Hubble Servicing Mission #4 |
Hubble Servicing Mission #4 |
 Jun 13 2008, 06:47 AM
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 The Poet Dude  Group: Moderator Posts: 5546 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60  |
You HAVE to go look at this new video... the hairs on your neck will literally stand up.
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Jun 26 2008, 03:16 PM
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 Member Group: Members Posts: 752 Joined: 23-October 04 From: Greensboro, NC USA Member No.: 103 |
Well said! You don't have a feel for what a truly massive vehicle the Shuttle is until you see one up close - such as Enterprise, at the Udvar-Hazy Center of the National Air & Space Museum. That sucker is BIIIIIIIG! There's a great side-by-side comparison of Shuttle and Soyuz
 Well said! You don't have a feel for what a truly massive vehicle the Shuttle is until you see one up close - such as Enterprise, at the Udvar-Hazy Center of the National Air & Space Museum. That sucker is BIIIIIIIG! There's a great side-by-side comparison of Shuttle and Soyuz here. -------------------- Jonathan Ward
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Jun 26 2008, 03:57 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1008 Joined: 29-November 05 From: Seattle, WA, USA Member No.: 590 |
QUOTE (ilbasso @ Jun 26 2008, 07:16 AM)  Well said! You don't have a feel for what a truly massive vehicle the Shuttle is until you see one up close - such as Enterprise, at the Udvar-Hazy Center of the National Air & Space Museum. That sucker is BIIIIIIIG! There's a great side-by-side comparison of Shuttle and Soyuz Yet, as THIS image shows, those of us who grew up watching Saturn launches found the Shuttle rather disappointing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Saturn_..._comparison.jpg And, somehow, irrationally, really, really want to see the Ares V fly. :-) --Greg |
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Stu Hubble Servicing Mission #4 Jun 13 2008, 06:47 AM
ilbasso QUOTE (Stu @ Jun 13 2008, 01:47 AM) You H... Jun 13 2008, 02:15 PM ElkGroveDan Wow! Thanks for that Stu. Jun 13 2008, 02:53 PM jmjawors How strange. Doesn't work for me either. ... Jun 13 2008, 03:18 PM
ugordan Interesting. At work, I could access the page hold... Jun 13 2008, 03:36 PM ilbasso Found it! Of course, it was on YouTube here. ... Jun 24 2008, 12:51 AM brellis That music was cool, too. Jun 24 2008, 02:48 AM David Thanks! That was fun to watch. I suspect tha... Jun 26 2008, 02:50 AM lyford QUOTE (ilbasso @ Jun 26 2008, 08:16 AM) T... Jun 26 2008, 04:09 PM ilbasso Conjures up visions of the capsule-eating rocket i... Jun 26 2008, 04:21 PM dvandorn Well.. at one point, someone did conclude that, wi... Jun 26 2008, 04:26 PM ilbasso I think something like that is on the potential Sh... Jun 26 2008, 05:53 PM jmjawors There's talk of installing at least one PDGF o... Jun 26 2008, 06:46 PM PhilCo126 Saving Hubble ... some enthusiast believe NASA mig... Jul 13 2008, 12:29 PM dvandorn The original plan was to bring Hubble back, actual... Jul 13 2008, 04:44 PM jmjawors I *believe* the docking adapter is being removed f... Jul 13 2008, 07:29 PM hendric How about just the mirror? I know, I know, there... Jul 14 2008, 06:13 AM jmjawors I doubt any part of Hubble will survive re-entry. ... Jul 14 2008, 06:33 AM hendric QUOTE (jmjawors @ Jul 14 2008, 12:33 AM) ... Jul 14 2008, 07:34 AM djellison The mirror will survive, but that's about it.
... Jul 14 2008, 07:22 AM jmjawors Wow, I'm surprised to learn that. That's ... Jul 14 2008, 02:55 PM PhilCo126 Can't wait to see the mission getting started:... Aug 6 2008, 03:52 PM PhilCo126 Here’s a superb artist’ impression of the HST:
htt... Aug 7 2008, 08:04 PM PhilCo126 Just read some interesting statistics on micro-met... Aug 23 2008, 10:07 AM |
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