Pilotasso Posted June 17, 2006 Posted June 17, 2006 Despite warnings of engineers that the shutle is no longer safe to fly, the ship Discovery will take off July 1st, in an admirable show of determination to prevent going a step backwards before taking another ahead with the shuttles replacement still a long way into the future. Hats off to those gutsy explorers who are the modern counterparts of others who 500 years ago sailed in wooden eggshells across the world. Cheers! BTW, congrats for the game in the world cup, that was a real test of survival! :D .
hitman Posted June 17, 2006 Posted June 17, 2006 You mean they were safe to fly before??:music_whistling: :joystick::pilotfly::ufo:
Pilotasso Posted June 17, 2006 Author Posted June 17, 2006 But it was easier when ignorance was bliss! :D .
SuperKungFu Posted June 17, 2006 Posted June 17, 2006 well best of luck to them. What are the plans for the next space shuttle? The X-33 (or the final version called the VentureStar) was suppose to be the design but haven't heard anything for a while. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Civil_Genius Posted June 17, 2006 Posted June 17, 2006 Hey Pilotasso you miss spelled shutle,the correct spelling is shuttle :thumbup:
hitman Posted June 17, 2006 Posted June 17, 2006 His primary language isnt english, civil...we let stuff like that slide aroundddd dddd here...
Guest IguanaKing Posted June 17, 2006 Posted June 17, 2006 Well...the truth is...astronauts have always been aware that their profession was quite dangerous. Challenger, 1986? Yeah...that was a collossal f-up, and it could have been avoided. Columbia, 2003? It was tragic, but I'm not entirely certain the condition, even if it were known, could have been dealt with in a 100% success-rate environment. Oddly enough, the successor to the Shuttle is actually kind of a throw-back to the 60's...and over the years to come, astronauts will still lose their lives. Nothing is ever 100% safe, but mankind's record of manned space travel is actually quite good, considering all of the things in that realm that can easily end the life of a human being.
suntrace1 Posted June 17, 2006 Posted June 17, 2006 I don't quite understand what you meant by: ''Despite warnings of engineers that the shuttle is no longer safe to fly... It's a shame that there are so much less live video broadcasts to Earth from the Space Shuttle and ISS. When I was a kid, there where many live broadcasts - I can specifically remember the Hubble repair mission. I thought that in 20 years there would be live TV program that would transmit live picture from Space and I really can't see a reason why that didn't happen. Here's a link from one of NASA's broadcasts i've found - maybe this is the reason why :alien: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8225857844152236666
Guest IguanaKing Posted June 17, 2006 Posted June 17, 2006 Yup...I guess "UFOs" is the appropriate term, since they are unidentified flying objects. Are they alien spacecraft? Well...only if their arrival on camera is announced by an ominous chime. :megalol:
emenance Posted June 18, 2006 Posted June 18, 2006 There are about two big bands that these travel in http://science.nasa.gov/Realtime/jtrack/3d/JTrack3d.html going here you can see your going to see alot of things flying around the java applet here can be a pain I think there is a dl version of jtrack too , just click on any white dot and google the name for more info Asus P8Z68-V GEN3/ 2500k 4.4ghz / Corsair 64gb SSD Cache / Corsair 8g 1600 ddr3 / 2 x 320gb RE3 Raid 0 /Corsair 950w/ Zotac 560TI AMP 1gb / Zalman GS1200 case /G940/
upyr1 Posted June 18, 2006 Posted June 18, 2006 Hey Pilotasso you miss spelled shutle,the correct spelling is shuttle :thumbup: so what some folks got the poblem of not ebing able to type to well like me Typo....:smartass:
Guest IguanaKing Posted June 18, 2006 Posted June 18, 2006 I agree...only someone with no other comment or argument to add to a discussion would hammer someone for a typo...especially since this is an international forum in which the language of exchange HAPPENS to be English. Civil Genius...let's see how many Portuguese words you can spell correctly...Pilotasso can be the judge. :D How's that? Just kidding of course, but, damn dudes, lighten up on the spelling and grammar garbage. If you are too lame to understand what someone means, keep your friggin' mouth shut. If you have no point to make, other than to correct someone on his/her spelling or grammar...again...keep your friggin' mouth shut. Simple enough?
S77th-GOYA Posted June 18, 2006 Posted June 18, 2006 Hey Pilotasso you miss spelled shutle,the correct spelling is shuttle :thumbup: Hey Genius, it's "misspelled". Now lighten up, please.
Crusty Posted June 18, 2006 Posted June 18, 2006 I don't quite understand what you meant by: ''Despite warnings of engineers that the shuttle is no longer safe to fly... It's a shame that there are so much less live video broadcasts to Earth from the Space Shuttle and ISS. When I was a kid, there where many live broadcasts - I can specifically remember the Hubble repair mission. I thought that in 20 years there would be live TV program that would transmit live picture from Space and I really can't see a reason why that didn't happen. Here's a link from one of NASA's broadcasts i've found - maybe this is the reason why :alien: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8225857844152236666 well basicaly no-ones interested, the last decade of space has not been much more than maintenance of the space station and sattelite launches, not much headline grabbing stuff apart from mars landings, which are rather difficult to televise After the thrill of the moon flights, well, it has all got a bit same old..same old as far as the general public is concerned oo err...missus:animals_bunny: ** Anti-Pastie**
nscode Posted June 18, 2006 Posted June 18, 2006 Njaaah.... they can always rent Buran :D ;) As for that video.... loooooooooooool Never forget that World War III was not Cold for most of us.
suntrace1 Posted June 18, 2006 Posted June 18, 2006 or Burt Rutan :D G*d jdam ''General public'' - who cares, if they'd wanted their attention, they should stick that cat, that chased a bear up a tree, just for some great PR pzaz and do some funny tricks with her. Here's a great video of Space Shuttle launch http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3259056362184128916&q=sts+114
Force_Feedback Posted June 18, 2006 Posted June 18, 2006 or Burt Rutan :D G*d jdam ''General public'' - who cares, if they'd wanted their attention, they should stick that cat, that chased a bear up a tree, just for some great PR pzaz and do some funny tricks with her. I found it both funny as sad for the little cub. Chased by a puny cat... Gun-nuts that happen to be having a hunting tendency, please don't shoot the bears. (seriousely, go shoot some rabbit if you really have to kill something). Creedence Clearwater Revival:worthy:
hitman Posted June 18, 2006 Posted June 18, 2006 well basicaly no-ones interested, the last decade of space has not been much more than maintenance of the space station and sattelite launches, not much headline grabbing stuff apart from mars landings, which are rather difficult to televise After the thrill of the moon flights, well, it has all got a bit same old..same old as far as the general public is concerned No most of us are interested in disasters striking. More ppl were interested in watching the Columbia come down in a big fireball, and it got better ratings than Apollo 11. As for me, Ive been watching shuttle launches since '86, the 3rd launch we watched in class was when the Challenger blew up. Yes I am either that young or old, since I was in 4th grade when that happened. I still watch what little there is left when they happen. I do remember watching the Columbia taking off for the last time knowing that something bad was going to happen because if Ilyon Ramon being onboard (correct spelling por favor). 16 days later...I was right. My ESP Kung-Fu feng shue is strong. Hell...I WATCHED the thing disintegrate in Texas that morning!! I was about a mile away from where they recovered the intact mission patch.
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