MORE SPACE PORN!

[Paratus]

NOT 56K FRIENDLY


Well it's been a busy two weeks remodeling the office. See if you can tell the difference:

Before

After

Here's the shuttle arriving with the S3/S4 Truss segment

Link

The new truss segment had 2 new 120ft solar arrays (240ft tip to tip) compressed down to about 6 inches. Plus all the associated equipment to run and point the new arrays. And since I was the ISS power guy for this flight I've been putting in 12hours days the last two weeks.

Shot of the new arrays deployed

Just Hangin Around

Just for you Canadians eh!


CGI we don't need no stinkin CGI! - Lucas eat your heart out!

Come on kid we're not out of this yet!



Hope you liked 'em

 

[meltdown75]

w00t! the Canada arm!!

Those are amazing pics, thanks!! :beer:

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Paratus
NOT 56K FRIENDLY


Well it's been a busy two weeks remodeling the office. See if you can tell the difference:

Before

After

Here's the shuttle arriving with the S3/S4 Truss segment

Link

The new truss segment had 2 new 120ft solar arrays (240ft tip to tip) compressed down to about 6 inches. Plus all the associated equipment to run and point the new arrays. And since I was the ISS power guy for this flight I've been putting in 12hours days the last two weeks.

Shot of the new arrays deployed

Just Hangin Around

Just for you Canadians eh!


CGI we don't need no stinkin CGI! - Lucas eat your heart out!

Come on kid we're not out of this yet!



Hope you liked 'em

wait what? are you serious?

 

[BMdoobieW]

very cool. congrats.

 

[BabaBooey]

Nice got me some new wallpapers ....

 

[AnitaPeterson]

cool

 

[Tiamat]

nice!!

 

[calvinbiss]

OP- do you work for NASA or a contractor?

I interviewed with USA for an EECOM mission controller, but passed it up, maybe I shouldn't have!

Nice pics

 

[TangoJuliet]

AWESOME!!

 

[WingZero94]

Kewl

 

[Paratus]

Originally posted by: pontifex
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: Paratus
NOT 56K FRIENDLY


Well it's been a busy two weeks remodeling the office. See if you can tell the difference:

Before

After

Here's the shuttle arriving with the S3/S4 Truss segment

Link

The new truss segment had 2 new 120ft solar arrays (240ft tip to tip) compressed down to about 6 inches. Plus all the associated equipment to run and point the new arrays. And since I was the ISS power guy for this flight I've been putting in 12hours days the last two weeks.

Shot of the new arrays deployed

Just Hangin Around

Just for you Canadians eh!


CGI we don't need no stinkin CGI! - Lucas eat your heart out!

Come on kid we're not out of this yet!



Hope you liked 'em</end quote></div>

wait what? are you serious?

Yup but I work in Mission Control not on board the ISS.

 

[Paratus]

Originally posted by: calvinbiss
OP- do you work for NASA or a contractor?

I interviewed with USA for an EECOM mission controller, but passed it up, maybe I shouldn't have!

Nice pics

USA

my wife's a civil servant however.

 

[KillerCharlie]

That's pretty cool... Shuttle control or ISS control? From what I recall in the job interview I had there they were separate. I do have a friend working (or about to be working in) the shuttle control room.

 

[Paratus]

Originally posted by: KillerCharlie
That's pretty cool... Shuttle control or ISS control? From what I recall in the job interview I had there they were separate. I do have a friend working (or about to be working in) the shuttle control room.

ISS - Electrical Power Systems.

 

[Darkstar757]

Awsome great pics! Makes you wonder were we will be in 100 years!

 

[destrekor]

nice pics. I loved 'em all, if only some day I could go up there.

 

[Fenixgoon]

NASA ftw!!

 

[sao123]

I'd like to visit there some day...


Why does the whole space station look like its made out of cloth?

 

[bonkers325]

Originally posted by: Paratus
CGI we don't need no stinkin CGI! - Lucas eat your heart out!

Come on kid we're not out of this yet!

wheres the moon / space station?

 

[KDOG]

Those are absolutely AWESOME shots. THank you so much! Desktop backgrounds ftw!

 

[Paratus]

Originally posted by: sao123
I'd like to visit there some day...


Why does the whole space station look like its made out of cloth?

Those are thermal blankets to keep the equipment behind them at the appropriate temperatures

 

[lchyi]

Wow, what a camera...

 

[DrPizza]

Nice pics!

 

[paulney]

Paratus,

do you have any insider info on what happened with the Russian computers when the new solar panels got hooked up?

 

[DasFox]

Wait, because you work at Mission Control, these are special inside NASA pictures, no where else to be found, or can these be found online anywhere, or at Nasa's site?

THANKS

P.S. My bad, thought maybe you were sharing some SPECIAL inside only pics.

http://www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/