Last view... Dual Shuttle Pad Prep
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Cool - Added to "scrap book"
No, it's real. It's happened before, when two missions were scheduled close together, the last time just before the launch of STS-104 in 2001.
If you haven't been following the news, there is good reason for 2 shuttles to be prepped concurrently. I'll let you find that on your own.
The pads are farther apart than it appears here because of the telephoto lens used and the angle the photo was shot from. 39-A and 39-B are a bit more than a mile apart.
Oribiters have been on 39-A and 39-B at the same time before. No problems with acoustic pressure have previously arisen that I know of. Squiggy, correct me if I'm wrong here.
The photo has a NASA credit, no reason to believe it was photoshopped.
This is the last time it will be seen, though. It's the passing of an era, and I need to get down there to see a launch before there are no more STS launches. I wanna see how it compares to the childhood memories of a Saturn V and a Saturn Ib.
If you haven't been following the news, there is good reason for 2 shuttles to be prepped concurrently. I'll let you find that on your own.
The pads are farther apart than it appears here because of the telephoto lens used and the angle the photo was shot from. 39-A and 39-B are a bit more than a mile apart.
Oribiters have been on 39-A and 39-B at the same time before. No problems with acoustic pressure have previously arisen that I know of. Squiggy, correct me if I'm wrong here.
The photo has a NASA credit, no reason to believe it was photoshopped.
This is the last time it will be seen, though. It's the passing of an era, and I need to get down there to see a launch before there are no more STS launches. I wanna see how it compares to the childhood memories of a Saturn V and a Saturn Ib.
You're correct.
Endeavor (background) is on LP39B and is getting prepped for a "Launch on Need" contingency in the event that Atlantis (foreground) suffers a critical end of mission and the crew needs to be rescued.
Since the shuttle (Atlantis) is going to the Hubble Space Telescope and NOT the ISS, the backup shuttle is required to be ready on a "moment's notice" to save the crew since Atlantis wouldn't be able to use ISS for a lifeboat due to the differing oribital incliations of HST and ISS.
This has happened before - 18 times to be exact and the last time was for the launch of STS 104 in 2001, and they're far enough away from each other (1.66 miles/2.6 km) that proximity isn't an issue. This isn't like in Armageddon where two shuttle are launching only feet apart. THAT would incenerate the second shuttle.
In short, it's not a shop. You can go to KSC yourself and see it.
Argggh! You brought up ARMAGEDDON! The ONLY movie that made me, another certified shuttle fan, laugh out loud in a theatre, in what was supposed to be an adrenailne-charged action launch sequence. There was just SO MUCH WRONG in the launch scene.
And the space station.
And the whole damn movie.
Mark
And the space station.
And the whole damn movie.
Mark
Titanium shuttles?
Aside from major cities getting annihilated (which I love in any movie), Armageddon has no redeeming qualities.
Here's a good page stating how it sucks.
Here's a good page stating how it sucks.
I have pictures that I took at Kennedy back in 96 or so when my family was down there visiting my grandparents and both pads had shuttles on them. We missed the launch of the one by a day and a half (boooo!)
If you haven't been following the news, there is good reason for 2 shuttles to be prepped concurrently. I'll let you find that on your own.
The pads are farther apart than it appears here because of the telephoto lens used and the angle the photo was shot from. 39-A and 39-B are a bit more than a mile apart.
Oribiters have been on 39-A and 39-B at the same time before. No problems with acoustic pressure have previously arisen that I know of. Squiggy, correct me if I'm wrong here.
The photo has a NASA credit, no reason to believe it was photoshopped.
This is the last time it will be seen, though. It's the passing of an era, and I need to get down there to see a launch before there are no more STS launches. I wanna see how it compares to the childhood memories of a Saturn V and a Saturn Ib.
You're correct.
Endeavor (background) is on LP39B and is getting prepped for a "Launch on Need" contingency in the event that Atlantis (foreground) suffers a critical end of mission and the crew needs to be rescued.
Since the shuttle (Atlantis) is going to the Hubble Space Telescope and NOT the ISS, the backup shuttle is required to be ready on a "moment's notice" to save the crew since Atlantis wouldn't be able to use ISS for a lifeboat due to the differing oribital incliations of HST and ISS.
This has happened before - 18 times to be exact and the last time was for the launch of STS 104 in 2001, and they're far enough away from each other (1.66 miles/2.6 km) that proximity isn't an issue. This isn't like in Armageddon where two shuttle are launching only feet apart. THAT would incenerate the second shuttle.
In short, it's not a shop. You can go to KSC yourself and see it.
Thanks for the clarification.
If you haven't been following the news, there is good reason for 2 shuttles to be prepped concurrently. I'll let you find that on your own.
The pads are farther apart than it appears here because of the telephoto lens used and the angle the photo was shot from. 39-A and 39-B are a bit more than a mile apart.
Oribiters have been on 39-A and 39-B at the same time before. No problems with acoustic pressure have previously arisen that I know of. Squiggy, correct me if I'm wrong here.
The photo has a NASA credit, no reason to believe it was photoshopped.
This is the last time it will be seen, though. It's the passing of an era, and I need to get down there to see a launch before there are no more STS launches. I wanna see how it compares to the childhood memories of a Saturn V and a Saturn Ib.
In my most humble opinion, the shuttle launches don't hold a candle to a Saturn V..they are more like a 1B..(I've seen all 3 )..frankly the shuttle era was a diversion from NASA's true exploration program and probably shouldn't have been attempted until the 1990s, but we bought them and have been stuck with them for a terribly long time now...
Even though I never liked the shuttles design, it is sad to see them go..
