STS-127 solid rocket booster cam - liftoff to ocean splashdown, real time, with audio

[La Flames Fan]

This is some kind of cool...check out the foam hits at the 1:35 to 1:50 mark.

[worth]

wow that is unreal. thanks for that.

[MelBridgeman]

cleary fake, no stars in the sky, you shouldn't be able to hear sound in space..clear fake!

[GreatWhiteEbola]

Awesome! I want NASA TV.

[Tyler]

That was freakin' amazing

[STeeLy]

What happened at the 5:20 mark when everything went all black?

(I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, just curious)

[BlackArcher101]

I think part of the parachute recovery system was covering the camera.

[HOZ]

What happened at about 5:43 or so? It went completely black and then the parachutes opened.

[La Flames Fan]

Found this one too...this has all different angles...it actually puts it home how sort of antiquated this form of space travel is becoming.

Edit: Scroll to the 14:30 mark - that's my favourite...

[photon]

Originally Posted by La Flames Fan

Found this one too...this has all different angles...it actually puts it home how sort of antiquated this form of space travel is becoming.

What do you mean?

[Madman]

Wow, at 15:33 you can see it break the sound barrier.

[Gozer]

I saw one show, documentary I believe, where the crew of a space ship determined they needed to move the galaxy instead of moving themselves.

[worth]

This form of space travel has always been antiquated. It's extremely inefficient, but it's only the first step.

[La Flames Fan]

Originally Posted by photon

What do you mean?

It's technology that's coming up 30 years old...with all the wonders of engineering that brilliant people produce every day, I'd say the shuttle is not the newest kid at camp.

Look at this engine being developed right now:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/...html?full=true

Considering they're close to test flights of the Constellation program, my bet is they think it's antiquated too.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/co...ain/index.html

[photon]

Originally Posted by La Flames Fan

It's technology that's coming up 30 years old...with all the wonders of engineering that brilliant people produce every day, I'd say the shuttle is not the newest kid at camp.

Look at this engine being developed right now:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/...html?full=true

Considering they're close to test flights of the Constellation program, my bet is they think it's antiquated too.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/co...ain/index.html

You had said that "form" of space travel was antiquated, the Constellation program is the same as the shuttle, just newer hardware. Incrementally better, but still the same form.

The ion engine is cool, something new, but it won't help with getting stuff off the ground; the thrust is far too small.

[SportsJunky]

^That's what she said?

[FurnaceFace]

When the screen going black there I had a "oh oh, here comes the rickroll" moment.

It is amazing how good of a track record the shuttles have given how many failure points there are. The foam chucks breaking off pieces of the fuel tank is pretty sobering.

[La Flames Fan]

Originally Posted by photon

You had said that "form" of space travel was antiquated, the Constellation program is the same as the shuttle, just newer hardware. Incrementally better, but still the same form.

The ion engine is cool, something new, but it won't help with getting stuff off the ground; the thrust is far too small.

Alright then, the hardware used in this form of space travel is antiquated. It's what I meant.

[photon]

That's why I asked

[Sample00]

ok, here's the stupid question of the day...
how do they make it happen that the rocket boosters fall back into the ocean and not on land somewhere?