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STS-133 Discovery final launch in 2 hours
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 7:58 pm
by DRuM
Launch at 9.50pm GMT/4.50pm EST on your friendly nasa tv.
Meanwhile check out these awesome hi-res pics and panoramics.
http://nasatech.net/
Here's a nice one.
http://nasatech.net/Discovery2Lt110131/
Re: STS-133 Discovery final launch in 2 hours
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 8:04 pm
by bam!
kids have been watching this today, probably too young for it to have any real impact though.
Re: STS-133 Discovery final launch in 2 hours
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 8:26 pm
by obsidian
The space shuttle looks tiny compared to the size of the VAB.
That website looks like it was designed in 2000. lol... tables for layout.
Re: STS-133 Discovery final launch in 2 hours
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 8:51 pm
by Tsakali
woah! that second link image looks like Escher's Relativity painting
Re: STS-133 Discovery final launch in 2 hours
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 9:42 pm
by seremtan
something tells me this will (more or less) mark the end of US dominance in space flight
i wonder if those retards in congress who are cutting NASA's budget realise they're running the risk of relegating the US space programme to the second half of only the first chapter of the history of space flight (the first half belonging to the soviets - sputnik, yuri gagarin etc)?
Re: STS-133 Discovery final launch in 2 hours
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 9:50 pm
by DRuM
Re: STS-133 Discovery final launch in 2 hours
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:09 pm
by xer0s
Success!
Re: STS-133 Discovery final launch in 2 hours
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:39 pm
by tnf
Looks like a few of the heat tiles fell off about a minute and a half after launch. Hope that isn't a problem.
Re: STS-133 Discovery final launch in 2 hours
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:53 pm
by xer0s
Seems like every launch those damn things fall off...
Re: STS-133 Discovery final launch in 2 hours
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 11:26 pm
by seremtan
they do? those are kinda important for re-entry
Re: STS-133 Discovery final launch in 2 hours
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 11:39 pm
by EtUL
tnf wrote:Looks like a few of the heat tiles fell off about a minute and a half after launch. Hope that isn't a problem.
Saw that as well. Wondered if they guys commentating were ignoring it or just missed it when they said everything looked normal.
Re: STS-133 Discovery final launch in 2 hours
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 12:12 am
by DRuM
I believe it's thin foam falling from where the external tank brackets meet the orbiter. Nasa is not too worried about it. They'll be doing their usual extensive checks anyway.
Re: STS-133 Discovery final launch in 2 hours
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 2:00 am
by GONNAFISTYA
seremtan wrote:they do? those are kinda important for re-entry
All they need is Jesus.
Re: STS-133 Discovery final launch in 2 hours
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 5:13 am
by andyman
GONNAFISTYA wrote:seremtan wrote:they do? those are kinda important for re-entry
All they need is Jesus.
"He is my shield, my sword, my MOAB, my steel-toed boots. May His eternal light blind me forever and always."
-Ecclegiartomies 5:11
Re: STS-133 Discovery final launch in 2 hours
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 8:16 am
by Tsakali
Re: STS-133 Discovery final launch in 2 hours
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 9:11 am
by Captain
Re: STS-133 Discovery final launch in 2 hours
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 9:26 am
by MKJ
Re: STS-133 Discovery final launch in 2 hours
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 5:30 pm
by seremtan
i for one will not welcome our new chinese overlords when they put the first guy on mars while the US congress is still arguing over how paltry the chump change they fund NASA with should be
Re: STS-133 Discovery final launch in 2 hours
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 2:44 am
by Whiskey 7
[quote="Captain Mazda [/img] [/quote]
Those pictures of Columbia failing during reentry reminded of the other shuttle lift off disaster of
Challenger
RIP Challenger Crew
Hey, big thanks DRuM
for the topic and links
Re: STS-133 Discovery final launch in 2 hours
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 4:49 am
by Peenyuh
Whiskey 7 wrote:Yes RIP Challenger Crew
Hey, big thanks DRuM
for the topic and links
Re: STS-133 Discovery final launch in 2 hours
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 6:17 am
by Captain
Actually that was Columbia. PWNT!
Re: STS-133 Discovery final launch in 2 hours
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 6:45 am
by tnf
Captain Mazda wrote:
Was that the challenger or the columbia crew? It was hard to tell one from the other when all was said and done.
Re: STS-133 Discovery final launch in 2 hours
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 7:05 am
by Captain
tnf wrote:Captain Mazda wrote:
Was that the challenger or the columbia crew? It was hard to tell one from the other when all was said and done.
Whiskey posted the Challenger crew, that's the shuttle that broke up after launch. Columbia disintegrated during re-entry.
Re: STS-133 Discovery final launch in 2 hours
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 7:08 am
by Peenyuh
What's yer point, Terrorist?
Re: STS-133 Discovery final launch in 2 hours
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 10:20 am
by seremtan
also, cat shit pics
bant
