Nice NASA PIC...

[computeerrgghh]

Am I the only one that thought of Moonraker?

 

[cjgallen]

Are the planes having the sechs?

 

[EMPshockwave82]

Sized down pic (less quality but safe for 56k)


Seeing as i'm on 56k when i'm at home i feel like the 56k dad or something... trying to protect all the 56k'ers from terrible large pictures that have no reason to be as large as they are


Awesome pic

 

[virtueixi]

Imagine if that thing came lose!

 

[jonMEGA]

Pic is too grainy. Need to use a lower ISO

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: ironcrotch

Originally posted by: Mark R
Is it just me, or is anyone else concerned by the fact that the shuttle looks beaten to hell and back, as if they'd pulled it out of a scrap yard?

What do you expect it to look like? They strap that thing to big ass rockets and blast it off into space, and when it comes back down it's a big firey ball of plasma for a while too.

finally, someone who understands what shuttles go through! its not like driving your car, god*amnit!

 

[gsellis]

You should see it fly by. It is so big, that flying low, it looks like it will fall out of the sky.

(seen it many times flying along coast at Cocoa Beach before the certified runway for direct landings).

 

[tfinch2]

Man that shuttle looks rough

 

[DCFife]

Originally posted by: virtueixi
Imagine if that thing came lose!

You people are making me feel old! Don't any of you remember when they tested the shuttle back in the late '70's and this is how they did it? Put it on the back of the 747, ascend to 40,000 feet, release the shuttle and watch it float back down to Edwards AFB.

I better go take some more Geritol...

Oh yeah - that's a COOL pic!

 

[thirdlegstump]

Originally posted by: DCFife

Originally posted by: virtueixi
Imagine if that thing came lose!

You people are making me feel old! Don't any of you remember when they tested the shuttle back in the late '70's and this is how they did it? Put it on the back of the 747, ascend to 40,000 feet, release the shuttle and watch it float back down to Edwards AFB.

I better go take some more Geritol...

Oh yeah - that's a COOL pic!

Did the 747 do an inverted flight for that manuever?

 

[DCFife]

Originally posted by: deathkoba

Originally posted by: DCFife

Originally posted by: virtueixi
Imagine if that thing came lose!

You people are making me feel old! Don't any of you remember when they tested the shuttle back in the late '70's and this is how they did it? Put it on the back of the 747, ascend to 40,000 feet, release the shuttle and watch it float back down to Edwards AFB.

I better go take some more Geritol...

Oh yeah - that's a COOL pic!

Did the 747 do an inverted flight for that manuever?

LOL! That would be an interesting sight.

No, the 747 just goes into a gentle descent and releases the shuttle from its perch - the shuttle and the 747 are going the same speed and the shuttle basically glides straight ahead while 747 continues descending out of the way. There must be a video out there somewhere...

 

[KoolDrew]

Originally posted by: mcvickj
Very cool. :beer:

 

[Crucial]

http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/ALT/Small/index.html

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/NewsReleases/2002/02-47.html

 

[IamElectro]

Originally posted by: DCFife

Originally posted by: deathkoba

Originally posted by: DCFife

Originally posted by: virtueixi
Imagine if that thing came lose!

You people are making me feel old! Don't any of you remember when they tested the shuttle back in the late '70's and this is how they did it? Put it on the back of the 747, ascend to 40,000 feet, release the shuttle and watch it float back down to Edwards AFB.

I better go take some more Geritol...

Oh yeah - that's a COOL pic!

Remote control shuttle...I remeber seeing the films of those flights when I was a young kid.

Did the 747 do an inverted flight for that manuever?

LOL! That would be an interesting sight.

No, the 747 just goes into a gentle descent and releases the shuttle from its perch - the shuttle and the 747 are going the same speed and the shuttle basically glides straight ahead while 747 continues descending out of the way. There must be a video out there somewhere...

 

[Warthog912]

Originally posted by: rhino56
wow nice pic

 

[Bassyhead]

nice

edit: here's">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Atlantis_on_Shuttle_Carrier_Aircraft.jpg</a>a pic of atlantis being transported, there's a link for hi res if you want it

 

[intogamer]

killer pic....

why couldn't they just wait a few days and land it in FL?

 

[Bassyhead]

Originally posted by: intogamer
killer pic....

why couldn't they just wait a few days and land it in FL?

they had less than a day or so of life support left, they landed in CA because they didn't want to take chances

 

[MisfitsFiend]

How do they get the shuttle on the back? Crane?

 

[AkumaX]

Originally posted by: virtueixi
Imagine if that thing came lose!

that's why macgyver uses duct tape :thumbsup:

 

[thirdlegstump]

Originally posted by: MisfitsFiend
How do they get the shuttle on the back? Crane?

:roll: haven't you watched Top Gun?

They land that sucker on to the 747 in mid-air right after re-entry. I saw a video of it awhile ago.

 

[fbrdphreak]

that's hawt