BB27 Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 I lost the friggin conection right before launch and had to reconnect. DAMN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramius Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Fan-friggin-tastic...with about 2 minutes to go before launch, the NASA tv site times me out and i lose the feed...i get it back just in time to see the shuttle execute its roll... :I starred in Brokeback Mountain: NASA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Fan-friggin-tastic...with about 2 minutes to go before launch, the NASA tv site times me out and i lose the feed...i get it back just in time to see the shuttle execute its roll... :I starred in Brokeback Mountain: NASA 390277[/snapback] We expect those little glitches to happen at launch, though. It's not a problem... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezmid Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 We expect those little glitches to happen at launch, though. It's not a problem... 390278[/snapback] Worked fine for me. Stop raining on the parade monkeyboy. CW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Worked fine for me. Stop raining on the parade monkeyboy. CW 390287[/snapback] You probably booted him off the server... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpile Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Worked fine for me. Stop raining on the parade monkeyboy. CW 390287[/snapback] I played it safe and both had real player and media player windows open. Real player did time out just before launch (my bad) and I could not get it back, but media player is still running. Right now they are showing clips of the launch, with live audio of what they are doing. All I can say is that watching that launch, if you weren't "moved" you must be flat-lined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramius Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 I played it safe and both had real player and media player windows open. Real player did time out just before launch (my bad) and I could not get it back, but media player is still running. Right now they are showing clips of the launch, with live audio of what they are doing. All I can say is that watching that launch, if you weren't "moved" you must be flat-lined. 390302[/snapback] well, i couldnt get media player to work here at work, so i was relying on real player, which conviently decides to time out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 I played it safe and both had real player and media player windows open. Real player did time out just before launch (my bad) and I could not get it back, but media player is still running. Right now they are showing clips of the launch, with live audio of what they are doing. All I can say is that watching that launch, if you weren't "moved" you must be flat-lined. 390302[/snapback] Shuttle launches only "move" me when I hear them announce "Roger, go with throttle-up". Can't help thinking of Challenger when I hear that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubes Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Not that I'm criticizing or anything, and I do understand the circumstances, but I found these quotes from this article kinda interesting... CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Discovery and seven astronauts blasted into orbit Tuesday on America's first manned space shot since the 2003 Columbia disaster, ending a painful, 2 1/2-year shutdown devoted to making the shuttle less risky and NASA more safety-conscious. The space agency had been prepared to bend its safety rules to get the shuttle flying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Not that I'm criticizing or anything, and I do understand the circumstances, but I found these quotes from this article kinda interesting... 390374[/snapback] Thus, my new avatar...dumb way to run a shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coloradobillsfan Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Today's Launch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMadCap Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Thus, my new avatar...dumb way to run a shop. 390395[/snapback] Awesome! Is that what you would call an Assclown? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Tate Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 I drove out to New Smyrna Beach (Bethune Beach) to watch the launch with my son. It's about 40 miles away from the Cape as the crow flies; had a pretty good view from there. What I didn't think about until it occurred was the delay between watching it launch, then hearing and feeling the blast of the engines wash over you after it's out of view. That was pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallow Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Exactly. People always overlook that fact though. CW 390234[/snapback] Say we just postpone the Nasa program for about 10 years. What is that, like 500 gazillion dollars that could go to better schools, fair pay for cops, new roads, alternative energy resources, homeland security, safer environment, social security etc etc etc. Then we just start it up again in a 5-10 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Say we just postpone the Nasa program for about 10 years. What is that, like 500 gazillion dollars that could go to better schools, fair pay for cops, new roads, alternative energy resources, homeland security, safer environment, social security etc etc etc. Then we just start it up again in a 5-10 years. 390597[/snapback] "The NASA program"? Which one? And it's probably more like $150 billion...still a nice chunk of change, but not NEARLY enough for the programs you list. And your restart costs for a 10-year hiatus would wipe out any savings you'd get anyway. Better to get some sane management into NASA to rationalize the manned space program - figure out a meaningful purpose for the ISS, replace the shuttle with something sensible (probably 90% of the vehicle weight is designed to carry cargo to orbit and return empty space safely to earth. Ditch the cargo bay, make it a taxi instead of a truck, and you probably save a ton of money right there). The savings you get from scrapping NASA, though, aren't even comparable to the savings you'd get from scrapping one of the DoD's multitude of fatally flawed, expensive stuporweapon programs like the FCS or DD(X). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Say we just postpone the Nasa program for about 10 years. What is that, like 500 gazillion dollars that could go to better schools, fair pay for cops, new roads, alternative energy resources, homeland security, safer environment, social security etc etc etc. Then we just start it up again in a 5-10 years. 390597[/snapback] Congress would spend it on buildings to be named after them, throw pork to a podunk college to study the societal ramifications of the stoplight at the corner of Elm and Main, fund awareness programs about this and that, and so forth. Forget better schools and tossing $$$ that way. The problems are squarely in the home, or lack therof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpile Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Shuttle launches only "move" me when I hear them announce "Roger, go with throttle-up". Can't help thinking of Challenger when I hear that... 390322[/snapback] This one has been a while coming and I have a special soft spot for space travel. Reading SF as a kid, I expected I would be vacationing at a lunar colony by now. I remember watching stars with my mother and watching Sputnik go across the sky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMadCap Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 This one has been a while coming and I have a special soft spot for space travel. Reading SF as a kid, I expected I would be vacationing at a lunar colony by now. I remember watching stars with my mother and watching Sputnik go across the sky. 390664[/snapback] Me too Rockpile. But I have zero respect (and faith) for the administration of NASA, it has almost ruined the whole thing for me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Me too Rockpile. But I have zero respect (and faith) for the administration of NASA, it has almost ruined the whole thing for me.... 390780[/snapback] Ditto...particularly over the past two-plus years. I eagerly await the day when we once again have a decent manned space program with actual concrete goals to achieve, rather than yet another mismanaged government program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zona Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 Did you guys hear about the video of debris from today's launch? It doesn't appera to be anything serious, but experts will review the video frame by frame... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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