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Kinda makes a person proud:

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/1 ... avour.html

Those pics are

That was one cool benefit of working on the flight line at Edwards AFB. I have stood under the wing of a couple of shuttles as they were being towed back to NASA after they landing, and have aslo been right there as the shuttle was about to be ferried out on the back of the 747. Pretty damn impressive sight!!!

Ive seen the shuttal land out there once was totaly awsome.
Great photos thanks for posting those

jbird_710 wrote:Kinda makes a person proud:

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/1 ... avour.html

Yes Sir it does...

certainly is an engineering marvel. the cost-benefit of space travel seems pretty silly at the moment though.

what was the purpose of this trip?

price tag?

south central hoon wrote:certainly is an engineering marvel. the cost-benefit of space travel seems pretty silly at the moment though.

what was the purpose of this trip?

price tag?

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shutt ... index.html

As for being "silly" and sweating the "price tag", stop and consider all of the benefits that we currently enjoy due to that "silliness" and the associated "price tag". If you have the least bit common sense, you'll realize the benefits pretty much obliterate anything that could be considered "silly" and more than justify the "price tag".

not sure what amazing benefits WE are seeing from a mission to build a condo for NASA in space. plenty of problems on the ground....maybe we could "sweat" that stuff first.

south central hoon wrote:not sure what amazing benefits WE are seeing from a mission to build a condo for NASA in space. plenty of problems on the ground....maybe we could "sweat" that stuff first.

Must be rough going through life with blinders on. Next time you use your cell phone, drive your car, or use a computer; stop and think about where a good part of that technology came from. That "condo in space" is working on technologies which will benefit our very survival.

http://techtran.msfc.nasa.gov/at_home.html

south central hoon wrote:certainly is an engineering marvel. the

The Saturn V kicks the shuttles ass.. like a half black, red headed step child.

jbird_710 wrote:

south central hoon wrote:not sure what amazing benefits WE are seeing from a mission to build a condo for NASA in space. plenty of problems on the ground....maybe we could "sweat" that stuff first.

Must be rough going through life with blinders on. Next time you use your cell phone, drive your car, or use a computer; stop and think about where a good part of that technology came from. That "condo in space" is working on technologies which will benefit our very survival.

http://techtran.msfc.nasa.gov/at_home.html

How do you expect me to respect your opinion......?? you ride an MPS

AlisoBob wrote: The Saturn V kicks the shuttles ass.. like a half black, red headed step child.

I resemble that remark.....

AlisoBob wrote: like a short, fat half black, red headed step child.

Here I fixed it for you

I don't care what jbird rides he's absolutely 100% correct about the Tecnology side of this topic...

south central hoon wrote:
I resemble that remark.....

I know....

What kind of materials is the space shuttle made(dark side)?somebody knows?

It must be tough for enter the atmosphere...

The tiles are made of a silica fiber compound, a material derived from common sand. The fibers are mixed with deionized water and other chemicals and poured into a plastic mold, where excess liquid is squeezed out. They are then baked in the nation's largest microwave, in Sunnyvale, California, and fused in a 2,350 degree oven.

The black areas on the Orbiter are covered with blocks or tiles of varying size and thickness. These are called "high-temperature reusable surface insulation", or HRSI tiles. HRSI tiles protect areas where temperatures are between 650°C (1200°F) and 1275°C (2300°F).
On Columbia, white tiles cover the forward fuselage, outer wing areas, pods, and the stabilizer. Called "low-temperature reusable surface insulation", or LRSI, these tiles are used where temperatures are between 370°C (700°F) and 650°C (1200°F).

Columbia's cargo-bay doors, fuselage sides, upper wing surfaces, and aft areas of the OMS pods are covered with a Nomex felt material. These areas remain below 370°C (700°F) during flight.

Altogether, nearly 32,000 HRSI and LRSI tiles cover Columbia. No two tiles are alike and each must be installed by hand. Both types of tiles are made from extremely pure (99.5%) sand. The sand is crushed into very small silica fibers and added to a ceramic binder. This mixture is fired to produce the blocks. They are machined to the proper size and shape, then the black or white coating is applied to their outer surfaces. The coating is made from a high-strength refractory glass.

An aluminum structure like that of the Orbiter flexes and bends slightly in flight. The TPS (thermal protection system) tiles covering the vehicle must be very close together. On the underside, the largest allowable gap between tiles is only 0.065" (1.6 mm). These glass-covered silica tiles are rather brittle and cannot flex or bend without breaking. To let the structure flex while keeping the TPS rigid, Nomex felt pads are sandwiched between the tiles and the structure. This way, the structure can move without moving the tiles. The pads and the tiles are attached with a thin layer of a room temperature vulcanizing silicon adhesive.

I like the burnt cork on the russian jobbie

britincali wrote:I like the burnt cork on the russian jobbie

Now is easy to understand where all those millions goes,fuckin' hell....and some people thinking that a space shuttle is build like a firecracker

south central hoon wrote: How do you expect me to respect your opinion......?? you ride an MPS

I don't expect anything out you; you've pretty much shown your lack of any qualities.

jbird_710 wrote:

south central hoon wrote: How do you expect me to respect your opinion......?? you ride an MPS

I don't expect anything out you; you've pretty much shown your lack of any qualities.

It was fun ribbing you a little. I am not saying, nor did i say that NASA hasn't made AMAZING LEAPS for society....but its not cheap. we are fucking broke as a nation. IMO there are better ways to spend public funds RIGHT NOW.

Something has got to give, right?

MPS,TTM, SH or JIMMY the chinese welder of the corner.......that kinds of jokes makes some people understand that this site is supporting only one kind of conversions(in fact is true..................only CR500/480))

Even kidding.....if somebody tells me,you out because your CR is older than
mine or mines have "superfucker handelbars" i could have bad feelings
sorry "South .." but this is what i think right now,is not against you or someone

like in "welds exposed " is right that everyone opinated their selves but as i saw isn't normal that some people don't see that we are a little bunch of genius(not me),nostalgics and lovers of the 491cc,.so in a sub-world another sub-world,excuse me but i was thinking longer and i can't resist more if i don't say nothing

xtremeslide wrote:MPS,TTM, SH or JIMMY the chinese welder of the corner.......that kinds of jokes makes some people understand that this site is supporting only one kind of conversions(in fact is true..................only CR500/480))

Even kidding.....if somebody tells me,you out because your CR is older than
mine or mines have "superfucker handelbars" i could have bad feelings
sorry "South .." but this is what i think right now,is not against you or someone

like in "welds exposed " is right that everyone opinated their selves but as i saw isn't normal that some people don't see that we are a little bunch of genius(not me),nostalgics and lovers of the 491cc,.so in a sub-world another sub-world,excuse me but i was thinking longer and i can't resist more if i don't say nothing

huh?

I think that it's interesting in one of those amazing pictures from space you can see the earth against the solid black of deep space...no stars. But some people say because you can't see stars in pictures taken from the moon, it must have been faked. Nobody's calling NASA out on these pictures claiming them to be fake?

What are they replaceing the Shuttles with?

AMERICA FUCKEN ROCKS!!!!