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    Space Shuttle Endeavour Delayed By Ferocious Lightning

    NASA Preps For The Worst With Dramatic Hollywood-Style Shuttle Rescue Mission

    Stunning Zenithal Shot of Space Shuttle Flying On Top of 747

    Historic Photo Shows Atlantis and Endeavour Together for the Last Time

    iPod Pictured Onboard Space Shuttle Endeavour
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    Image of frigg frigg
    07/14/09

    In reply to Space Shuttle Endeavour Delayed By Ferocious Lightning
    Interesting that despite the space shuttle's tendency to fly into space, its biggest safety threats have always occurred at the Earth’s surface (weather, foam, O-ring).
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    Image of LessthanZach LessthanZach
    07/14/09

    In reply to Space Shuttle Endeavour Delayed By Ferocious Lightning
    The thumbnail on the homepage made this look like a photoshop mock up.

    Looking at it now, all I can say is "Holy sh**". That is some "ferocious" lightning.

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    Image of Azteck Azteck
    07/14/09

    In reply to Space Shuttle Endeavour Delayed By Ferocious Lightning
    What happens to the balls that NASA once had. Cant believe that they are delaying the launch due to some small thunder clouds in the area.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    07/14/09

    @Azteck: "What happens to the balls that NASA once had."



    Lost 'em to the last round of budget cuts. However, the good news is that the Orlando Men's Choir now features the world's best sopranos.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    07/14/09

    In reply to Space Shuttle Endeavour Delayed By Ferocious Lightning
    Lightning is bad, but I'd be much more concerned by all those gigantic otherworldly amoebas poised to attack.
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    Image of LessthanZach LessthanZach
    07/14/09

    @bosskev: Where the hell is your star dude? Clicking it doesn't work either.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    07/14/09

    @LessthanZach: Apparently there is a glitch (no!) with the new system that is screwing around with the star icons/status. Other star commenters have likewise had their stars randomly vanish with no apparent cause. In fact, the Gizmodo staff with whom I have communicated don't know what is going on yet. A bug to, hopefully, be worked out soon.
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    05/11/09

    In reply to NASA Preps For The Worst With Dramatic Hollywood-Style Shuttle Rescue Mission
    I don't like you because you're dangerous.


    That's right! Ice... man. I am dangerous.

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    Image of aerospaceman aerospaceman
    05/11/09

    In reply to NASA Preps For The Worst With Dramatic Hollywood-Style Shuttle Rescue Mission
    I think, and this is a purely intellectual exercise since the Shuttle will be soon gone, that it would be cheaper to send a deorbiting module on an expendable rocket. The DM will dock with the stricken shuttle and slow it down to a velocity where the re-entry becomes a gentle ride with no extra heating, also providing control during the descent in case the Shuttle's aerodynamic control surfaces are compromised. Then at a safe altitude, the crew can simply bail out:


    [www.patrick.af.mil]

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking
    05/11/09

    @aerospaceman: Uh, this is if the heat shield is damaged. I doubt after what happened to Columbia, people will want to chance riding down w/damage.
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    Image of No_7 No_7
    05/11/09

    In reply to NASA Preps For The Worst With Dramatic Hollywood-Style Shuttle Rescue Mission
    So is that like a dutch rudder?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking
    05/11/09

    @No_7: Yeah, except a lot more expensive.
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    Image of ghmlco ghmlco
    05/10/09

    In reply to NASA Preps For The Worst With Dramatic Hollywood-Style Shuttle Rescue Mission
    Why not at least park it next to the space station? Seems like there'd be enough pieces and parts they could use over time, like detaching the shuttle arm and then sending up a mount so it could be used on the station, ship up an umbilical and mount so it could be used as extra storage space, and so on.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking
    05/11/09

    @ghmlco: Doesn't the ISS already have a wicked cooler Canada Arm?
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    Image of Margatron Margatron
    07/14/09

    @TheStateOnDVD2Day_GitEmSteveDave: Yes it does. You're welcome, rest of world.

    -Canada
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    Image of daqman daqman
    05/10/09

    In reply to NASA Preps For The Worst With Dramatic Hollywood-Style Shuttle Rescue Mission
    Why ditch the dodgy shuttle? They could try to land it via remote control. If it breaks up WTF but if they land it you've still got a shuttle.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking
    05/11/09

    @daqman: You realize what it's like when you lose all hydraulics and computer back ups? It's like a flying brick.
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    Image of lltaeho lltaeho
    05/11/09

    @HappyMothersDay_GitEmSteveDave: ditch the hydraulics and computer back ups. trust yourself. use the force.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking
    05/11/09

    @lltaeho: I trust Tank more. In a pinch, Clint Eastwood.
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    Image of Gareth Eynon Gareth Eynon
    05/10/09

    In reply to NASA Preps For The Worst With Dramatic Hollywood-Style Shuttle Rescue Mission
    Couldn't they just "park it" in orbit and wait until another mission is launched (for another reason) with a repair in-hand.


    Seems like a waste of $Bn's if all your going to do is remote crash-land it in the Pacific.

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    Image of Sockatume Sockatume
    05/10/09

    @Gareth Eynon: The shuttles are to be discontinued anyway. The last mission is next year. So there's no point in doing an unscheduled, unfunded mission to recover a shuttle that'll never be used again.
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    Image of Con Seannery Con Seannery
    05/10/09

    @Sockatume: Not to mention they don't even have enough missions on the table to do that...of course, that might be what you said anyways.
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    Image of Gareth Eynon Gareth Eynon
    05/10/09

    @Con Seannery '09: Illegal in 1 Giz: There's got to be a better use than crashing it back to earth though!
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking
    05/11/09

    @Gareth Eynon: I hear they are going to float a target in the Pacific, and if the shuttle hits, everyone in America gets a free taco/order of KFC.


    @jakebathman: I think this is all based on the Shuttle being empty after everyone is rescued.

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    Image of twilight-arc twilight-arc
    12/17/08

    In reply to Stunning Zenithal Shot of Space Shuttle Flying On Top of 747
    It makes me think of the Buran on top of the Antonov:


    [en.wikivisual.com]


    except in this case it just shows us how huge the AN-225 is.

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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    12/17/08

    @twilight-arc:
    Really, it just shows how tiny the Buran was compared to the Space Shuttles. Here's a nice comparison shot of the four largest planes ever made, and you can see that the fuselage of the 747 (blue) isn't much different in size from the An-225 (green).
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    Image of Iron Sheep Iron Sheep
    12/17/08

    In reply to Stunning Zenithal Shot of Space Shuttle Flying On Top of 747
    Pure awesomeness.


    Now if only the shuttle could launch off the back of the carrier. Or provide an extra boost and get the whole rig into space.

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    Image of MyPetFly MyPetFly
    12/17/08

    @Iron Sheep:


    I think the initial unpowered flights were from one of the carrier 747s, right?

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    Image of EBone EBone
    12/17/08

    @MyPetFly: Yes. Think about how hairy that must have been for the 747 pilots when Enterprise undocked and glided off.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    12/17/08

    @MyPetFly:
    You mean the landing tests, right? They didn't really have to do much to test the Shuttle for takeoff (that being basically a matter of double-checking your lift capacity and strapping enough rocket fuel to its belly), but there were concerns regarding just how little lift the wings provide in terms of keeping the thing from belly-flopping from orbit.
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    Image of N@tedog N@tedog
    12/17/08

    In reply to Stunning Zenithal Shot of Space Shuttle Flying On Top of 747
    I want a window seat!
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    Image of gdigital gdigital
    12/17/08

    In reply to Stunning Zenithal Shot of Space Shuttle Flying On Top of 747
    Cost to transport the Shuttle from Edwards to Canaveral, 1.7 Million Dollars. Ouch
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    12/17/08

    @gdigital:
    It seems like a lot of money to spend, but remember that the primary landing site for the Space Shuttle _is_ Canaveral, meaning they can just tow it back, or load it up on one of those giant crawlers they use to ferry the pre-launch Shuttles. Edwards is a backup landing site, in case the weather is uncooperative, and there's a strict time limit on how long they can keep a Shuttle mission in orbit waiting for clear weather before the crew has to go all Donner on each other to stay alive.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/17/08

    @gdigital: Well you get an African elephant with a cocaine habit, then come back to me.
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    Image of BB7 BB7
    12/17/08

    In reply to Stunning Zenithal Shot of Space Shuttle Flying On Top of 747
    It's pretty amazing figuring the average weight of 416 passengers at 178 pounds plus, lets say 40 pounds each for luggage equals around 91,000 pounds - almost HALF of the shuttle's weight at 165,000 (thanks max11221)
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    12/17/08

    @BB7:
    That's 524 passengers in a two-class arrangement, plus the weight of all the seating (which they had no reason to leave in place).
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