RedskinFeathers Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Edit: FinalBeast you just beat me to it! And that picture is way more awesome than the two I posted. That is so cool. THIS thread is useless without pics can't believe no one has posted any. I'm in Blacksburg so I obviously didn't take these, but these are from two of my friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.C.O.L.B. Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 For this, I'm like a 5. Maybe a 6 or 7 at most. But everyone is acting like this is a 9-10, and I don't really get it. It's definitely cool to see, our office is across the street from Dulles so we have a badass view... but I don't get the extent of the reaction that everyone is having. I totally get being excited, but I wouldn't have lined up Rt 28. Then again, it wouldn't be the first time I could be accused of being "less romantic" than others... This. I don't care enough to even look out the window. Everyone is running around "Did you see it!! Did you see it!! I saw it!!" **** off. Maybe I'm just in a bad mood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Whoa. Somebody took a **** in someone's cereal this a.m.. * As for the shuttle. Cool. Even cooler pics. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC_Skins Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 From my office view.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsNumberOne Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Whoa. Somebody took a **** in someone's cereal this a.m.. I'm not down on it or anything as much as GACOLB, but I definitely don't get the extent of the excitement. That said, I took some pretty poor pics. I'm sure others in the office have better ones, I'll get those from them later and post them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boss_Hogg Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Been watching the live feed all morning. I wish I was back working at KIAD, this would have been amazing to see in person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gracelander Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 I went down town and was allowed up on a roof where my wife works. Got a few good shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 I know that "nasa" stopped manned missions to space, but I think we will see great advancement from private corporations getting more involved in space technology. Space exploration is by no means dead. Private corporations don't spend billions and trillions of dollars doing things just to be doing them. There's money to be made in launching satellites. There's money to be made in giving millionaires 20 minute rides in an X-15. There's (government) money, in sending people back and forth to the ISS. For a while. There's no money in sending somebody to the Moon. Or Mars. Or actually building useful, manufacturing, bootstrap-possessing, work above the Earth's surface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HogNose Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 from the Washington Post gallery.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renaissance Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Some awesome pics posted by my friends on facebook. Very jelly they got to see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Two passes just north of Dulles: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjunkies Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Son of a!!!! I work right next to the monument and I missed it because I was so busy with work that it slipped my mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunterx Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Private corporations don't spend billions and trillions of dollars doing things just to be doing them. There's money to be made in launching satellites. There's money to be made in giving millionaires 20 minute rides in an X-15. There's (government) money, in sending people back and forth to the ISS. For a while. There's no money in sending somebody to the Moon. Or Mars. Or actually building useful, manufacturing, bootstrap-possessing, work above the Earth's surface. Competition breeds advances. I think the right corporations could compete with each other for space dominance. I see your point about them not being as interested in missions that won't necessarily yield financial incentive. However, I think that competition would advance the technology. We may see new inventions in how crafts are built, resources used to get us into space, and who knows, maybe they can help create a larger space station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Pretty good shot of a low level pass: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Competition breeds advances. Oh, I agree. Corporations competing to find cheaper ways of launching satellites will yield new technologies. But I don't see that resulting in anything like the kind of space exploration that everybody I know simply took for granted on the 60s and 70s. ---------- Post added April-17th-2012 at 11:49 AM ---------- Wonder what's going to happen to the transporter plane, when they're done. Smithsonian? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renaissance Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Pretty good shot of a low level pass:http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/forum/file.php?2,file=57394,filename=shuttle.JPG It's so amazing to me that they can mount a freaking space shuttle on an airplane and fly like it's no big deal. I wonder how many "man guys, does this plane feel a little heavy to you" jokes were made by the pilots today?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunterx Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Awesome find Dan T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Nice close up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Weirdo Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 That thing is filthy. Hope it gets a nice wash once its docked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjah Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Last I heard, they're actually going to display it in its dirtied-up state as if it just returned from space, to emphasize the punishing conditions these vehicles routinely endured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoleSkin21 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Two nice videos my co-workers took today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 They had to pass over Dulles several times meaning they probably landed after 11 AM when I was in class Gotta land that before I get in class cause I can't follow or watch in class! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Mike Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 I went out to the beach early this morning to watch it fly by. I was a little disappointed that it was not flying as low as I had hoped but I'm still glad I got to see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsNumberOne Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 They had to pass over Dulles several times meaning they probably landed after 11 AM when I was in classGotta land that before I get in class cause I can't follow or watch in class! Yeah it landed after 11am. We saw it from our office window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 I saw it when they brought it east the first time. Enterprise(?) was mounted on back and flew over my house in Crofton. It was a Saturday I think.. really cool to see it. ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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