The last Space Shuttle launch

AC · 09-07-2011, 01:13 AM

Anyone watching this tonight... Now?

Live coverage on ABC Ch24 News Channel

The end of an era...

V3RSAC3 · 09-07-2011, 01:17 AM

Dad's watching it down stairs, thanks I just put it on record!

AC · 09-07-2011, 01:21 AM

5minutes..

XRGhia · 09-07-2011, 01:22 AM

I am watching it now....

Ah well, end of a good era... let's just hope everything goes successfully...

XRGhia · 09-07-2011, 01:23 AM

4 Mins

XRGhia · 09-07-2011, 01:26 AM

1 minute until final launch.....

XRGhia · 09-07-2011, 01:29 AM

10 seconds....

XRGhia · 09-07-2011, 01:37 AM

I've gotten a video of it from T-31seconds until just now... I'll upload later

AC · 09-07-2011, 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by xrghiawagon

I've gotten a video of it from T-31seconds until just now... I'll upload later

Resurrection · 10-07-2011, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by xrghiawagon

I've gotten a video of it from T-31seconds until just now... I'll upload later

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8rYotiiFP8

V3RSAC3 · 09-07-2011, 01:47 AM

Deffinatly worth getting out of bed for!

AC · 09-07-2011, 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by V3RSAC3

Deffinatly worth getting out of bed for!

What'd they say? 500,000lbs of thrust at 70% power...
That's just not concieveable

HULK EF · 09-07-2011, 03:28 AM

wonders until how long will resumption be? 5 years? 10/20/40 /50/75/100 years?

ken1939 · 09-07-2011, 05:46 AM

I am sad to say it may be close to never. We have to many short sighted chuckle heads in our country that don't get it.

Instead of "landing man on an asteriod" we should be back on the moon and getting to work.

One mans humble opinion.

To those who flew and those we lost.........

FGII-XR6 · 09-07-2011, 10:04 AM

Last flight should have been one way, fill it with politicians and lawyers and just keep all engines burning till they run out

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Only down side I see is if ET finds them and think everyone from earth is like this they may think it best to destroy earth

LXL15 · 09-07-2011, 10:35 AM

I read that they're selling the shuttles for $21 million each (or hoping to), but you can get the main engines for free as long as you paid for packaging and postage.

So I emailed DHL and they said it would cost nearly $17,000 to send it to Melbourne, assuming they're in Florida which is probably inaccurate anyway. And that doesn't include packaging costs. But it's still less than I was expecting. Now that's an engine I'd love to see in a Ford. The huge fuel tank might make it a bit unweidly though...

AC · 09-07-2011, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by LXL15

I read that they're selling the shuttles for $21 million each (or hoping to), but you can get the main engines for free as long as you paid for packaging and postage.

So I emailed DHL and they said it would cost nearly $17,000 to send it to Melbourne, assuming they're in Florida which is probably inaccurate anyway. And that doesn't include packaging costs. But it's still less than I was expecting. Now that's an engine I'd love to see in a Ford. The huge fuel tank might make it a bit unweidly though...

http://www.npr.org/2011/04/12/135343...s-for-shuttles

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Four lucky museums are celebrating Tuesday's announcement that they will receive a space shuttle after NASA ends its 30-year-old shuttle program. Nearly two dozen museums had hoped to get one of the famous spaceships.

NASA chief Charles Bolden, a former space shuttle commander himself, made the announcement at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, whose visitor center will be home to space shuttle Atlantis.

"I'm proud to announce where these national treasures will be displayed and enjoyed by millions of Americans once the shuttle program concludes," he said.

As he started to say that Atlantis would make its final home right there at Kennedy's visitor center, the crowd went wild, and Bolden himself was clearly moved.

"You have no idea what that applause did for me," he said. "It's been a rough day."

He then announced that space shuttle Discovery will go to the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, Endeavour will go to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, and a prototype shuttle that never flew in space, called Enterprise, will be going to the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City.

These museums are celebrating, but Bolden knew he was disappointing 17 other contenders.

"There were many, many worthy institutions that requested an orbiter, and only four to go around," he said.

And The Shuttles Go To ...

Atlantis — Kennedy Space Center, Florida

Discovery — Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, near ashington, D.C.

Endeavour — California Science Center, Los Angeles

Enterprise — Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, New York

**DJM83** · 09-07-2011, 10:40 AM

Video?

XRGhia · 09-07-2011, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by DJM83

Video?

I'm gettin' there... Just uploading now...

rancidpunx · 09-07-2011, 05:14 PM

I just hope they get the next series of missions rolling ASAP. Although last I heard was that Obama cut the budget significantly. ******* bean counters, western world is going backwards, we have peaked and we are on the downward spiral lead by do gooders and those looking at the bottom line.
For anybody who likes and enjoys looking up at the stars I definitely recommend a trip to Cape Canaveral, go stand next to the shuttle or even better a Saturn V.

flappist · 09-07-2011, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by rancidpunx

I just hope they get the next series of missions rolling ASAP. Although last I heard was that Obama cut the budget significantly. ******* bean counters, western world is going backwards, we have peaked and we are on the downward spiral lead by do gooders and those looking at the bottom line.
For anybody who likes and enjoys looking up at the stars I definitely recommend a trip to Cape Canaveral, go stand next to the shuttle or even better a Saturn V.

Actually Obama is a bit ahead of us really. He has worked out that having half the GDP being spent on the public service is crazy, we are still doing it......

grandpa_spec_F6 · 09-07-2011, 06:27 PM

A lucky manager at work was actually there for it, will post up pics as soon as I can steal them off him

Rodp · 09-07-2011, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by grandpa_spec_au

A lucky manager at work was actually there for it, will post up pics as soon as I can steal them off him

A guy at work was there for a shuttle launch early in the morning. He said the rockets gave off such a glow that it looked like a sun rise. Would have loved to have seen a launch.

**Peuty** · 09-07-2011, 06:50 PM

Now the US have to rely on the communists to get astronauts into space! How ironic!

flappist · 09-07-2011, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Peuty

Now the US have to rely on the communists to get astronauts into space! How ironic!

Well actually no.

They rely on Russians.

Russians used to elect communists into government but realised just exactly how stupid that was as all they did was waste money on crazy schemes, tell lies and propaganda to the people and increase taxes until the economy collapsed completely so they don't elect communists anymore.

Probably why they can afford send astronauts into space now.

Communists are sneaky though, they realised that they had to change their names to trick the dumb people into electing them.

So if Australia ever wants to be able to afford to send astronauts into space we will have to do the same as the Russians.

AU101 · 09-07-2011, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by flappist

Russians used to elect communists into government but realised just exactly how stupid that was as all they did was waste money on crazy schemes, tell lies and propaganda to the people and increase taxes until the economy collapsed completely so they don't elect communists anymore.

Oh you mean like Australia's government

Crazy schemes :

Home insulation ( $1.5 billion ), another ( $1 billion to fix ) CHECK

Smart meters ( $2 billion ) CHECK

Education Revolution ( $16.2 Billion ) CHECK

NBN ( $43 Billion ) CHECK

Lies/propaganda : Global warming, CHECK

Increase taxes : Carbon Tax, Extra taxes/ rising utilities to pay for the above, CHECK

flappist · 09-07-2011, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by AU101

Oh you mean like Australia's government

Crazy schemes :

Home insulation ( $1.5 billion ), another ( $1 billion to fix ) CHECK

Smart meters ( $2 billion ) CHECK

Education Revolution ( $16.2 Billion ) CHECK

NBN ( $43 Billion ) CHECK

Lies/propaganda : Global warming, CHECK

Increase taxes : Carbon Tax, Extra taxes/ rising utilities to pay for the above, CHECK

Da tovarisch....

Scott · 09-07-2011, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by AU101

Oh you mean like Australia's government

Crazy schemes :

Home insulation ( $1.5 billion ), another ( $1 billion to fix ) CHECK

Smart meters ( $2 billion ) CHECK

Education Revolution ( $16.2 Billion ) CHECK

NBN ( $43 Billion ) CHECK

Lies/propaganda : Global warming, CHECK

Increase taxes : Carbon Tax, Extra taxes/ rising utilities to pay for the above, CHECK

GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT BEFORE YOU SHOVE THIS RUBBISH DOWN OUR THROATS!!!

You forgot:

Plasma Cash ($10.4 Billion) CHECK

Pokie Splash ($12.7 Billion) CHECK

AC · 10-07-2011, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Scott

GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT BEFORE YOU SHOVE THIS RUBBISH DOWN OUR THROATS!!!

You forgot:

Plasma Cash ($10.4 Billion) CHECK

Pokie Splash ($12.7 Billion) CHECK

FAILED Soccer World Cup Bid we never had a hope in hell of getting (45million) CHECK

Anyhow... Moving right along...

Thornie · 10-07-2011, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by flappist

Well actually no.

They rely on Russians.

Russians used to elect communists into government but realised just exactly how stupid that was as all they did was waste money on crazy schemes, tell lies and propaganda to the people and increase taxes until the economy collapsed completely so they don't elect communists anymore.

Probably why they can afford send astronauts into space now.

Communists are sneaky though, they realised that they had to change their names to trick the dumb people into electing them.

So if Australia ever wants to be able to afford to send astronauts into space we will have to do the same as the Russians.

holy crap sounds exactly like labour.