Team Adam's Posted April 10, 2012 Posted April 10, 2012 [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aCOyOvOw5c]Riding the Booster with enhanced sound - YouTube[/ame]
JBlack151 Posted April 10, 2012 Posted April 10, 2012 Saw this the other day too. Hooked up the computer to the flat screen and surround sound and WOW. My wife thought I was crazy My neighbors thought I was a jerk!
86lxjunker Posted April 11, 2012 Posted April 11, 2012 That is some great stuff ....thanks for sharing !!!
Rich Posted April 11, 2012 Posted April 11, 2012 I can't figure out how they manage to land in the ocean every time. Beyond my intelligence for sure. I really liked the giant squid arm at the end!
dipolley Posted April 11, 2012 Posted April 11, 2012 I can't figure out how they manage to land in the ocean every time. Beyond my intelligence for sure.I really liked the giant squid arm at the end! That is actually why Cape Canaveral was chosen for the launch facility. The odds of hitting a land mass is much smaller than other location in the US. Not only is it on a peninsula (Florida) it is beyond the intercoastal water way. So when they go up, they just turn east. If they go west, then there is not much land to hit within 1 mile, and Florida is rather thin, so they just need to get high enough to make it to the Gulf. I'm a nerd.
DaytonaJae Posted April 11, 2012 Posted April 11, 2012 that was the first time i've seen a vehicle break the sound barrier while the camera is ON the vehicle. So cool! I also noticed the bottom of the main fuel tank charred from the burn? Good post Dylan
Team Adam's Posted April 11, 2012 Author Posted April 11, 2012 I can't figure out how they manage to land in the ocean every time. Beyond my intelligence for sure.I really liked the giant squid arm at the end! That was the same thing I was thinking the first time I watched... then I started to think - so even if they've got it dialed in that it hits the ocean 99.99999% of the time... what about boats? LOL
Chewy Posted April 11, 2012 Posted April 11, 2012 My wife and I were at my parents place in FL when the shuttle came in for a landing a couple of years ago. We had heard that we may be able to hear a sonic boom. Bigger than can be, right around 10PM BAM BAM... TOTALLY BAD A..
mc2hill Posted April 11, 2012 Posted April 11, 2012 That was the same thing I was thinking the first time I watched... then I started to think - so even if they've got it dialed in that it hits the ocean 99.99999% of the time... what about boats? LOL They clear the airspace around the launch pad and exit routes, and also the ocean in the splash down zones. Here is a new NASA video on what happens after they land: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbtulv0mnlU]Shuttle's Boosters Recovered in HD - YouTube[/ame] My b-i-l used to do this pick up with his EOD dive team. I will bug him on some of the goings-on in this video and report back.
mc2hill Posted April 11, 2012 Posted April 11, 2012 My wife and I were at my parents place in FL when the shuttle came in for a landing a couple of years ago. We had heard that we may be able to hear a sonic boom. Bigger than can be, right around 10PM BAM BAM... TOTALLY BAD A.. We got to watch a night launch with our Cub Scout pack while camping in the Titusville area. We stood out on large area in the Banana River on Friday night for about 45 minutes, only to have the launch scrubbed. We went into Saturday night with little hope of a launch. After an hour of waiting the dark the ground began to shake, and then the sky to the east began growing brighter and brighter, until it looked like midday! A very cool experience and we were over 5 miles from the launch pad.
LFairbanks Posted April 13, 2012 Posted April 13, 2012 [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlp4dJoqS1Y]NASA's Freedom and Liberty - YouTube[/ame] Seeing a launch was always on my bucket list. We go to Florida every year and always missed it by a day or two. I was way excited when STS-134 was going to go, being we were down there. It, however as my luck would have it, got scrubbed. The above video is an explanation of the one the mc2hill (mike) posted. What I find for me personally fascinating, when it comes to the shuttle, was not so much how they now where the boosters are going to land in the ocean. But how they know where to do their de-orbit burn in order to land in Florida, or California. It's not like they have a second chance. And each orbital path could vary depending on the mission that was being flown.
Marylander Posted April 13, 2012 Posted April 13, 2012 I can't figure out how they manage to land in the ocean every time. Beyond my intelligence for sure.I really liked the giant squid arm at the end! These are literally rocket scientists, Rich... They've got it figured out.
Chewy Posted April 13, 2012 Posted April 13, 2012 Seeing a launch was always on my bucket list. We go to Florida every year and always missed it by a day or two. I was way excited when STS-134 was going to go, being we were down there. It, however as my luck would have it, got scrubbed. You'll have to go to China now... I'm sure they'll be doing all our space work for us now.
mc2hill Posted April 13, 2012 Posted April 13, 2012 Seeing a launch was always on my bucket list. We go to Florida every year and always missed it by a day or two. I was way excited when STS-134 was going to go, being we were down there. It, however as my luck would have it, got scrubbed. They do still launch rockets from KSC, but not thing as big or dramatic as the Shuttles.
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