Shuttle Launch

[scoober78]

So I watched the shuttle launch today...ok...a few minutes ago...and a few statistics I though some of you might get a kick out of were announced.

T+1:45: Space Shuttle Discovery has reached an altitude of 116,600 feet, has seperated from its two SRB's and its main engines are burning 1000 pounds of fuel...per second...each.

T+4:15: SSD is at an altitude of 327,360 feet, has attained a velocity of 5300 miles per hour and is 170 miles downrange from Kennedy.

The SRB's, within 30 seconds of ignition, produce approximately 3.1 million pounds of thrust (or 13 mega-newtons for you real dorks). This is approximately two times the thrust of the Saturn V rocket.

Wow....who doesn't want a ride!

Maybe I shoulda sucked up a technical major...

 

[BACONATOR]

Wow....who doesn't want a ride!

Maybe I shoulda sucked up a technical major...

Only since I was 5.... why the hell else would anyone study Aerospace engineering??

 

[Flugelman]

Shuttle Commander to Launch Control after final countdown start: "Stand by for the greatest show on earth!" IMHO, it is...

 

[FLYTPAY]

Every launch, I think that every Space Shuttle Launch is the greatest feat of man that day. Thinking about that and the Primitive Amazonian tribe gives you a living timeline a human history and it is truly remarkable. Scoober, you are very lucky to be in Jax! Just make sure that whenever there is a launch, you go outside at the very least to watch it and if you can actually be on the beach during a weekend launch in the summer it is special. I saw STS-115 launch on July 4, 2006, after seeing that hearing the cheers and sharing a moment of ingenuity and patriotism, I was touched by how special space flight truly is.

 

[Zissou]

I saw it from my girlfriends balcony. 30th floor of the Vue in Orlando. We'd been drinking all day at the pool and went up to watch

It shut everyone in the room up for ten minutes...

Bitchin.

 

[PropStop]

I'll admit it, I went to space camp as a kid. This stuff never gets old. Exploration is the most basic human drive (well, after the drive to mate and watch sports).

Nobody can deny that their current mission is critical to the future of the ISS. Inocuous though it may be, a clogged head in space can make for one hell of a mess. It'd be a bummer to have to take the Soyuz escape pod just because the crapper is busted. Oh yeah, that Japanese module is pretty cool too.

 

[Redux]

The Challenger was the 25th mission I think. At that time I remember what was thinking, 1 in 25, yeah Id take the chance. Id still probably do it.

 

[Mumbles]

I would have never guessed that it had more thrust than the Saturn V though. Where are your pics??

 

[Blutonski816]

I'll admit it, I went to space camp as a kid. This stuff never gets old. Exploration is the most basic human drive (well, after the drive to mate and watch sports).

Nobody can deny that their current mission is critical to the future of the ISS. Inocuous though it may be, a clogged head in space can make for one hell of a mess. It'd be a bummer to have to take the Soyuz escape pod just because the crapper is busted. Oh yeah, that Japanese module is pretty cool too.

I just can't wait until the ISS is complete, the flying edsel known as shuttle is retired and Project constellation is on its feet. Its been almost 40 years since manned spaceflight has regressed into what it is today, stunting the cosmic growth of mankind.

I would have never guessed that it had more thrust than the Saturn V though.

Nay.
S1C on the Saturn V got 34.2 MegaNewtons at liftoff. SRBs plus SSMEs get only 17.75MN

 

[Mumbles]

great Americans....

 

[FLYTPAY]

great Americans....

Spock is not an American, he is Vulcan.

PS-Neither was "Scotty"....name and accent self-explanatory.

 

[Mumbles]

few shuttle pics..

 

[Blutonski816]

Spock is not an American, he is Vulcan.

PS-Neither was "Scotty"....name and accent self-explanatory.

don't forget Chekov... he's russian

 

[2sr2worry]

And that's just the SRB's...

Saturn V first stage--Five Rocketdyne F-1 engines at 1.5M lbs thrust each, 7.5M lbs total thrust

Space Shuttle--Two SRB's at 3.3M lbs thrust each plus 3 x 375000 lbs thrust from the SSME's.

Saturn V beats the SRB's, but not the total Space Shuttle initial launch thrust from SSME's plus SRB's.

 

[Mumbles]

Spock is not an American, he is Vulcan.

PS-Neither was "Scotty"....name and accent self-explanatory.

I take exception to that.....

they were all honorary Americans!:icon_tong

not these...