Comments on: Space Shuttle Endeavour's launch, as seen through the clouds from a plane http://boingboing.net/2011/05/16/space-shuttle-endeav-6.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 20:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Laurie Mann http://boingboing.net/2011/05/16/space-shuttle-endeav-6.html#comment-1111809 Laurie Mann Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1111809 Now THAT is extremely cool! Now THAT is extremely cool!

]]> By: Enormo http://boingboing.net/2011/05/16/space-shuttle-endeav-6.html#comment-1111828 Enormo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1111828 Bitching. Bitching.

]]> By: emmdeeaych http://boingboing.net/2011/05/16/space-shuttle-endeav-6.html#comment-1112088 emmdeeaych Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112088 A penultimate space shuttle image. A penultimate space shuttle image.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/16/space-shuttle-endeav-6.html#comment-1112353 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112353 Yeah. Given that they'll delay a launch for a speedboat straying into the SRB recovery zones, this plane must have been well outside restricted airspace... or there would have been no launch to be filmed. Yeah. Given that they’ll delay a launch for a speedboat straying into the SRB recovery zones, this plane must have been well outside restricted airspace… or there would have been no launch to be filmed.

]]> By: VagabondAstronomer http://boingboing.net/2011/05/16/space-shuttle-endeav-6.html#comment-1112105 VagabondAstronomer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112105 The view from here in northeast Florida was very nice; we hardly had any clouds, but we could see them to the south. I haven't been at the press facility for a launch since 1997, but I still get the same thrill watching even at a distance. I envy those who were there! Pity I won't be able to make it down for Atlantis. The view from here in northeast Florida was very nice; we hardly had any clouds, but we could see them to the south. I haven’t been at the press facility for a launch since 1997, but I still get the same thrill watching even at a distance. I envy those who were there!
Pity I won’t be able to make it down for Atlantis.

]]> By: Jake0748 http://boingboing.net/2011/05/16/space-shuttle-endeav-6.html#comment-1111863 Jake0748 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1111863 Um... I guessing it WAS out of the flight path, as I haven't heard any news about the shuttle crashing into an airliner on it's ascent. :D This photo was taken from many miles away from the KSC. I'm pretty sure that there are well-advertized limits as to where any air traffic can go during shuttle operations. And also that any aircraft violating those limits are swiftly dealt with by fighter jets. Anyhoo, congrats to all for another (and second to last) :( successful ride to orbit. Um… I guessing it WAS out of the flight path, as I haven’t heard any news about the shuttle crashing into an airliner on it’s ascent. :D

This photo was taken from many miles away from the KSC. I’m pretty sure that there are well-advertized limits as to where any air traffic can go during shuttle operations. And also that any aircraft violating those limits are swiftly dealt with by fighter jets.

Anyhoo, congrats to all for another (and second to last) :(
successful ride to orbit.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/16/space-shuttle-endeav-6.html#comment-1111883 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1111883 This somehow looks like those crystal trees that you grow in a beaker in chemistry class... This somehow looks like those crystal trees that you grow in a beaker in chemistry class…

]]> By: Stooge http://boingboing.net/2011/05/16/space-shuttle-endeav-6.html#comment-1111936 Stooge Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1111936 This is clearly an optical illusion. It's actually a jet heading almost directly towards the camera. This is clearly an optical illusion. It’s actually a jet heading almost directly towards the camera.

]]> By: irksome http://boingboing.net/2011/05/16/space-shuttle-endeav-6.html#comment-1111937 irksome Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1111937 A launch is something I've always wanted to witness. Ah well. Good for you, Xeni. A launch is something I’ve always wanted to witness. Ah well.

Good for you, Xeni.

]]> By: angusm http://boingboing.net/2011/05/16/space-shuttle-endeav-6.html#comment-1112484 angusm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112484 <i>"Whoa! How the hell do you steer this thing? ... Wait, that's better. Sorry about that, folks. I think I've got the hang of it now." (and yes, I know the wavy smoke trail is caused by different windspeeds at different heights, but still ...) “Whoa! How the hell do you steer this thing? … Wait, that’s better. Sorry about that, folks. I think I’ve got the hang of it now.”

(and yes, I know the wavy smoke trail is caused by different windspeeds at different heights, but still …)

]]> By: Kevlar http://boingboing.net/2011/05/16/space-shuttle-endeav-6.html#comment-1112996 Kevlar Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112996 See that shadow on the clouds? Here is what it looked like from below. http://www.flickr.com/photos/forthebirds/5726717452/ See that shadow on the clouds? Here is what it looked like from below.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/forthebirds/5726717452/

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/05/16/space-shuttle-endeav-6.html#comment-1112035 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112035 Looks like a thread pulled from a tuft of material. Looks like a thread pulled from a tuft of material.

]]> By: General Specific http://boingboing.net/2011/05/16/space-shuttle-endeav-6.html#comment-1112036 General Specific Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1112036 That is a beautiful sight. That is a beautiful sight.

]]> By: caipirina http://boingboing.net/2011/05/16/space-shuttle-endeav-6.html#comment-1111788 caipirina Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1111788 Seen a launch once from a boat travelling back from the Bahamas ... was a sight to behold ... I wonder ... was that a commercial airliner? (should it have been out of the flight path) ? Seen a launch once from a boat travelling back from the Bahamas … was a sight to behold …

I wonder … was that a commercial airliner? (should it have been out of the flight path) ?

]]> By: Thebes http://boingboing.net/2011/05/16/space-shuttle-endeav-6.html#comment-1113074 Thebes Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1113074 That image reminds me of a fungus shooting spores. That image reminds me of a fungus shooting spores.

]]> By: Mujokan http://boingboing.net/2011/05/16/space-shuttle-endeav-6.html#comment-1111801 Mujokan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1111801 Humanity f*** yeah! Humanity f*** yeah!

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