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[empanada]

it was a sony I believe... seems like nasa trusts sony quality hehe

Yeah, the cam was awesome but its not a sony. Its Ecliptic's customized RocketCam. That sucker costs $100,000 each!!! http://www.eclipticenterprises.com/

 

[ManaByte]

What happened there?
A grey? But seriously, what happened?

...debris fell off during launch

 

[Drexon]

Heh, I heard (from crackpots) that UFOs was seen from one angle, immediately followed by a cut of all videos, followed by excuses. Just thought I'd let you know, and I didn't even watch this, too boring.

 

[Phoenix]

The debris supposedly didn't hit Discovery, but instead possibly fell from it. More will be known by Sunday once all of the tapes are analyzed. Nevertheless, Discovery is supposed to be doing some tests of repair techniques on this go round so at least they have some materials to attempt repair if something is wrong.

EDIT: Wrong shuttle mission

 

[Anthropic]

You mean Discovery.

 

[ckohler]

A SUPER HUGE photo of the launch

Another SUPER HUGE photo of the launch

 

[ManaByte]

The last one is 1600x1200

 

[DarienA]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/07/26/space.shuttle/index.html

"Video also showed the fuel tank's nose cone hitting a bird about 2.5 seconds after liftoff, apparently without damage, he said."

lol can that be seen on any of the launch videos hosted on the web?

 

[Aruarian Reflection]

Without damage... to the bird?

 

[Phoenix]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/07/26/space.shuttle/index.html

"Video also showed the fuel tank's nose cone hitting a bird about 2.5 seconds after liftoff, apparently without damage, he said."

lol can that be seen on any of the launch videos hosted on the web?

Heh, any bird remotely close to the shuttle at launch will be dead soon after.

 

[zalemander]

lol can that be seen on any of the launch videos hosted on the web?

 

[Deku]

Will the UN be investigating whether the bird's animal rights was violated by NASA?

 

[ManaByte]

Will the UN be investigating whether the bird's animal rights was violated by NASA?

PETA's going to torch somebody!

 

[DarienA]

:lol awesome

 

[reggieandTFE]

Barney Frank needs to STFU. Stupid Harvey Feinstein-sounding bastard. When will people wake up and realize that space technologies trickle down, from mattresses to airplanes.

NASA has created some great technology, but like most public works projects the public funding has been hi-jacked and gone mostly towards private profit. It's the same with the pharmaceutical subisidies; we (the taxpayers) cover the costs of uncertainty until there's revenue to be made and then don't see a dime of it.

 

[Tritroid]

Discovery should dock with the International space station tomorrow.

 

[Ruzbeh]

Discovery should dock with the International space station tomorrow.

Holy shit, risk assessment?

What's the risk of catastrophic failure when they dock?

 

[Aruarian Reflection]

Breaking news at CNN.com says that the space shuttle program has been grounded while they investigate that debris issue.