Space Shuttle Endeavour in LA pics

[ianrauk]

Friend of mine in LA sent me some pics today of the spaceshuttle Endeavour landing at LA Airport.

 

[Pauluk]

The shuttle was such an incredible machine IMO. I sometimes wonder how it ever got off the drawing board. Can you imagine some engineer trying to describe it during concept.

'Oh and by the way we'll cover it completely in er um ... bricks and it'll glide in with no engines and land a 375mph.
Also, If we're really careful we can use two great big tubes stuffed to the brim with gunpowder to get it off the ground.
Oh and at the point of takeoff we'll have to pump like half a million gallons of water on to the launch pad to stop the sound of the engines ripping the concrete apart.

What a machine.

 

[ianrauk]

And then let's plonk it on the back of a Boeing 747....

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I've seen a space shuttle take-off, where's the smug smiley gone?

 

[rodgy-dodge]

oooooo thats quite impressive

 

[smokeysmoo]

On the subject of space here's a lovely short film to kick start your Saturday mornings;

View: http://youtu.be/XoMN-zg7r3M

 

[Octet]

Amazing, and as rightly pointed out by Paul,

such an incredible machine

Talking of space, anyone got any news on Curiosity

 

[colly]

The shuttle never happened. It was/is all a fake, a conspiracy. CGI and photoshop.
I know for a fact 'cos I read it on the net and also a bloke down the pub said so.

 

[Archie_tect]

View: http://youtu.be/XoMN-zg7r3M

Thanks Smokey.... that was lovely!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

The shuttle never happened. It was/is all a fake, a conspiracy. CGI and photoshop.
I know for a fact 'cos I read it on the net and also a bloke down the pub said so.

Yebbut...your pub is just an optical illusion, that bloke a figment of your tiny mind and CycleChat is just a weird dream - we'll all wake up tomorrow and be Bobby Ewing. Or something.

 

[BigonaBianchi]

I met a reallynice guy in america..he let me stay at his place...he worked for nasa on the international space stations levelling systems...the kit that keeps the thing from rolling or something...he did explain but i have enough troublejust balancing my bike.

 

[TheDoctor]

And there was me expecting this to be about Lance Armstrong.
I'd have loved to see a shuttle launch. That's almost as big a regret as never having flown on Concorde.

 

[ianrauk]

And there was me expecting this to be about Lance Armstrong.
I'd have loved to see a shuttle launch. That's almost as big a regret as never having flown on Concorde.

oooh I have done one of those...

 

[threebikesmcginty]

oooh I have done one of those...

Concorde shmoncorde...

 

[Octet]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19684681

Space Shuttle In Hollywood Flypast, in case anyone is interested.