted by: rh71
watching the tv live feed... what's the white spots flying by ? Static on screen or what ? Looked like actual stars. 😕

aliens

:Q

dont let the MAN fool you! put on your tinfoil hats and hide under your beds!

so in other words, you have no fuggin clue either.

connection at work isnt stable enough for a feed, so i havent watched it yet

 

[edro]

Why did it go off 10-12 seconds early? During the live feed I watched, the shuttle launched and it panned away to show the count down clock... and it still showed 12sec. on it. Maybe NASA's clock and the "public" clock are out of sync for some reason. (purposely)

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: SouthPaW1227
Anyone else just watch millions and millions of dollars being wasted on something that'll never benefit our planet?

Still very cool though.

Go piss up a flag pole! Don't you know just how much the space program benefits us?

Everyone who stopped and watched it with me clapped and cried.

 

[grjr]

damn, I forgot about this, didn't get to see it live
🙁

 

[Skiguy411]

Originally posted by: edro13
Why did it go off 10-12 seconds early? During the live feed I watched, the shuttle launched and it panned away to show the count down clock... and it still showed 12sec. on it. Maybe NASA's clock and the "public" clock are out of sync for some reason. (purposely)

Perhaps it was showing + 12 seconds. As in 12 seconds past lift off?

 

[FrustratedUser]

Orbital adjustment burn coming up next.

 

[Mayfriday0529]

It was cool.. makes you feel so little, here sitting in my cubicle and those brave people in space at the moment travelling at 17,000 mph.

 

[Skiguy411]

Alright, who has the HDTV feed recorded? I wanna see it in HD!

 

[FrustratedUser]

Host or Ban?!

 

[AdamSnow]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: SouthPaW1227
Anyone else just watch millions and millions of dollars being wasted on something that'll never benefit our planet?

Still very cool though.

Everyone who stopped and watched it with me clapped and cried.

You could see the shuttle launch from Atlanta? holy crap thats awesome 🙂

 

[Doboji]

Originally posted by: SouthPaW1227
Anyone else just watch millions and millions of dollars being wasted on something that'll never benefit our planet?

Still very cool though.

The benefits will pan out in due time...

 

[AdamSnow]

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
Host or Ban?!

Agree - if someone could host that would be great!

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: SouthPaW1227
Anyone else just watch millions and millions of dollars being wasted on something that'll never benefit our planet?

Still very cool though.

Please shut up. That was nothing but a troll. Take your nonsense to P&N.

Besides, we live in a democratic country. A couple of whining trolls like you do not dictate national space policy. You have been outvoted, now stop whining and accept it like an adult. Luckily I'm in the majority.

 

[SouthPaW1227]

Originally posted by: Doboji

Originally posted by: SouthPaW1227
Anyone else just watch millions and millions of dollars being wasted on something that'll never benefit our planet?

Still very cool though.

The benefits will pan out in due time...

Before the sun burns out? I doubt it.

There's no affordable transportation to space. There's no timely manner to commute to space. There's no way to harvest in space and bring goods back in a timely manner. There's no way to live in space and be able to commute back to Earth in a timely manner.

Face it. It's interesting but useless in utilitarian terms. I love NASA, went to Space Camp as a child, had a great time...but the fact is shooting a shuttle to space is useless. Would our world be any less effective is we didn't know other planets were around us? You can't even answer that b/c for all we know 4 million other planets are just around the galatic corner, and it isn't helping or harming anyone. There are poor people who can't afford medical bills, heck, not even food, and we're sending curious people to space for no material purpose.

If NASA had a mission statement that would yeild a productive result for our country in a reasonable amount of time, I'd be all for it.