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Just caught this in time
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Russ
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also, why they doing all these test now, they are going to space and they should have done this months ago
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Nath
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quote: Originally posted by Robbo
quote: Originally posted by Nath
quote: Originally posted by Robbo
I thought the last planned (at the timne, ever) shuttle laucnh was a few months back
For that particular craft.
ah. makes sense. i did think it was weird they were shelving space launch so they re-use the same equipment going into space do they?
They retired Discovery (I think).
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Russ
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also i'd be tempted to go on 4 seconds just to piss people off
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Russ
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2,250,000 lbs of fuel gone already
11k lbs of fuel a second now
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adiohead
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they're upside down
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Nath
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4,000 mph
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Russ
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quote: Originally posted by adiohead
they're upside down
mad how they can get it to upside down, they'll have a man on the moon next
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Dom
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quote: Originally posted by Russ
radio sounds really crackly, do they not have mobile phones in space ships
Yeah, they use iPhone 4 for comms. At least they can play Angry Birds....
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Russ
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can no longer return to the space centre?
shit, forgot my sandwiches we have to go back
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quote: Originally posted by Dom
quote: Originally posted by Russ
radio sounds really crackly, do they not have mobile phones in space ships
Yeah, they use iPhone 4 for comms. At least they can play Angry Birds....
no wonder NASA cost so much, angry birds is free on android
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Incredible
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adiohead
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quote: Originally posted by Russ
quote: Originally posted by adiohead
they're upside down
mad how they can get it to upside down, they'll have a man on the moon next
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Gary
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Massivly jealous of these guys! Coolest job ever!
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Robbo
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what happens to the big orange bit, do they jettison that in space? and if so,a re there hundreds of the buggers just flaoting about in orbit?
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Russ
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quote: Originally posted by Robbo
what happens to the big orange bit, do they jettison that in space? and if so,a re there hundreds of the buggers just flaoting about in orbit?
yes
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I think so Robbo, there's a hell of a lot of space debris out there in orbit!
Fortunately there's a fair bit of er.... space in space
[Edited on 16-05-2011 by Cavey]
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Gary
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Bit boring now tbh
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Robbo
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ker-azy!
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quote: Originally posted by Robbo
what happens to the big orange bit, do they jettison that in space? and if so,a re there hundreds of the buggers just flaoting about in orbit?
that bit returns to earth with most of it burning up in the atmosphere. The rest falls into the ocean
http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/system/system_ET.html
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Hammer
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The solid rocket boosters are recovered and reused, there's some cool videos of that on youtube.
The large propellant tank is designed to burn up in the atmosphere.
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Gary
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Need some onboard camera action now. Or some external shuttle cams
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Ingham
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That was pretty cool but a little boring! It's quite the norm now I guess
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Cavey
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one of the comments at the side
'America Villalon - "they just dumped Osama's body out there"'
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Dom
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quote: Originally posted by Robbo
what happens to the big orange bit, do they jettison that in space? and if so,a re there hundreds of the buggers just flaoting about in orbit?
No, the External Tank re-enters the atmosphere, breaks up and gets dumped into the sea (usually Indian Ocean). Unlike the Solid Rocket Boosters, they aren't reused.
Edit - too slow
Edit 2 - Wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_external_tank
[Edited on 16-05-2011 by Dom]
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