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Space Shuttle; from My back yard!
Topic Started: Mar 16 2009, 05:43 AM (484 Views)
zbar
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Last night at 7:45 PM It was the most beautiful launch ever! I only wish I had grabbed my camera sooner ! It was so bright before I took these photos!

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That is NEATO BANDITO!!!!!

I'm glad you got a wedgie on the slide a few weeks ago...It's turned you into a SPACE :psycho:

HH :)
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That is so COOL girl! I can not believe you can see that across the state. Much more impressive than little Kepler, 'eh??
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Wow, cool beans! My dad worked on the Apollo program in the 60's. I have always been facinated with this stuff.
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Wow that's so cool!
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HOW COOL IS THAT!!!!

I saw the shuttle Challenger lift off once before the fatal one. I was on my way home from Tampa driving up I-75 and all of the sudden all the cars were pulling over. I am looking of emergency vehicles, none. Then I saw it, WOO HOO!!!! It was so surreal. Even more so for me later. My mother died just days after the Challenger disaster, so that particular shuttle has special meaning to me. Actually the other shuttle disaster (sorry I can't remember the name of it) actually happened on one of the anniversary's of my mothers death. I guess the two will always be hand in hand to me. I remember my mother was a teacher and thought it was so cool for Krista McCauliff.

Your pictures are AWESOME, I love the colors. What a memory.
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Wow! And you are no wheres near it right? I know my aunt is quite close you can actually see whats going up.
But too cool. Hey Z are you anywheres near Z hills?? Zephyr hills in case anyone thinks I am being funny! ;)
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We watched it from the beach last night in Ft Lauderdale. It was so cool.
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That's so cool, Zbar!

I saw a shuttle launch from the airplane one night. I was sitting in the cockpit talking to the pilots, and there was this very bright huge green light that streaked across the sky- the guys and I were like "Wow- WTF???" and then ATC announced over the radios that it was the shuttle launching. It was incredibly cool.

I still remember my dad getting me up in the wee hours of the morning to see the very first shuttle passing over on it's way to landing. All we could see was a tiny silver streak, but I was still excited. I've always been such a space junkie.
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Mar 16 2009, 11:06 AM
Wow! And you are no wheres near it right? I know my aunt is quite close you can actually see whats going up.
But too cool. Hey Z are you anywheres near Z hills?? Zephyr hills in case anyone thinks I am being funny! ;)
Hehe Sannois why yes I do! I live on the line that divides my town form Zhills, I do my walmart shopping in Zhills...why do you ask?

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I'm glad so many of you appreciate the shuttle launches! There's not too many more to go. End of an era for an amazing vehicle.

FWIW Challenger was January of 1986 (lift off)

Columbia was February of 2003 (while returning)
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Mar 16 2009, 01:00 PM
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Mar 16 2009, 11:06 AM
Wow! And you are no wheres near it right? I know my aunt is quite close you can actually see whats going up.
But too cool. Hey Z are you anywheres near Z hills?? Zephyr hills in case anyone thinks I am being funny! ;)
Hehe Sannois why yes I do! I live on the line that divides my town form Zhills, I do my walmart shopping in Zhills...why do you ask?

CAuse thats where we used to go when we went to skydive. Its called Skydive City. :) Hubbys mom used to live in New Port Ritchie.
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Mar 16 2009, 01:32 PM
I'm glad so many of you appreciate the shuttle launches! There's not too many more to go. End of an era for an amazing vehicle.

FWIW Challenger was January of 1986 (lift off)

Columbia was February of 2003 (while returning)
I love NASA. I kinda think it's a waste of money, but alas, waaaaayyyy cool.

I grew up on Merritt Island, so I had the BEST seats EVER (for you non-space groupies, Cape Canaveral is at the top of Merritt Island. I lived at the bottom of the island). We used to sit on the front porch and watch stuff go up. Remember John Glenn? Well, I was in elementary school when this whole thing started (went to private school in Cocoa). A lot of my friend's dads worked at the base, and we could actually get onto the base back then. We took a school trip and went to see the crawler that moves the rockets. Incredible! Nowdays I'm sure you can't get within 10 miles of nuthin'!

Sometimes the rockets (satellites, I'm sure) would go up and have issues and get blown up over the Atlantic. We never read about it in the news, but we saw it all :innocent: Back then the island was mostly swamp. Now it's awful, but I still love to go see the launches.

I saw Challenger crumble from a field in Wellington :no: , and was in Wellington again, in bed with the flu when Columbia did the same. :jingles:
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Mar 16 2009, 05:43 AM
Last night at 7:45 PM It was the most beautiful launch ever! I only wish I had grabbed my camera sooner ! It was so bright before I took these photos!

Neato zbar!
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Oh BH!!! You burn me so with those words... there have been SO many advances, particularly in the medical field, that would NOT have been possible without the space program. Technology, satellite and weather technology and advanced weather prediction,...\\


Here's an excerpt for you on the NASA budget:
Out of a $2.4 trillion budget, less than 0.8% is spent on the entire space program! That's less than 1 penny for every dollar spent. The average American spends more of their budget on their cable bill, eating out or entertainment than this yet the benefits of space flight are remarkable. It has been conservatively estimated by U.S. space experts that for every dollar the U.S. spends on R and D in the space program, it receives $7 back in the form of corporate and personal income taxes from increased jobs and economic growth. Besides the obvious jobs created in the aerospace industry, thousands more are created by many other companies applying NASA technology in nonspace related areas that affect us daily. One cannot even begin to place a dollar value on the lives saved and improved lifestyles of the less fortunate. Space technology benefits everyone and a rising technological tide does raise all boats.

We spend THREE TIMES MORE on welfare programs than on the ENTIRE space program.

More info for you from Lou Dobbs:
"In economic terms, NASA's budget is less than 1 percent of the entire federal budget. And, unlike so many other government programs, the overall NASA budget has actually declined over the past decade. In fact, it was slashed 40 percent during that period.

Given those constraints, consider the technologies and medical advances that the space program has developed which we now rely upon in our everyday lives: global positioning satellite systems (GPS), weather radar, ATM technology, smoke detectors, robotic surgery and implantable heart aids.

What's more, there's the work being done with protein crystal growth that is helping scientists treat patients recovering from open heart surgery and those suffering from diabetes and AIDS.

And then there are those who support spending money on space but argue that there's no need to send humans there - that the work in space should be done robotically. They argue that manned missions are sentimental, not practical. They miss the point as well.

We must not only travel in space, we must inhabit it. Space exploration is an extension of our biological imperative. Space exploration is the grandest opportunity to raise our level of knowledge and to extend the reach of mankind.

No matter how advanced our computers may become, technology alone will never possess the judgment and creativity of man.

Space is not only the ultimate emerging economic market, but it also offers us a wonderful example of international cooperation. In fact, 16 countries work together on the International Space Station. And in these complicated times, space continues to inspire all of us here on Earth. "

Don't make me turn Kiltman lose on your ass! :teehee:

Edited by jillincolorado, Mar 17 2009, 11:26 AM.
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