Russ-Turner
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| posted on 4/7/06 at 05:59 PM |
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Want to see a shuttle launch?
Ten mins to go. http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/
I'm watching in Windows media player.
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DIY Si
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| posted on 4/7/06 at 06:05 PM |
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Cool. Wanted to watch one launch for years.....
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stevec
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| posted on 4/7/06 at 06:35 PM |
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Great stuff.
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Russ-Turner
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| posted on 4/7/06 at 06:45 PM |
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Now entering orbit around the 7000m.p.h. mark!
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Guinness
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| posted on 4/7/06 at 06:46 PM |
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half a tonne of fuel a second, that's what i call fuel consumption!!!!!
4 miles per second!?
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DIY Si
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| posted on 4/7/06 at 06:47 PM |
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Do you reckon they sell tickets?
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scoobyis2cool
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| posted on 4/7/06 at 06:55 PM |
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Fantastic! The astronauts must be incredibly fit - after about 10 minutes or so they "throttled down" to an acceleration of only 3g!
Pete
It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care...
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DIY Si
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| posted on 4/7/06 at 06:57 PM |
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Do you reckon swmbo would let me build one?!
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scoobyis2cool
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| posted on 4/7/06 at 06:59 PM |
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Maybe that could be Ron's next book - Build Your Own Space Shuttle For As Little As $2.5billion
Pete
It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care...
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Russ-Turner
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| posted on 4/7/06 at 07:02 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scoobyis2cool
Maybe that could be Ron's next book - Build Your Own Space Shuttle For As Little As $2.5billion
Pete
Best add another zero onto that one mate.
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DIY Si
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| posted on 4/7/06 at 07:03 PM |
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Imagine how big the safety bit would be at the front of that! Main problem would be I'd need a much bigger garage....
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scoobyis2cool
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| posted on 4/7/06 at 07:04 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Russ-Turner
quote:
Originally posted by scoobyis2cool
Maybe that could be Ron's next book - Build Your Own Space Shuttle For As Little As $2.5billion
Pete
Best add another zero onto that one mate.
Nah this is good old uncle Ron, I'm sure he could do it much cheaper - he'd probably make the fuel tanks out of washing up liquid bottles
for a start
Pete
It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care...
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DIY Si
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| posted on 4/7/06 at 07:05 PM |
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But would you need a blue peter badge, or would one come with the book?
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mandbsheldon
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| posted on 4/7/06 at 07:10 PM |
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Tricky emissions test me thinks. Wonder if you can borrow a cat from MK
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mandbsheldon
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| posted on 4/7/06 at 07:11 PM |
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Oh yes and is that flaky foam tile permanant enough for the SVA man?
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robertst
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| posted on 4/7/06 at 07:48 PM |
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SVA man would be more worried about the fuel tanks not being radiused correcty for the safety of the birds
imagine him using that hateful sphere in a space shuttle!
two years later:
"hmm, this door panel does not seem to 'ave been filed... i guess its a fail then... no visiting your space buddies at the ISS for you
old chap!"
Tom
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Simon
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| posted on 4/7/06 at 10:09 PM |
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A couple of years ago I saw the two booster rockets re enter the atmosphere (it had been mentioned in the paper they'd be visible) - was about
to give up watching for them, saw a bright light moving across sky, and two very very very short shooting stars
As for making your own - we should have had a team effort a couple of years ago to beat Burt Rutan's SpaceShip One for the X Prize
Watched the news and saw it - comment to wife:- "Look at all that pollution!"
ATB
Simon
[Edited on 4/7/06 by Simon]
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timbob
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| posted on 5/7/06 at 08:25 AM |
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The main motors use Hydrogen and Oxygen as fuel, so the 'smoke' you see from them is only steam - no pollution there!
(The Solid Rocket Boosters use something else though...)
edited fro splellnig!
[Edited on 5/7/06 by timbob]
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 5/7/06 at 08:34 AM |
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Bert Rutan's ship leave's "interesting" pollution - solid rubber burning in nitrous oxide...
...mmm - I bet that smells nice!
David
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