Shuttle: Discovery Launch

Click to see interactive video of Discovery's launch.

It allows you to change camera angles and watch 3 different camera's at once.


Very cool!

 

It's a miracle it didn't fall apart like the last one.

 

No it is not a miracle it didn't fall apart. It just took hard work and a lot of dedication.

 

I know that we here in Canada only provide a few crew members as well as the Canada Arm, so I really want to thank the American public for funding such a worth while cause.

 

I imagine that Canada actually contributes quite a bit the scheme of things in the space program. The arm being just one of them

 

I really wish the British had of kept up ther space program (bluestreak), but i hope the launch goes well. NASA hopefully will get it working

 

Future flights have now been grounded,

July 27 (Bloomberg) -- NASA is grounding its shuttle fleet after cameras showed foam insulation appeared to break off the shuttle Discovery during its launch into space yesterday, Cable News Network reported.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=a.DD5ONVF4yE&refer=us

 

Apparently, news reports in Australia confirmed that the Discovery Space Shuttle hit a bird on take-off. No joke, I actually saw that happen when I was wide awake (pfft... lol. I was half-asleep) watching the launch at 00:27 hours from home!

David.