11:26am- still looking like a go.
07-08-2011, 10:58 AM
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Yeah, sad indeed.
The feed from the link you posted plays much clearer than if I stream it directly off nasa's main page even though they both say NASA HD. Thanks for the link!
The feed from the link you posted plays much clearer than if I stream it directly off nasa's main page even though they both say NASA HD. Thanks for the link!
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07-08-2011, 11:05 AM
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Ha! Looks like we both had the same idea at the same moment.
Tim, I had trouble getting the direct NASA feed to play at all. Just amazed this one works, given how badly our connection at work sucks.
It's such a weird feeling. The shuttle program has existed for almost as long as I've been alive (and certainly as long as I can remember understanding what spaceflight was.)
I remember where I was when Challenger popped, and when Discovery finally went back up nearly three years later, and when Columbia came apart, and when Discovery was again the first bird back up to resume the program...
And now, after this, that'll just be it.
It took the US nearly 50 years, but we finally pulled it off. We lost the Space Race to the Russians. Nobody knew it was an Enduro, not a Sprint.
Tim, I had trouble getting the direct NASA feed to play at all. Just amazed this one works, given how badly our connection at work sucks.
It's such a weird feeling. The shuttle program has existed for almost as long as I've been alive (and certainly as long as I can remember understanding what spaceflight was.)
I remember where I was when Challenger popped, and when Discovery finally went back up nearly three years later, and when Columbia came apart, and when Discovery was again the first bird back up to resume the program...
And now, after this, that'll just be it.
It took the US nearly 50 years, but we finally pulled it off. We lost the Space Race to the Russians. Nobody knew it was an Enduro, not a Sprint.
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07-08-2011, 11:16 AM
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****, the feed is getting choppy!
mgeoffriau, I've had the video in the background so I'm not 100% sure what you're looking at, but remember that the whole main tank is one huge cryogenic bottle filled with supercooled LOX and H2, so it's normal for some gas to be bled off of it as things heat up.
mgeoffriau, I've had the video in the background so I'm not 100% sure what you're looking at, but remember that the whole main tank is one huge cryogenic bottle filled with supercooled LOX and H2, so it's normal for some gas to be bled off of it as things heat up.
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07-08-2011, 11:17 AM
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****, the feed is getting choppy!
mgeoffriau, I've had the video in the background so I'm not 100% sure what you're looking at, but remember that the whole main tank is one huge cryogenic bottle filled with supercooled LOX and H2, so it's normal for some gas to be bled off of it as things heat up.
mgeoffriau, I've had the video in the background so I'm not 100% sure what you're looking at, but remember that the whole main tank is one huge cryogenic bottle filled with supercooled LOX and H2, so it's normal for some gas to be bled off of it as things heat up.
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07-08-2011, 11:18 AM
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I'm watching the mobile stream. Seems a little smoother though obviously the quality isn't as good.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-mobile
EDIT:
They just showed a close up of the base of the shuttle....little white nozzles spraying what looks like a vapor. So is that bleeding off excess pressure?
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-mobile
EDIT:
They just showed a close up of the base of the shuttle....little white nozzles spraying what looks like a vapor. So is that bleeding off excess pressure?
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