yamaslut
kill it
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- Daytona Beach, Florida
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Space Shuttle launch
- Thread starter parrdaddy
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i agree, nice show from the tampa/ west side.... couple shots from a poser taker and camera.... the last pix you can actually make out separation of the tank(s?). i figured someone from the east coast would post some up, thx nick! maybe someone else or parr has some to share? pretty trippy y'all saw her up in Bammmer.
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Emm
skank
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- Huntsville, AL
Got this from my old boss (my old company does safety and all that jazz for NASA)
Apparently there was a bat that took off with the shuttle the other night :shocked:
Although we remained hopeful he would wake up and fly away, the bat eventually became IPR 119V-0080 after the ICE team finished their walkdown. He did change the direction he was pointing from time to time throughout countdown but ultimately never flew away. Infrared (IR) imagery shows he was alive and not frozen like many would think. The surface of the ET foam is actually generally between 60-80 degrees F on a day like yesterday.
SE&I performed a
debris analysis on him and ultimately a LCC waiver to ICE-01 was written to accept the stowaway.
Lift off imagery analysis confirmed that he held on until at least the vehicle cleared to tower before we lost sight of him. And thus begins the legend of the STS-119 Bat-ronaut
Apparently there was a bat that took off with the shuttle the other night :shocked:
Although we remained hopeful he would wake up and fly away, the bat eventually became IPR 119V-0080 after the ICE team finished their walkdown. He did change the direction he was pointing from time to time throughout countdown but ultimately never flew away. Infrared (IR) imagery shows he was alive and not frozen like many would think. The surface of the ET foam is actually generally between 60-80 degrees F on a day like yesterday.
SE&I performed a
debris analysis on him and ultimately a LCC waiver to ICE-01 was written to accept the stowaway.
Lift off imagery analysis confirmed that he held on until at least the vehicle cleared to tower before we lost sight of him. And thus begins the legend of the STS-119 Bat-ronaut
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snowxr
V watch your daughters V
- Location
- Waterford, MI
LMAO, The bat probably knew better than to leg go. There he was, weighing the consequences. Vacuum of space vs. fireball of death. Hmmm, what to do?
Emm
skank
- Location
- Huntsville, AL
He probably though he had found a good place to nap....nice view....some good sun...he was set....and then it got really noisy :skull2:
yamaslut
kill it
- Location
- Daytona Beach, Florida
great shots.... that bat had to be freaked!!!
Reed, I never thought you could see it from over there, especially that good.
Reed, I never thought you could see it from over there, especially that good.
Emm
skank
- Location
- Huntsville, AL
mfg:oh hell yea, we can see most... barring any bad conditions of course. My favorites are the early sunrise or eve launches- which seldom happen too much anymore. You guys have nicer seats over there though...
Flash-FX
No Square..No Round..FX-1
- Location
- South Jersey Shore
- Location
- s florida
I was in Orlando yesterday and saw it take off . I wish I would of listen to my wife and drove down to the cape to see it first hand. what a sight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! just jaw dropping!!!