Daimo B
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http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
Live feed of the shuttle fixing the hubble.
Not too much going on right now, but worth having if your bored one evening. Shows you everything going on, internal bay shots, NASA control, info etc...
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Marc
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Thought this was going to be about the sit com! 
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Daimo B
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They've just turned the shuttle over. Was upside down, now facing head on to the earth.
Not constently watching it, listening for the comms and viewing when they talk.
Mega cool 
[Edited on 12-05-2009 by VXR]
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Ojc
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Until we have a trans warp drives and photon torpedos, space just isn't that interesting.
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Leighton
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You cannot dig in the trenches in space either !
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Daimo B
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quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
Until we have a trans warp drives and photon torpedos, space just isn't that interesting.
It is if you understand how complex space really is.
Lay off the star trek. 
They are just about to do some pre checks before the space walks. Currently looking at planet earth from Atlantis.
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Leighton
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Why is space complex?
Do you mean space travel is complex?
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Daimo B
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Not enough lifetime to explain.
But space is amazing, every movement you make has a negative effect. You have nothing to help move you. So on earth, you can pickup a cup on your desk no problem.
In space, its a different ball game. No gravety or air to air your muscles moving your arm. You want to lift something up, but wheres the forces aiding you? The astronaughts talk about "moving in your suit" where you try to move your arm, but your suit stays still as theres nothing moving it (your arm moves inside the suit).
Water is as close as we can get, but then thats still a force around you aiding your movement.
Then theres direction. No longer left right, up down, your talking 360 degrees at all times.
Its truley a scarey place, hence why only the most intelligent get to go up there 
Once you move in a direction, its impossible to stop moving unless you have something to stop you (like a space telescope).
Thats why when that chick was doing a space walk a year or so ack, and she dropped her toolkit, even though it was at arms length, moving about 10cm every 20 seconds, she could do nothing to get it back. If she stretched out to get it and lost her grip, nothing would have got her back, and she'd have followed the toolkit on its slow escape. Its on youtube I think.
They are testing something at the moment. 5 minutes time, shes' just taking a break.
I wish I could explain it better, but its very hard to explain it without visual aids.
Im a space geek, love it
[Edited on 12-05-2009 by VXR]
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Leighton
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So like i said Space is not complex the complex part is humans being in space.
I dont see why you are saying "360 degrees all the time" as surly you think in 360 all the time anyway or do you fall over alot 
Space is simple im more in to Quantum mechanics myself and String Theory
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Daimo B
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Yeah if you want to be pedantic... Humans in space.....
Why else would it be interesting if nothing was happening
I said 360 degree's once. And maybe you don't understand what i mean. You have far more variables to consider when moving in space opposed to moving on earth.
Space walk is due thursday.
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Daimo B
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Ooooooooooooo what they moving!!!! Robotic arm from the back of the shuttle.
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Ojc
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I hope while you are watching that an Alien bird of prey comes along and takes it down with a quick burst from it's phase plasma pulse cannons.
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John
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It's easier to move in space because of no gravity or friction, it would be much easier to pick up a cup without gravity acting on it, this is also what causes you to continue moving when started though.
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quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
I hope while you are watching that an Alien bird of prey comes along and takes it down with a quick burst from it's phase plasma pulse cannons.
Keep watching. 
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Daimo B
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Nothing to grab though, no ground to stable yourself on.
Imagine moving a concrete block around under-water, but without the forces of the water aiding your movement.
If astonaughts say its bloody hard work, well, gotta believe them
Ahh, voices, they are surveying the left wing still.... Upper leading edge.
Next few hours (just heard it).
Lunch
Inspection of right wing
Then start lowering of pressure from 14psi, down to 10.5psi in the cabin to start getting the crew doing the spacewalks ready.
So today will be quite boring from now on as it'll be lots of close ups. If you catch it right, you might get to see the arm swing over the shuttle to the other side.
Will keep this post updated for those who only want the fancy bits. There is no spock (OJC), nor no enterprise, this is real life....
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C2RL R
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i'll check this out later when i'm home. i assume they base their days on houston time? do they do a 24hr shift pattern so there is always something happening or do you have to catch it at the right time? i know nothing about this stuff.
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John
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If you are standing on a relatively stable platform in space, like on the shuttle or space station, it's easy to lift a concrete block.
If you were just floating about standing on nothing then moving the block would have an equal and opposite reaction against you and you would move away yes, they would never get anything done if they didn't have some sort of platform or suit that can hold them in a relative position.
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Daimo B
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Easy? Yeah if you bolted down...
Picking the block up is easy. Bending down to pickup the block is not.
Suit does not hold them in positon.
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Daimo B
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quote:
Originally posted by C2RL R
i'll check this out later when i'm home. i assume they base their days on houston time? do they do a 24hr shift pattern so there is always something happening or do you have to catch it at the right time? i know nothing about this stuff.
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/mission_schedule.html
Click on the pdf, it has mission days, and relevent Euro times listed 
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sand-eel
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what is the orbit speed? pretty damn fast anyway.
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John
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About 7.5 km/s or just under 17000 mph.
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C2RL R
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all i see is some sort of grey cloud. is it just me or is everyone seeing that?
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Ojc
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Independence Day IMO
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John
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They are currently laser scanning the nose to see if there is any damage, it looks a bit like a grey cloud.
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C2RL R
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is there no sound? like conversation between the shuttle crew and the control?
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