Amazing Video! POV shuttle booster rocket free fall from space to the ocean watch!
youtube.com — This is a cool video of a solid rocket booster separating from the Space Shuttle Atlantis. It is filmed with a camera mounted on the booster itself, so you can follow the hypnotic free-fall from from space to the ocean.
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- WavyLayz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17That was soooo cool. I almost felt dizzy a couple times.
- roosterjm2k2, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I'm with you...that was kind of dizzying, and the sound was hypnotic...
- Xageroth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5This is one of the coolest things I have ever seen!!
I was not expecting that. Why does the video seem to cut out tho just before the chutes open? :( - eggo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8Can someone explain why there is sound in space?
- NSMike, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19The SRBs never actually leave the atmosphere. Otherwise, they would burn up. That's why there's sound. Add to that the fact that the camera is physically attached to something vibrating, so the mic is going to pick up that too. You can only not transmit sound across the void of space. If the mic is attached, and the vibrations are strong enough, it will still pick up the sound.
- dj_sea2005, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5i can totally see my house from here.
- zcreem, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Can someone explain why there is sound in space?
Because the sound waves are carried through the metal of the booster, and the mic is set into the booster.
Sound just needs a conduit to carry, air or a solid like metal.
- bashar129, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13At 2:36 you can still see the smoke from the take off. This is an amazing video, wow.
- psygnisfive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3That's not smoke from the take off, thats smoke/steam from the other SRB.
- d2htornado, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The SRBs don't make steam. The main engines do. They're fueled by hydrogen and oxygen from the external tank.
- scutter, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2He's right. It's the vapor trail from the other SRB.
- bashar129, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8No, at 2:30 you can see the other SRB still free falling...the smoke I am referring to comes from the ground at a coastline.
- 0crabby0, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Initial vapor(water) is from the Space Shuttle Main Engines(SSME's) and the later smoke you see is residuals from the aluminum oxide in the solid rocket boosters.
The Solid Rockets Boosters(SRB's) don't burn evenly either - they make lots of popping noises when they're burning(like firecrackers). The microphones for some reason never pick that up :( - aboutblank, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I was wondering what this was! It isn't the other SRB. Could it really be smoke from takeoff?
- lorenhatt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20It's amazing how they calculate these things to fall into the ocean.
Imagine one falling into your backyard.- ianmurrays, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Luckily, they have parachutes xD
- whisk3rs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2When I saw the chutes pop open I was all "Damn it, that means I don't get to see the booster obliterate a small island in the South Pacific"
- eolhc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2wonder do they make sure there are no boats in the area
- NumberTwo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Yeah, it's a unique perspective to say the least! It would be cool to see a complete launch filmed with a camera mounted right on the shuttle.
- kablammo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Hopefully we're gonna start seeing more and more videos like this.
This short vid from the same flight is great as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX3vAFJ5p40&mode=related&search=- BigW, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Just subscribe to the NASA podcast and you will.
- nonesupplied, on 10/12/2007, -0/+36That cameraman has a lot of balls to do that.
I'm kidding, of course. - jonesy2006, on 10/12/2007, -61/+0This is almost hypnotic. They do calculate pretty extensively to make sure that the trajectory is right and adjusted wrt to the weather conditions. This video is definitely worth bookmarking at http://www.vidli.com
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- Satanael, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3I don't know why, but this reminded me of Evangelion...
If uh... Anyone's seen that.
*cough* - mgdistrict, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The deep groaning sound is my favorite part. Very cool video.
- Arkonnan, on 10/12/2007, -2/+25What, no annoying techno background music?
- nunquam, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I feel car sick.
- m3mn0n, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2same here
I'm literally about to puke right now
Why can't people warn us about ..........*BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH*
...uh... that
- m3mn0n, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2same here
- LaserCobra, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7That really was incredible! I hate to think I might have missed this one.
It was really interesting how they stayed almost perfectly parallel to each other in their rotations and how the noise level increased as they fell further into the atmosphere.
Simply awesome!- rnelsonee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yeah, I thought that was cool as well. With so little air up there there's almost no resistance with the air, so there's little reason for them to move around a lot.
- central183, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5That was really awesome, however, I just ate my breakfast and I honestly think I'm going to puke all over my keyboard.
- Zuhaib, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Very cool video. One that that shocked me, was the 2nd SRB landing so close to the one taking the video, when you see early in the video it seems the 2nd SRB is far away. I wonder if if there is a high res version of the video.
- BillDoE, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13What freaked me out was that the outer atmosphere, and the earth, appeared to shape shift or invert back and forth into round and flat shapes every time the camera spun around. Cool video.
- da_bradler, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2can you imagine falling from that distance if you were in a spin that think must have taken the better part of an hour to fall into the ocean, that'd be a long time to think about whatever mistake got you into that situation
- whisk3rs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I noticed that too, but that's due to barrel distortion of the camera lens. Makes the horizon look curved.
- sTiVo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Here is another unique perspective, viewing the astronauts inside the cabin during launch. Actual launch begins 3 minutes in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsTKxnzggkg- NumberTwo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Thanks. That was pretty cool! A lot less activity going on in the cockpit than I would've thought.
- zcreem, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Awesome, and this time the word fits.
- LEDDY, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1amazing!
- DenTPuzz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2That was really good. Thanks for posting.
- god4twenty, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2That was one of the coolest vids ever. Was something cut out right before the parachutes deployed?
- jim1977, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7well, for a start they're not parachutes--they're sky jellyfish that bob above the oceans looking for space debris to eat, then when they're full they like to float about and wait to eat passing ships.
this is totally true. - NumberTwo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7It looks like it doesn't it? I watched this part a couple times, and I'm pretty sure a small chunk of video was edited out. Not sure why they'd do this?? That's probably when the UFO flew by to take a look...
- jim1977, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7well, for a start they're not parachutes--they're sky jellyfish that bob above the oceans looking for space debris to eat, then when they're full they like to float about and wait to eat passing ships.
- Spooky, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1All I can think of is...."I can see my house from here"
Awesome video! - jim1977, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5i'm sure i've posted dayvan cowboy before, but here it is again:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xN3t1fSbnc
basically a guy--joseph kittinger--falls to earth from 100'000 feet at nearly the speed of sound before opening his parachute at 18'000 feet. the video then cuts to bigwave surfer laird hamilton. it's pretty cool in an ambient way - zeeneo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5sounds like a new aphex twin song... scary sounds - wicked video
- TheOneGreatX, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2sounds like a pink floyd song.
- lifewithout, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The audio is as good as the video. To answer the question, "Why is there sound in space?", sound needs a medium and the booster itself is the medium, not space. The sounds you hear are internal, until it hits the atmosphere.
- glucoseboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Wow, a five minute ride from the edge of space. Kudos to the engineer who decided that it would be a good idea to have a camera WITH SOUND on the SRB. The sound is what totally makes this video fascinating.
- Inverno, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3This one video, by itself, completely justifies the internet. Thanks for the find.
- m3mn0n, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5porn completely justifies the internet, this video is merely an added side bonus
- saladtossser, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5hey all you moon landing conspiracy theorists, did you see any ****in stars?
- directedition, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Why would you see stars in a faked shuttle launching?
- deadmann, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I was thinking the same thing.
- tdskate, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1What's amazing about this is the fact that it only takes 5 minutes to send an object from outer space onto the surface of Planet Earth!
Respect for that.- ohnnyj, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Part of the video was cut, however, so it is actually longer than 5 minutes.
- Jay730, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2One of the best videos i've ever seen on digg
- lopla, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4totally faked, this was obviously filmed at a hangar in area51.
- plasticated, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Anyone know where I might pickup a higher resolution copy of that video? It was amazing, but I feel youtube compression didn't do it justice.
- FreakingHound, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0fake
- chuckayoub, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Check out this shuttle night launch:
http://www.maniacworld.com/space-shuttle-night-launch.htm
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