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- ROdom, on 11/15/2008, -0/+26Yes, people still care about space. I was at Titusville, FL watching the shuttle liftoff. There were several thousand other people there watching with me.
It was a spectacular night time liftoff!! - ASSASSYN360, on 11/15/2008, -0/+14I wish I could go.
- rickyisawesome, on 11/15/2008, -0/+13dugg because NASA needs to regain the attention and funding that it deserves! HERE HERE HAR HAR!
- chrisvc86, on 11/15/2008, -0/+12Lit up the sky even from Orlando. Couldn't make it to the coast this time, traffic on 50 was ridiculous and would have never made it. Sucks too because this could quite possibly be the last night launch of the shuttle anyone ever sees. For people who never seen a launch, should definitely make it one of your things to do before you die. Seeing one go up from the launch pad gives you the chills.
- asgardshill, on 11/15/2008, -0/+10This is probably ghoulish of me, but I watched the launch on NASA TV right up until the point where the pilot says, "Go at throttle up", then turned it off. Because that was when the Challenger exploded, which I also watched. I'll watch the last hour or so of the mission too, up until they get comms back after coming out of the ionization. Same reason.
- WELLDOITLIVE, on 11/15/2008, -0/+9I would usually dig you up for Homer but..
OF COURSE we still care about space. Why would we not? We have probably learned less than 5% of what we would like about the universe. When we get close to 100% some day in a thousand years, it will all be reset to 0 again by some punk genius. - mannymix03, on 11/15/2008, -0/+7watched it from the roof of work, Was an amazing sight.
Even in South Florida it was amazing in the sky - jamaph, on 11/15/2008, -0/+6I also watched this brilliant shuttle launch into outer space from Orlando. I was with neighbors and friends on Lake Rollins, in Winter Park. It lit up the night sky.
That's American innovation ladies and gentleman, and excitingly this shuttle fleet will be retired to bring in better and more spectacular rockets that will take man to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Go NASA! - inactive, on 11/15/2008, -0/+5Yeah, because there will never be any circumstances where we might need to send people into space, and thus need to know the best ways to keep them alive up there. And also because all space experiments can be carried out by robots.
- Steyr47, on 11/15/2008, -0/+4I tried to take 50 to there but it was too backed up. Watched it from Oviedo 30 miles away. Absolutely amazing no matter where you are. The sky turned bright orange in half a second. Stunning!
- inactive, on 11/15/2008, -0/+4I saw it in Melbourne. Night launches rock, they're SO much more fun than day launches.
- asgardshill, on 11/15/2008, -1/+5Thanks for the correction.
- AmericanGunner, on 11/15/2008, -0/+3Roads? Where were going, we don't need any, roads.
- viggenguy, on 11/15/2008, -0/+3I was at my school's football game (in Orlando) when they launched this. They called a time out so that everyone could watch it, it was insanely cool!
- Coolmatt49, on 11/15/2008, -0/+3Same here :(
A man can dream though... - Bumbaclot, on 11/15/2008, -0/+3@Zervaman
Geez man... You need to go socialize or something, haha
But I guess you won? I see this as a pissing contest, sorry... - mattycoze, on 11/15/2008, -0/+2youtube vid link; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sotLpEaMnQU (one of many that'll be posted i guess)
- tgunner, on 11/15/2008, -0/+2Yup, I braved the traffic and almost got into a few accidents to make it to Indiatlantic's beach (~25mi south of the cape) at exactly 7:55pm. I slammed the brakes, swerved into a parking lot and jumped out in time to see the sky light up from the initial lighting. From then I just gazed at it climbing into the sky. It was beautiful with the full moon reflecting brightly over the ocean. Next time though, I *have* to see it up close!
- yillip, on 11/15/2008, -1/+3Umm, Columbia disintegrated. The solid rocket boosters on Challenger caused an explosion which caused the shuttle to break apart.
Columbia yes. Challenger no. - noahtron, on 11/15/2008, -0/+2patience, guys... it's coming ;)
- Lavarock, on 11/15/2008, -1/+3Irradiated turkey anyone?
- rexprime, on 11/15/2008, -0/+2i saw it from Palm Bay this time, it was pretty good. i miss watching it from Cocoa where the entire sky would light up.
- AmericanGunner, on 11/15/2008, -0/+2It's the future, where are my jetpacks?
- Zervaman, on 11/15/2008, -2/+4Yillip, you are 100% wrong. And your "explanation" is pathetic. You obviously don't really know what happened.
The reason for the challenger disaster is as follows:
Both the primary and secondary o-rings on the right solid rocket booster (SRB) failed, allowing hydrogen gas to escape and ignite. This flame caused the SRB to pivot to compensate for the unbalanced thrust. Eventually the right SRB pulled away from the aft strut. The aft dome of the liquid hydrogen tank failed, and produced a thrust which pushed the hydrogen tank into the liquid oxygen tank. The right SRB then rotated and struck the intertank structure, causing the external tank to fail. This caused Challenger to veer off course and then immediately disintegrate due to abnormal aerodynamic forces (resulting in a load factor of 20g)
It looks like a ***** explosion because right AFTER the disintegration, the hydrogen gas that remained ignited and exploded.
Try to prove me wrong, bitch. - DaviDTC, on 11/15/2008, -0/+1A couple friends and I have talked about going to see a shuttle launch before they retire them. The main problem is that the launches are never guaranteed until they actually launch. Some are delayed a day or two, which would be fine if we plan accordingly, but others are delayed a week or in some cases months. It would be hard to commit to something like that that has a good chance to be delayed beyond the time we are there.
- Coreyc150, on 11/21/2008, -1/+2The point is the Challenger disintegrated fast enough for the end result to be identical to an explosion. Because of the identical nature of both outcomes, your arguing over it (in such a hostile manner no less) only proves that you are a giant tool.
- inactive, on 11/15/2008, -1/+2The fuel we saw burning was solid rocket fuel, folks.
- inactive, on 11/16/2008, -0/+1True, but even if you were close those were just a tiny part of the show.
- Terasiel, on 11/15/2008, -0/+1I'll digg you for being constructive; but I don't think warp drives have anything to do with getting off a planet and past it's orbit.
- Coreyc150, on 11/17/2008, -1/+2@ZERVAMAN
sure the challenger disintegrated, but if something disintegrates that fast, then it IS an explosion. you're hostile explanation is like trying to say that TNT doesnt explode, it only burns.... yeah sure but it burns really damn fast. - cughin, on 11/16/2008, -1/+2racist much ?
- farfegnugen, on 11/15/2008, -0/+1Not all of it. Only the white boosters on the side of the fuel tank are solid. The shuttle has three Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne RS-24 liquid engines that the external tank provides the liquid hydrogen fuel and liquid oxygen oxidizer for.
- scilec, on 11/15/2008, -0/+1I used to always dream about going into space... Until I recently realized that it would also mean having to drink my own recycled pee. I just hope they don't have asparagus in any of their meals.
- Terasiel, on 11/15/2008, -0/+1That's a much, much more high tech thing than I'm talking about... but good question: where's the love for anti-grav technology?
- tdigfla, on 11/15/2008, -0/+1The launch was great because traveled up the coast. I live in Palm Coast and it was still burning bright past us and toward Jacksonville.
- MaXiMiUS, on 11/15/2008, -0/+1Come up with something better, then.
Warp Drive ain't going to invent itself, y'know. - technotimber, on 11/15/2008, -0/+1was there, too.
- Terasiel, on 11/15/2008, -0/+1I've got a meeting on Jupiter. Damn foreign robots!
- shijitsu, on 11/15/2008, -0/+1I watched from Cocoa, on a dock jutting into the Indian River. I wish I'd brought my camera -- having a photo of the fireball just to the left of the moon would have been amazing.
- bonius, on 11/15/2008, -0/+1Wheres my anti-grav space stations?
- jamaph, on 11/15/2008, -2/+2Yeah your right to correct him. When entering the earths atmosphere at 17,000 miles per hour and going through hellish drag that's creating immense amounts of heat, pressure, and energy that would incinerate a space shuttle without proper protection is "disintegrating"
Keep up the good corrections!
/s - Zervaman, on 11/15/2008, -1/+1The Challenger didn't explode, it disintegrated.
- thedinomeister, on 11/15/2008, -1/+1I find it funny that the story below this one is about a huge fire in california as the shuttle was described "Riding a brilliant ball of flaming liquid rocket fuel into the night sky".
Back to the future? - Zervaman, on 11/21/2008, -1/+1Your logic ***** sucks balls.
Ok, so you agree with me that challenger disintegrated, but then you say that because this is "identical to an explosion" it somehow doesn't matter. Um, I'm lost. Let me repeat, a "fast disintegration" is not an explosion. And I am arguing over it because I don't like it when idiots like you spread false information. It's not a ***** explosion. Read the presidential commission report on the challenger accident. I've read it, have you? I'd guess...no. - inactive, on 11/16/2008, -1/+1Worse, you'd have to drink from the same urinal used by the Russians and Japanese.
- Zervaman, on 11/21/2008, -1/+1Corey, look up the definition of "disintegration" and "explosion."
They are not the same, a fast disintegration is not an explosion. Don't pull this stuff out of your ass, ok? That's not what happens.
I am only following the NASA reports. Try doing your own research. - Coreyc150, on 11/21/2008, -2/+2go up to a chick in a bar and explain the difference between exploding and disintegrating in less than a second and see how long it takes for her to ask "why the ***** are you talking to me"
- inactive, on 11/15/2008, -0/+0"Riding a brilliant ball of flaming liquid rocket fuel into the night sky"
Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the shuttle's main boosters run off of solid rocket fuel? -
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