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    Atlantis Engines...or Mickey Mouse Goes to Space

    Atlantis Crew Finishes Hubble Repairs, Celebrates With Early Morning Jam Sesh

    Amateur Astronomer Captures Stunning Images of Atlantis, Hubble in the Face of the Sun
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    Image of Xelmon Xelmon
    11/20/09

    In reply to Atlantis Engines...or Mickey Mouse Goes to Space
    Guys, I shit you not, took me a bit to look at it, and it Kinda, Sorta looks like it! You have to really squint though.
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    Image of Uncletwitch Uncletwitch
    11/20/09

    In reply to Atlantis Engines...or Mickey Mouse Goes to Space
    Ummmm.. And this looks like Mickey Mouse; how?
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    11/20/09


    @Uncletwitch: How about now?
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    Image of dimsum4u dimsum4u
    11/20/09

    @Uncletwitch: Ya i was thinking the same thing...still don't see mickey mouse.
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    Image of Uncletwitch Uncletwitch
    11/20/09

    @jakebathman: Um,... wait.. Let me light this up.. (bubbling sounds in the back ground)... Cough... Ok; wow;
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    Image of Segador Segador
    11/20/09

    In reply to Atlantis Engines...or Mickey Mouse Goes to Space
    In '98, I got invited to go watch John Glenn go back in to space aboard STS-95. We sat in the closest observation deck to the launch (closer than Clinton, who we could see behind us).

    There is nothing in the world like hearing these engines at full throttle. Even at several miles away, the roar was amazingly intense, like standing in a blast furnace.

    I can remember thinking at the time how amazed I was that we as humans could create this. We've got a ways to go before we can actually be considered a space-faring race, but just the fact that we're willing and capable of building machinery like this says a lot.
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    Image of ursa ursa
    11/20/09

    @Segador: you might not have known this but there is a very large noise suppression system for the Shuttle. The engines are loud enough that if they didn't have this it would damage the Shuttle and other items.

    You can see the system in operation - it's the water spray that starts up a bit before the main engines light off.
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    11/20/09

    @ursa: and the huge series of trenches and vents, taking exhaust and all of that sound away from the launch pad. really awesome stuff
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    Image of Segador Segador
    11/20/09

    @ursa: I didn't know that. I can't imagine them being any louder than they were.
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    11/20/09

    In reply to Atlantis Engines...or Mickey Mouse Goes to Space
    "Jesus says it looks like Mickey Mouse"

    Jesus is trying too hard to make a joke.
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    Image of BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2 BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2
    11/20/09

    In reply to Atlantis Engines...or Mickey Mouse Goes to Space
    I hope they can make some whistle tips so I can hear the launch here in Jersey
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/20/09

    In reply to Atlantis Engines...or Mickey Mouse Goes to Space
    Maybe when Mickey was still going through the awkward phases of puberty, in which his ears were the same size as his head.
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    Image of WaffleTeamStrike! v26.00 WaffleTeamStrike! v26.00
    11/20/09

    In reply to Atlantis Engines...or Mickey Mouse Goes to Space
    I guess...if you use you imagination they sure do. Mickey Mouse is basicly comprised of three circles on top of each other so it's not that far of a stretch. Then again if your ganna go that far it could also like like a woman with huge breasts...:P
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/20/09

    @WaffleTeamStrike! v26.00: Your imagination is better.
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    Image of fredcadete fredcadete
    05/19/09

    In reply to Atlantis Crew Finishes Hubble Repairs, Celebrates With Early Morning Jam Sesh
    BTW, does anyone know which part of the world is caught in that photo?
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    Image of Its_Miller_Time Its_Miller_Time
    05/19/09

    @fredcadete:


    That would be Florida... :-)

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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    05/19/09

    @Its_Miller_Time: @Poppie: that's not Florida, the Earth is just happy to see us!
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    05/19/09

    In reply to Atlantis Crew Finishes Hubble Repairs, Celebrates With Early Morning Jam Sesh
    Finished early, huh? We had quite a severe ant problem at the vineyard this year that I finished early as well. I had Art Garfunkel come by with his compressor, and we created a total vacuum outside the house, and we blew the ants out the front door. But I'm sure you high-tech NASA people could care less about our resort-town ways. Let's Jam!
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    Image of Eauboy Eauboy
    05/19/09

    In reply to Atlantis Crew Finishes Hubble Repairs, Celebrates With Early Morning Jam Sesh
    Why, they must be twenty-thousand leagues over the sea!
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    Image of TerryinSt.Paul TerryinSt.Paul
    05/19/09

    @Eauboy:According to [www.unitconversion.org]
    20,000 leagues = 52,105 nautical miles
    Hubble orbit +/- 304 nautical miles
    304 NM = 116 leagues
    Bookmark this site. I use it almost every day.
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    05/19/09

    @TerryinSt.Paul: I don't use this site every day. Don't bookmark it:


    [snltranscripts.jt.org]


    Kelsey Grammer was awesome in that skit.

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    05/19/09

    @Eauboy: Just reading your post made me shed a tear for Phil. We really lost a genius there. It was NewsRadio's start to an end, and SNL really took a hit.
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    05/19/09

    In reply to Atlantis Crew Finishes Hubble Repairs, Celebrates With Early Morning Jam Sesh
    Great, now if something does happen, the conspiracy theorists are going to go apeshit.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    05/19/09

    @DangerousDac: Going? What hole have you been living in? The space shuttle is low on their list. From what I have gleaned from the kook transmissions as of late, the current things to fear are: The MIAC report, the boy scouts and public school kids being trained to kill veterans, the BuildaBear(Bilderberg) Group meeting in Greece, the beta release of the Swine Flu to ready us for Marshall Law, Our fiat currency which is fake, Barack Obama being the tip of the spear for a group of extreme bankers and finance oligarchs, etc...
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    Image of chauncy that billups chauncy that billups
    05/15/09

    In reply to Amateur Astronomer Captures Stunning Images of Atlantis, Hubble in the Face of the Sun
    God, look at that sun. It's DEAD QUIET. There is not a sunspot to be seen.


    That's freaky.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    05/15/09

    @bilups: Actually, the sun is VERY loud, which is why the Corona is as hot as the core, but the area in between is not. At least according to the show on the Sun I was watching last night said. I just love hearing the words "Coronal Mass Ejection".
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    Image of Miguel Lescano Miguel Lescano
    05/15/09

    In reply to Amateur Astronomer Captures Stunning Images of Atlantis, Hubble in the Face of the Sun
    FAKE. The EXIF data contains no mention of any camera, and the sun looks too regular.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    05/15/09

    @Miguel Lescano: Agreed. It's obvious this is a wood carving and/or a scan of his skin.
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    Image of P3nnst8r P3nnst8r
    05/15/09

    In reply to Amateur Astronomer Captures Stunning Images of Atlantis, Hubble in the Face of the Sun
    So you're telling me that the sun is actually Pacman?!
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    05/15/09

    @P3nnst8r: Wakka Wakka Wakka
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    Image of Cliff_Dangers Cliff_Dangers
    05/15/09

    In reply to Amateur Astronomer Captures Stunning Images of Atlantis, Hubble in the Face of the Sun
    It looks out of proportion. Does it not appear as though the shuttle is right next to the sun? The sun just looks too big.
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    05/15/09

    @Cliff_Dangers: Well, it sounds like someone needs some info on the sun. Perhaps in song form!
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