Shuttle pics

[airdvr 210]

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/07/the-history-of-the-space-shuttle/100097/

Please don't dent the planet.

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[akarunway 1]

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http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/07/the-history-of-the-space-shuttle/100097/

So. Where's the pics of the shuttle going up w/ the skydivers going down? Pre 911 SSC. Brian E or Cliff. Where are you?

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

[lawrocket 3]

Thanks! These are great!

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[airdvr 210]

It's a real shame we don't have a plan to continue. 17 people paid the ultimate price to get us this far.

Please don't dent the planet.

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[JohnMitchell 16]

The Orion capsule should have been developed. Capsules are still the most proven way to get people into space and return them safely. The first shuttle accident, the booster burnthru, might have been survivable in a std. capsule arrangement, above the rockets. The 2nd accident would have never happened.


Those are some great pics. I love the shuttle one with the farmland below it. Obviously telephoto, but still amazing.

[shah269 0]

She was a beautiful bird.
Later this week if it's ok with the mods I will add hot links to a number of videos a number of local students produced for my office. Their take on the program is amazing.
It's a shame we have nothing to replace it.

Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay.

The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

[dks13827 3]

Even with 2 accidents it was a wonderful machine..... never to be duplicated, sadly. IMO

Watch the last lauch and landing if you can, so you dont forget what it was like.

[lawrocket 3]

It's amazing. The vehicle itself. I still believe that the STS-1 with Young and Crippen was the riskiest space flight in history. Every other manned space vehicle had unmanned test flights and even animal fights beforehand. Meanwhile, the most complex and complicated piece of machinery ever built was tested in flight with two men inside.

One of the shames, I think, of the Space Shuttle was that it was taken for granted - in part due to the policy of the government. It was never truly "operational." it was never safe, never routine, and became a victim of its own success. Only the tragedies of Challenger and Columbia caused pause. It was not a vehicle for the common citizen to ride like a trip on a flight between LA and Denver.

I hope we have the opportunity to move again beyond low earth orbit. Visit a passing comet or asteroid. Go to Mars. Or turn over space into a tourist industry.

I hope that in my lifetime my wife and I can take ourselves and the kids on a trip to space. What an amazing thing it would be.

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[dks13827 3]

hey Law... I was in college during most of Apollo,,it was great. I thought there was at least a chance I might get into space one day ( now, my college jump buddy did get a science seat on sts73... wow ) but it was not to be for me. so i thought.. i can ride the concorde anyway !!! not to be !!!
things arent that great now.. but i hope you and your kids might get the chance... I hope !!
dave phoenix C9293

[jakee 1,596]

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It's amazing. The vehicle itself. I still believe that the STS-1 with Young and Crippen was the riskiest space flight in history. Every other manned space vehicle had unmanned test flights and even animal fights beforehand.

Actually I think that honour goes to damn near anything the Soviets launched during the first 30 years of their space program.

Take Soyuz 1. Ok, there may have been 3 unmanned test launches of that system - but all 3 failed. It was such a known deathtrap that Gagarin, the backup cosmonaut, reportedly attempted to get the primary cosmonaut dropped from the flight so that he could be the one to be killed instead.

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[wildcard451 0]

Image #27 was taken by one of the jumpers at my DZ.