Space Shuttle Launch

Not long to go...

8 messages

Greeny.

26/07/2005 at 15:01

http://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/main/index.html?skipIntro=1

Nessie

26/07/2005 at 15:03

You wouldn't get me up in one of those........

Greeny.

26/07/2005 at 15:15

Nor me.

Launch scheduled for 15.39 (BST) today by the way.

Nessie

26/07/2005 at 15:41

Ooooh, the countdown timer went to 0000 then started counting up the way again.

Did someone stick the shuttle in reverse by mistake?

Tetley

26/07/2005 at 15:48

It can certainly shift - now thats what I call speedwork

Greeny.

26/07/2005 at 16:11

17,000 mph in 8 minutes.

Even Clarkson would be impressed.

Nessie

26/07/2005 at 16:23

So what does it do 0-60mph in?

Tmap

26/07/2005 at 16:39

It's doing 200 by the time it clears the tower. Or something.

I'd do it without a moment's hesitation myself, although whoever designed it without an escape system (unlike all rockets up to then) wants shooting. They thought the shuttle wouldn't need them, which is daft in retrospect, as in both fatal accidents, fairly simple safety systems on the cabin compartments would have saved the crews.