Comments on: Rocket Booster Video of the Space Shuttle Discovery Launch. http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/02/rocket-booster-video-of-the-space-shuttle-discovery-launch/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:49:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: özi http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/02/rocket-booster-video-of-the-space-shuttle-discovery-launch/comment-page-1/#comment-62167 özi Wed, 03 Jan 2007 22:08:17 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/02/rocket-booster-video-of-the-space-shuttle-discovery-launch/#comment-62167 kubrick couldn't have done it better himself. kubrick couldn’t have done it better himself.

]]> By: John http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/02/rocket-booster-video-of-the-space-shuttle-discovery-launch/comment-page-1/#comment-62073 John Wed, 03 Jan 2007 15:29:35 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/02/rocket-booster-video-of-the-space-shuttle-discovery-launch/#comment-62073 Great footage. I love the entire RocketCam program. I wonder if they had a camera on the main tank as well. I have seen footage from that before and it's spectacular when they jettison that tank. Extra points for affixing a transducer to the spaceframe so we get all the nice creaks and pops from the SRB. Great footage. I love the entire RocketCam program. I wonder if they had a camera on the main tank as well. I have seen footage from that before and it’s spectacular when they jettison that tank.
Extra points for affixing a transducer to the spaceframe so we get all the nice creaks and pops from the SRB.

]]> By: H8 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/02/rocket-booster-video-of-the-space-shuttle-discovery-launch/comment-page-1/#comment-62056 H8 Wed, 03 Jan 2007 14:28:15 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/02/rocket-booster-video-of-the-space-shuttle-discovery-launch/#comment-62056 “Tumbling SRB Interpretive Dance” Hahahahaha! You should videotape that Denita! I second that, That would be a great video. “Tumbling SRB Interpretive Dance” Hahahahaha! You should videotape that Denita!

I second that, That would be a great video.

]]> By: Lasse http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/02/rocket-booster-video-of-the-space-shuttle-discovery-launch/comment-page-1/#comment-62020 Lasse Wed, 03 Jan 2007 11:22:58 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/02/rocket-booster-video-of-the-space-shuttle-discovery-launch/#comment-62020 Absolutely amazing Absolutely amazing

]]> By: Alex http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/02/rocket-booster-video-of-the-space-shuttle-discovery-launch/comment-page-1/#comment-61955 Alex Wed, 03 Jan 2007 06:49:32 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/02/rocket-booster-video-of-the-space-shuttle-discovery-launch/#comment-61955 "Tumbling SRB Interpretive Dance" Hahahahaha! You should videotape that Denita! “Tumbling SRB Interpretive Dance” Hahahahaha! You should videotape that Denita!

]]> By: Denita TwoDragons http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/02/rocket-booster-video-of-the-space-shuttle-discovery-launch/comment-page-1/#comment-61917 Denita TwoDragons Wed, 03 Jan 2007 04:19:18 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/02/rocket-booster-video-of-the-space-shuttle-discovery-launch/#comment-61917 Thanks for more shuttle-related coolness, Silent002! My son will probably spend the rest of the evening dancing the "Shuttle Dance" now...and then fall soundly asleep with visions of spaceborne rockets in his head... ^__^ --TwoDragons Thanks for more shuttle-related coolness, Silent002! My son will probably spend the rest of the evening dancing the “Shuttle Dance” now…and then fall soundly asleep with visions of spaceborne rockets in his head… ^__^

–TwoDragons

]]> By: Silent002 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/02/rocket-booster-video-of-the-space-shuttle-discovery-launch/comment-page-1/#comment-61880 Silent002 Wed, 03 Jan 2007 01:09:50 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/02/rocket-booster-video-of-the-space-shuttle-discovery-launch/#comment-61880 Ah yes, I wasn't sure if Aware was talking about the Shuttle or the SRB. You can also tell when the primary chutes deploy because there is a big white flash. The three main chutes deploy only around 30 seconds before splashdown, there's another, smaller pop when they are released. Ah yes, I wasn’t sure if Aware was talking about the Shuttle or the SRB.

You can also tell when the primary chutes deploy because there is a big white flash. The three main chutes deploy only around 30 seconds before splashdown, there’s another, smaller pop when they are released.

]]> By: Silent002 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/02/rocket-booster-video-of-the-space-shuttle-discovery-launch/comment-page-1/#comment-61876 Silent002 Wed, 03 Jan 2007 01:05:31 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/02/rocket-booster-video-of-the-space-shuttle-discovery-launch/#comment-61876 Wow, thanks for that link, Denita and Neatorama, I've been looking for something like that for quite a while! This would be NASA mission STS-115, shame I missed the live launch of this Mission on NASA TV, but this video certainly makes up for it. :-) I believe that the spinning of the Shuttle was something to do with targeting... I remember that it had to take off at an angle to get downrange quickly to catch up with the ISS, since the mission had to be postponed because of Safety concerns (Something to do with Oxygen and Fuel pressure gauges, right?). Anyway, I just found out that this video, and a few more, can also be found at http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/52884. Thanks again for this! Wow, thanks for that link, Denita and Neatorama, I’ve been looking for something like that for quite a while! This would be NASA mission STS-115, shame I missed the live launch of this Mission on NASA TV, but this video certainly makes up for it. :-)

I believe that the spinning of the Shuttle was something to do with targeting… I remember that it had to take off at an angle to get downrange quickly to catch up with the ISS, since the mission had to be postponed because of Safety concerns (Something to do with Oxygen and Fuel pressure gauges, right?).

Anyway, I just found out that this video, and a few more, can also be found at http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/52884. Thanks again for this!

]]> By: Denita TwoDragons http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/02/rocket-booster-video-of-the-space-shuttle-discovery-launch/comment-page-1/#comment-61867 Denita TwoDragons Wed, 03 Jan 2007 00:26:39 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/02/rocket-booster-video-of-the-space-shuttle-discovery-launch/#comment-61867 The SRB is spinning because of the little rocket that fires as it's being jettisoned, that pushes it away from the shuttle. It causes the booster to cartwheel as it falls to earth, until the drag chutes deploy. (You can tell when that happens because the image goes from "spinning" to "weaving drunkenly"...) --TwoDragons The SRB is spinning because of the little rocket that fires as it’s being jettisoned, that pushes it away from the shuttle. It causes the booster to cartwheel as it falls to earth, until the drag chutes deploy. (You can tell when that happens because the image goes from “spinning” to “weaving drunkenly”…)

–TwoDragons

]]> By: aware http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/02/rocket-booster-video-of-the-space-shuttle-discovery-launch/comment-page-1/#comment-61861 aware Wed, 03 Jan 2007 00:11:13 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/02/rocket-booster-video-of-the-space-shuttle-discovery-launch/#comment-61861 and just wondering, why does it spinnn so much? is the whole shuttle spinning like that? if so, why? and just wondering, why does it spinnn so much? is the whole shuttle spinning like that? if so, why?

]]> By: aware http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/02/rocket-booster-video-of-the-space-shuttle-discovery-launch/comment-page-1/#comment-61860 aware Wed, 03 Jan 2007 00:09:33 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/02/rocket-booster-video-of-the-space-shuttle-discovery-launch/#comment-61860 oh wait... then halfway thru we get whooshy sounds, building building building... expecting to see a monolith and hear monkey chorus rising soon... oh wait… then halfway thru we get whooshy sounds, building building building… expecting to see a monolith and hear monkey chorus rising soon…

]]> By: aware http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/02/rocket-booster-video-of-the-space-shuttle-discovery-launch/comment-page-1/#comment-61857 aware Wed, 03 Jan 2007 00:03:34 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/02/rocket-booster-video-of-the-space-shuttle-discovery-launch/#comment-61857 cool! a different kind of google earth type view of the launch site. i like how the tinkly noises stop once it leaves our atmosphere. in space... no one can hear you tinkle! cool! a different kind of google earth type view of the launch site.

i like how the tinkly noises stop once it leaves our atmosphere. in space… no one can hear you tinkle!

]]> By: Denita TwoDragons http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/02/rocket-booster-video-of-the-space-shuttle-discovery-launch/comment-page-1/#comment-61825 Denita TwoDragons Tue, 02 Jan 2007 22:47:24 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/02/rocket-booster-video-of-the-space-shuttle-discovery-launch/#comment-61825 My son has been doing his "Tumbling SRB Interpretive Dance" all day today...*LOL* --TwoDragons My son has been doing his “Tumbling SRB Interpretive Dance” all day today…*LOL*

–TwoDragons

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