One of the coolest things I’ve seen in a long time. Wow! Check out the stuff that had to be built just to move it around and launch it!
http://gizmodo.com/5544749/stellar-dslr-time-lapse-of-a-space-shuttle-launch
Yep, very cool. I wonder why they had to hoist that thing so freakin’ high to mate with the fuel tank and SRBs, instead of just wheeling it over there? I’m sure there’s a technical reason, but it seemed rather extreme.
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That was awesome, but the end could have been better.
The complexity of the stuff around the shuttle is amazing. That stuff will all be useless as is I imagine now that the program is being retired.
looking at that technology - it’s been around so long is looks rather old fashioned and crude.
Thanks for posting that, i was out there last week and watched the launce. It was awesome.
very cool, thanks for sharing.
Awesome.
I haven’t been posting much but I thought of all the science guys on here immediately when I saw it.
I so love/hate the shuttle. That was amazing.
One of the coolest things I’ve seen in a long time. Wow! Check out the stuff that had to be built just to move it around and launch it!
http://gizmodo.com/...space-shuttle-launch
I’ve chatted with one of the photographers on another website. It’s awesome, but apparently gizmodo has all the facts screwed up.
Still–an amazing video. Anti-anxiety and beta blockers were the word for setting up the cameras on the top of the crane. Pucker moment for sure.
Most of the infrastructure the Shuttle uses was originally built in the 60’s for Apollo. The tower, the crawler and the vehicle assembly building.
That is the reason they have to lift the Shuttle so high before they mate it with the external tank. They are moving around in a building that was designed to handle Apollo and not some winged vehicle.