Go ahead and *try* to tell me this ain't cool...

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/.../s114e6412.jpg

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/.../s114e6421.jpg

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Scott Lowther wrote:

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That first one makes it look like the Shuttle is in orbit over Mars.
I take it they were passing ovear a desert when it was taken.

Pat

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"Yes, Steve?"

"You've got the DAP in FREE, right?"

"Yes."

"And the flight controller power is off, right?"

"Yep."

"And the DDU circuit breakers are out, right?"

"Check."

"And the RJDs are powered off, right?"

"Of course... why do you ask?"

"Oh, no reason in particular..."

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Wow... but it's a pity they didn't have him give the cockpit windows a
quick dusting-off. That would have been an interesting picture, too!

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What a flying brickyard. And the background ain't bad either.

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yeah, we were all glued to the screen. I was boggling that we were
getting *helmetcam* feed in *realtime* from the *underside* of the
orbiter and I was wwatching it on my *laptop*.

Then it occurred to me that what we were actually watching was the
equivalent of the power company lineman maneuvering his bucket truck so
that he could very delicately pull his ATM card out of the machine.

That pretty much sums up STS right there. Visually stunning,
accomplishes nothing whatsoever.

Sigh.


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Terrell Miller wrote:

That pretty much sums up STS right there. Visually stunning,
accomplishes nothing whatsoever.


Visually stunning is a vital component. Great goals for NASA are
supported by funding and Congressional direction. Congress only gives a
damn when the voters give a damn. The voters only give a damn when NASA
is visually stunning.

Witness Galileo drop probe vs. Huygens: Huygens sent back a very small
number of *extremely* crappy pictures, but the People cared (briefly,
anyway). Galileo sent back no images whatsoever. And so the people
didn't give a ****. The lack of a camera on the Galileo drop probe was
one of the great stupid decision in space science, because it meant that
the guy in the street would care precisely none at all.

If Shuttle can maintain visual stunningness, people will retain
interest... even if the astronauts aren't actually accomplishign anything.

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On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 15:31:23 GMT, Scott Lowther
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Visually stunning is a vital component. Great goals for NASA are
supported by funding and Congressional direction. Congress only gives a
damn when the voters give a damn. The voters only give a damn when NASA
is visually stunning.

Taking a few space pics can always do that.

Witness Galileo drop probe vs. Huygens: Huygens sent back a very small
number of *extremely* crappy pictures,

They were not that bad. And they could only fit so much in that radio
link. Too bad that they lost half the data.

but the People cared (briefly, anyway).

Yes, interesting place. It would be real nice to get a rover down
there. See some interesting weather then.

Galileo sent back no images whatsoever.

The probe you obviously mean.

And so the people didn't give a ****.

Well a picture is worth a thousand words.

The lack of a camera on the Galileo drop probe was
one of the great stupid decision in space science, because it meant that
the guy in the street would care precisely none at all.

I cannot say that the publicity was good either. Now let me recall
what science data this probe returned. Something about the water
content I recall. Either less than expected, or more than expected.

Also you should remember that Galileo was in action at the same time,
with great pictures, interesting facts and more. So no one much cared
about the probe on either side of the fence.

In fact lets see you go to the Galileo site and dig out some probe
data...
http://galileo.jpl.nasa.gov/

If Shuttle can maintain visual stunningness, people will retain
interest... even if the astronauts aren't actually accomplishign anything.

I don't think that NASA has been too much into showing off the great
space views in the past. The camera views this time were excellent. It
also seems clear that people like rocket launches. What goes on top of
NASA's oversized firework is therefore not so important.

NASA should remember that it has a job to do. People I expect would be
impressed by some efficiency.

Cardman.

Terrell Miller wrote in
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That pretty much sums up STS right there. Visually stunning,
accomplishes nothing whatsoever.

Cynical.

--Damon

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Well a picture is worth a thousand words.

And millions of dollars in funding.