What a miracle :::
 

Was watching the space shuttle launch earlier and was thinking what an awesome miracle this thing is. All the brilliant minds that it took to build it and that it takes to launch it and get it into space and back home again in one piece. Talk about teamwork and focus....NASA has it going on!

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/1...ain_launch.jpg

I just watched it from my back yard. Was a great day for a lift off. I'm about 35-40 miles away from the launch area.

any pics?

thats dope!

i video taped it

http://www.bikinivoyeur.com/spaceshuttle_01.jpg

Here are a few frame grabs.

http://www.bikinivoyeur.com/spaceshuttle_02.jpg

http://www.bikinivoyeur.com/spaceshuttle_03.jpg

Nice pics:thumbsup

pretty cool, nice screen caps.
:thumbsup

"We?ve got 2.5 million parts in the shuttle system ? all built by the lowest bidder" .....
NASA engineer Scott Higginbotham, Mission Manager..

fucking a right doggy, nasa has it going on like no other!

Link????

ok........

Nothing compared with the pictures you take :winkwink:

Come on. We all know that is a quote from Steve Bushimi from Armagedon.

yeah some crazy smart brains over there,lol

Actually his quote was:

"You know we're sitting on four million pounds of fuel, one nuclear weapon and a thing that has 270,000 moving parts built by the lowest bidder. Makes you feel good, doesn't it?"

It's the americans all together... not just the NASA. Look at the budjet !

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Higginbotham says that, despite numerous computer simulations and past experience, any time a manned flight is launched, ?it is a test program, and it will always be one. We?ve got 2.5 million parts in the shuttle system ? all built by the lowest bidder ? and we?re travelling in one of the most extreme environments you can imagine.
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Link

Nice.. I wish I could have witnessed it :(

yeah such brilliant minds...must be a spectacualr view in the neighborhood

i cant imagine what it must feel like to go into space :)

Now that would be awesome!..lucky you