NASA TV

[Tachyon 0]

Oooh, shiny!

 

NASA's got some digital wizardry going on with this live TV coverage of STS-14. Go watch, with Real Media Player or Windows Media Player. Enjoy :P

 

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html?skipIntro=1

[Darrik 0]

Woah, this show's great! What's it about again? :P No, really, is it just supposed to be a photo of the ship?

 

EDIT: Okay, I understand it now. It's about clouds moving. Is there supposed to be sound with this?

Edited July 13, 2005 by Darrik

[Garnoopy 0]

NASA TV has been broadcasting images of the shuttle all day; unfortunately, it appears that we will not get to watch the liftoff of Discovery. Following is the press release I found on their web page.

 

Post-Scrub Press Briefing

NASA managers are currently meeting to evaluate the sensor issue. More information will be released at a press conference scheduled for no earlier than 4:30 p.m. EDT this afternoon from Kennedy Space Center, Fla. The press conference will be broadcast on NASA TV.

 

Today's Return to Flight launch of Space Shuttle Discovery has been postponed due to an issue with a low-level fuel cutoff sensor onboard the vehicle. The sensor protects an orbiter's main engines by triggering them to shut down in the event fuel runs unexpectedly low.

[koolaidman 0]

that was a bummer i was watchig tv for about 50 minutes, flipping through the various news channels and miles obrien was saying, that the chances of liftoff were greater now and WHAM they hit me with the stupid cancellation.

[Cptn Corizon 0]

Am I the only one who thinks the Shuttles are too old to launch safely?

 

There must be a better way for the government to replace aging equipment.

They are old, however...they have spent the last two years updating the systems. Most of the componets on the Shuttles aren't more than two year's old :P

[WesleyMustDie 0]

NASA must be pretty confident in those upgrades because Discovery went up today to resupply the ISS.

[LoAmi 0]

They are old, however...they have spent the last two years updating the systems. Most of the componets on the Shuttles aren't more than two year's old :P

You think they upgraded the computers to 256K RAM yet?

[koolaidman 0]

Am I the only one who thinks the Shuttles are too old to launch safely?

 

There must be a better way for the government to replace aging equipment.

miles obrien was just saying today (and i headr him repeat this prolly 5,572 times) that the shuttle are going to be pahsed out by 2010

[STSF NDak 0]

NASA must be pretty confident in those upgrades because Discovery went up today to resupply the ISS.

Actually, it didn't. A faulty fuel supply sensor has pushed the launch date back indefinatly.

[Seiben 0]

Saturday at least, according to CNN.com

[Nicolas Lepage 0]

Am I the only one who thinks the Shuttles are too old to launch safely?

 

There must be a better way for the government to replace aging equipment.

I heard today that they are working on something new but it will take at least until 2014 for the new ship to be ready.

[Darrik 0]

How are they ever going to get to Mars without artificial gravity?

Well, they don't really need artificial gravity. All they need is people who won't get naucious floating around for a few years.

 

In all seriousness, I belive there was a show on Discovery about how a spaceship going on a mission around the system, and it might have explained your question.

[Tachyon 0]

Well, they don't really need artificial gravity. All they need is people who won't get naucious floating around for a few years.

Actually, what we really need are better ways of carrying things. Currently, it costs too much money to launch everything we'd need into orbit (habitats, food, water, etc). Realistically, any interplanetary travel will begin with a spacecraft being assembled in orbit or on the moon, where escape velocities are lessened and therefore less fuel is required.

 

We also need a better fuel, maybe some fusion power. And we need shielding to protect us from space junk, but more importantly, the cosmic radiation. Earth's magnetic field protects most things in orbit from cosmic rays, but once you leave the field, you new the shield. ;)

[koolaidman 0]

AHHHHH!

 

today i watched a press conference witha few people (who i think are from nasa) and guess what, a sunday launch is basically out of the picture. gosh darnet, just launch the darn thing!

[John_Anderson 0]

Ugh... for real. I just want to see the shuttle launch already. I'm lucky cause I just look East from where ever I'm at and see the shuttle go flying into the air.

 

One of the few good things about living here in Central Florida. ;)