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I love the voice of the guy who does the NASA commentary for the launch. Sounds a bit like Kevin Spacey!
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Mandark, Kyle Herring was the launch commentator after SRB Ignition so I'll assume you meant him
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Mandark, Kyle Herring was the launch commentator after SRB Ignition so I'll assume you meant him
![]() ![]() Just googled him. Doesn't look like what I expected. I thought he'd look a bit like Kevin Spacey or Nicholas Cage! ![]() http://quest.nasa.gov/people/bios/space/herring.html |
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They think the Shuttle hit a bird, so they're chekcing for damage.
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Talking of things getting hit, take a look at this image From Cassini.. OUCH: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedi.../N00103724.jpg Quote:
N00103724.jpg was taken on March 11, 2008 and received on Earth March 11, 2008. The camera was pointing toward TETHYS at approximately 764,707 kilometers away, and the image was taken using the CL1 and CL2 filters.
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Talking of things getting hit, take a look at this image From Cassini.. OUCH:
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedi.../N00103724.jpg
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They think the Shuttle hit a bird, so they're chekcing for damage.
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From that article: Quote:
It is unclear if that is the same incident that Mission Control mentioned to crew members when it told them that "We have observed one piece of debris passing the right wing at 83 seconds — no impact was seen."
If ABC News want to tell me which birds they think can fly at about 100,000 feet I'd be very amused.
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According to this it was a T+10 seconds.
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If ABC News want to tell me which birds they think can fly at about 100,000 feet I'd be very amused.
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Space eagles!
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A few more interesting news stories from the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7292863.stm Quote:
A meteorite which ploughed into the Peruvian countryside last year should have broken up in the atmosphere long before reaching the ground.
And http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7291525.stm Quote:
Stunning high-definition movies of the Moon's surface have been sent back by a Japanese space probe.
Selene, or Kaguya, arrived at the Moon late last year and carries a large HDTV camera to shoot footage as it flies 100km above the lunar surface. |
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Space.com has got a light feature on how to get to Alpha Centauri to look for Earth type planets.
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FYI NASA TV is showing occasional flight deck video right now as they set up for rendezvous and docking today.
Docking is early this morning, so I might stay up for it. |
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Endeavour has now docked with the ISS.
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Those movies from the Japan Space probe are wonderful.
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Those movies from the Japan Space probe are wonderful.
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Great eh. The earthrise one almost looks like CGI.
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Yeah, cloud cover was crap.
Night time launches are fast losing their appeal on me. You see a lot at first, and then it's just a point of light
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Wow. Nice picture of the shuttle. Shuttle launch at night.
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ive never seen a rocket that close in a picture before. cool
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Wow. Nice picture of the shuttle. Shuttle launch at night.
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