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Topic: Photo of the week 406 (August 4, 2012)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 08-04-2012 06:18 AM
   
 Columbia is rolled out to the launch pad on August 31, 1981, in preparation for STS-2. Ed Hengeveld |
East-Frisian
Member Posts: 586
From: Germany
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 08-04-2012 07:01 AM
Glamour and mystic. |
garymilgrom
Member Posts: 1966
From: Atlanta, GA
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 08-04-2012 08:14 AM
Any details on the weather Ed? Looks like heavy mist or fog, perhaps rain. Would they roll out a Shuttle in the rain?Beautiful and unusual - thanks! |
GoesTo11
Member Posts: 1309
From: Denver, CO
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 08-04-2012 09:45 AM
I must have a hi-res of that. Can I talk you into sending me the "biggest" version you've got, Ed? |
Greggy_D
Member Posts: 977
From: Michigan
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 08-04-2012 10:59 AM
Columbia looks like a toy model next to the VAB. |
Cozmosis22
Member Posts: 968
From: Texas * Earth
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 08-04-2012 12:15 PM
quote:
Originally posted by garymilgrom:
Would they roll out a Shuttle in the rain?
No. Can't imagine them intentionally taking that slow-motion six-hour balancing-act trek to the pad with wind and rain in the forecast. The launch schedule was not so tight as to ever require that. What we see there is probably just the usual early morning fog at the Space Coast. Thanks for the beautiful image! The shuttle stack (for the last time dressed in full white) looks so small because it is apparently about a half hour out from the VAB and further away from our point of view. |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 08-04-2012 03:47 PM
quote:
Originally posted by garymilgrom:
Any details on the weather Ed? Looks like heavy mist or fog, perhaps rain.
The rest of the rollout images show excellent weather, so this was probably morning fog. Not half as bad as for STS-6 rollout. And, yes: Columbia was rolled out of the far side of the VAB from this angle. So it looks a bit small. |
icarkie
Member Posts: 618
From: BURTON ON TRENT /England
Registered: Nov 2002
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posted 08-05-2012 07:26 AM
Great photo Ed.I think the music from ELP, fanfare for the common man could be played along
with this image.  |
ringo67
Member Posts: 179
From: Seekonk, Mass., USA
Registered: May 2003
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posted 08-05-2012 10:29 PM
Hey, that was my 11th birthday.I remember seeing footage of the rollout on the evening news. It really felt like the beginning of a whole new era in spaceflight. I wish I could feel that excited now. Curiosity comes close. But, maybe I'm just getting old... |
Gonzo
Member Posts: 596
From: Lansing, MI, USA
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 08-07-2012 05:40 AM
Kids! You were all of 11? You weren't even
born yet for the one of the greatest events of all time! Getting old? Nah! You've got a lot to see yet! Great times are just getting started!This is a beautiful image. The fog makes it all look so "nebulous"!
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