Yeah, but if you look closely at the flickr album you found, it doesn't have any high res versions. It also shows that the guy who runs that album is not the actual photographer.
Initially, yes, it does go straight up. But anytime you're launching something into orbit, the main thing you need to do is give it lots of "horizontal" speed parallel to the ground, so if there weren't inconvenient things like people and buildings, etc. on the ground, the most efficient way to go would be to point the launch pad horizontally, not vertically. So, to answer your question, the arc in the picture isn't directly caused by the earth's rotation or gravity, but because of the combined roll-pitch maneuver to point it horizontally - within 20 seconds of liftoff, it will have reached a pitch angle of almost 80 degrees.Here's a pretty good description of the entire launch process: <a class="user" href="http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/sts_ascent.htm">http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/sts_ascent.htm</a>
Where is the High Def picture of this stunning photo? I want a new desktop wallpaper! 1600*1200 please....!Grats to the first Swedish man in space btw... ^^
randysouthDec 10, 2006
I said lunch, not launch!!!<a class="user" href="http://www.bobdenver.com/Bob_s_Other_Series/Far_Out_Space_Nuts/SpaceNuts.jpg">http://www.bobdenver.com/Bob_s_Other_Series/Far_Out_Space_Nuts/SpaceNuts.jpg</a>
xbdvxDec 10, 2006
Yeah, but if you look closely at the flickr album you found, it doesn't have any high res versions. It also shows that the guy who runs that album is not the actual photographer.
psyphenDec 10, 2006
It must have been delicious.
luckyabaDec 10, 2006
One of those times you just KNOW you were in the right place at the right time huh
digginestdogDec 10, 2006
Initially, yes, it does go straight up. But anytime you're launching something into orbit, the main thing you need to do is give it lots of "horizontal" speed parallel to the ground, so if there weren't inconvenient things like people and buildings, etc. on the ground, the most efficient way to go would be to point the launch pad horizontally, not vertically. So, to answer your question, the arc in the picture isn't directly caused by the earth's rotation or gravity, but because of the combined roll-pitch maneuver to point it horizontally - within 20 seconds of liftoff, it will have reached a pitch angle of almost 80 degrees.Here's a pretty good description of the entire launch process: <a class="user" href="http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/sts_ascent.htm">http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/sts_ascent.htm</a>
niikeDec 11, 2006
Where is the High Def picture of this stunning photo? I want a new desktop wallpaper! 1600*1200 please....!Grats to the first Swedish man in space btw... ^^
crawf061Dec 11, 2006
it would have been better if you had changed the picture at that location to a picture of their lunch after it hit the front page.
issac3500Dec 16, 2006
hhhahhahah i was expecting to see a ham sandwich in a tube with a side of freeze dried apples.
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