Amazing
This fascinates me. In case you don't know, it's the Space Shuttle Discovery being transported back to Florida. (Photo from the NASA website.)
Here's a link to a high-res shot. Space exploration is largely too technical and scientific for me to really want to spend time trying to get my head around it. It does, however, keep my interest at 'curious observer' level.
The blasting off and getting into space bit? Pretty impressive.
The coming into the atmosphere and landing without power bit? Even more impressive.
But that picture above does it for me.
Here's a link to a high-res shot. Space exploration is largely too technical and scientific for me to really want to spend time trying to get my head around it. It does, however, keep my interest at 'curious observer' level.
The blasting off and getting into space bit? Pretty impressive.
The coming into the atmosphere and landing without power bit? Even more impressive.
But that picture above does it for me.
posted by E in Oz at 6:34 pm
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5 Comments:
That is pretty cool. We spent all day watching the landing in California- I can't believe the detail they go into on Sky News but you could see how the plane had to line up to get into the atmosphere amongst other things. It was amazing the way there looked like a big light on the front of the shuttle when it came into land but apparently the tiles were still so hot they were GLOWING. holy cow! and then they have a 747 to transport the thing! i would've loved to be on a plane watching that plane from a distance. how cool!
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The whole space exploration thing is pretty cool, until you think about the immense costs. For the cost of a single shuttle mission, we could probably build 1,000 shelters for the homeless, or 100,000 computers for kids whose schools are inadequately funded by "no tax" conservatives ... Maybe we get some benefit from space missions, but I think the whole thing is a boondoggle.
This was one image that always stuck in my mind from when the Space Shuttle programme forst started in the early 80s - the shot of the Shuttle on the back of the 747. I always thought "what if it slips off?"
Stuff like that is really awe inspiring. It kind of takes my breath away.
That's an awesome picture of it... Colby was at Altus last week when for a little while (refueling on the airplane maybe? not sure why) and he got some pictures of it. He's a huge space buff so it was pretty thrilling for him :)
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