Discovery Is Back In Space
[Update late Saturday July 30 - latest on the Discovery is that it should be given the all clear to return to Earth. Mind you, as I stated before this is BY FAR the most scrutinized shuttle flight ever, even more so than the Enterprise glider tests in the 70's and STS-1 with John Young and Bob Crippen flying Columbia. And they've never had the capability they have now to scrutinize in this manner.]Where it should be...looks like a safe launch so far, and that will be verified. This is probably the most watched and recorded (in terms of cameras, analysis, etc.) shuttle launch ever. One of the upgrades they made was to turn the film cameras on the external fuel tank which record orbiter separation into digital wireless cameras, which allow us folks planted on the ground to see the following spectacular shots (thanks NASA via CNN):
posted by jimboses @ 12:16 PM
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That is so crazy!! Thanks for sharing! :) (PS THanks for visiting my site! I'll be back...)
Another newcomer! Welcome! Looks like I'll be updating this post, tho, as NASA has grounded the entire fleet AGAIN. This is a good thing - in the end it will be - as they're finally it getting after both the Challenger and Columbia disasters - safety is priority.
Sadly, NASA has almost nothing beyond baseline R&D to replace the shuttle, which is, in reality, technology that was being developed when Gene Cernan landed on the moon for Apollo 17. The shuttle program is right about at it's original intended operational life.
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