Comments on Dark Roasted Blend: Rarely Seen Shuttle Pre-Flight Activities

This is outstanding. I'venever imagined such gigan...

2008-03-17T11:17:00.000-07:00

This is outstanding. I'venever imagined such gigantic efforts made to make it happen.

Hats off to theses people!!

I hadn't realised the tank was so big

2008-03-16T19:39:00.000-07:00

I hadn't realised the tank was so big

My dad works on the external fuel tank, and he's g...

2008-03-13T18:38:00.000-07:00

My dad works on the external fuel tank, and he's gone down river on the barge before. In a weird side note, on the barge, it's one big party and there's an entire walk-in freezer devoted to ice cream and a chef onboard on duty 24/7 to cook whatever your heart desires. LOL

The shuttle lifts off from the MLP (Mobile Launch ...

2008-03-11T12:32:00.000-07:00

The shuttle lifts off from the MLP (Mobile Launch Platform), which is the rectangular part the crawler is carrying. The crawler moves the platform into place, puts it down on fixed support legs and then moves to a parking position. The tower is a fixed installation for the Shuttle launches, but in the Apollo days, it was carried to the launch pad as well.

Impressive series of pictures, thank you for this ...

2008-03-08T13:36:00.000-08:00

Impressive series of pictures, thank you for this "insight" not so commonly seen around ;)

Excellent exposition. I've always wandered how th...

2008-03-08T03:49:00.000-08:00

Excellent exposition. I've always wandered how the craft was attached to the boosters and the pictures reveal all and show it to be rudimentary mechanics-hoist and attach. That must be one awesome crane to be able to heave that amount of dead weight all the way up there. The counter-weight must be huge. Engineering at its best.

Wow. These pics are excellent...If you're a drudge...

2008-03-07T15:31:00.000-08:00

Wow. These pics are excellent...

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If one nation made it this far-imagine the possibi...

2007-04-01T10:07:00.000-07:00

If one nation made it this far-imagine the possibilities of the world nations united?

fantastic post

2007-03-30T10:06:00.001-07:00

fantastic post

fantastic work

2007-03-30T10:06:00.000-07:00

fantastic work

these are just label left-overs from original slid...

2007-03-30T07:58:00.000-07:00

these are just label left-overs from original slide presentation :)

Awesome photos.I notice 438457650_81934df1c5.jpg a...

2007-03-30T06:04:00.000-07:00

Awesome photos.

I notice 438457650_81934df1c5.jpg and 438457714_76716def77.jpg both appear to have been censored. Each has a black rectangle, marked "Cargo package for ISS" and "New module for ISS" respectively. The black is solid and the rectangles are not in perspective with the rest of the photos, so apparently were added after the photo.

I wonder what NASA needs to keep hidden, and why?

Very cool.But one question does the Shuttle actual...

2007-03-30T01:20:00.000-07:00

Very cool.

But one question does the Shuttle actually lift off from the back of
the crawler?

Or does it launch from a separate pad that the crawler simply transports it to?

geniales todos los post.

2007-03-29T22:50:00.000-07:00

geniales todos los post.

Excellent series of pictures!

2007-03-29T17:13:00.000-07:00

Excellent series of pictures!