Launch of Atlantis on STS-129 11/16/2009
Posted on: November 16, 2009
Posted in: Atlantis, Featured, Launch Events, STS-129, Shuttle Launches, Space Shuttles, Video
See the launch itself at 9:00 in to the video. Space Shuttle Atlantis on a beautiful fall day. From T-9 to MECO
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Without the russia’s support,i don’t think we would have made it,to me,they “deserve a piece of the cake” for their help =D
Just love this clip, its amazing.
They deserve a US alliance
, as tedious as our relationship is there is something about space exploration that brings eveyr together. Except china, chinas sort of the big kid thats silent and just does things.
so after the rest are launched what then are we done with space or what ?
@tx77015ls1
LOL, most advanced machine ever created? Remove the word “ever” and oh stop that “US have it others don’t” attitude. The brains behind that machine are from all over the world. Good that US have it, but don’t brag.
It shows altitude: -23 ft. Why negative? Can anyone tell me? I got this kind of measurement in physics problem but never seen in real scenario like this one. Anyone know?
I met the crew of this mission in Huntsville, at the George Marshall space flight center.
Built by Rockwell USA here in the USA by Americans. No foreign parts on this baby.
Were done launching people from USA for about 7 to 10 years. Sad………..
@mach25man
Indeed. I read about it too! An awasome ‘product’ made by us without a doubt. However, when I said remove ‘ever’ and ‘don’t show US have it attitude’ I meant that those people who worked on it aren’t just US born people. Furthermore, all techs aren’t born in US. Either way, it is relative concept but ppl like to brag about things. When knowledge is infinite and it’s everywhere, what’s to brag about? That was my point. LOL
@mindsoulbody
It probably measures 0 from the height of the sea or something similar. So, if the launch pad is built in a valley lower than the sea, there’s a negative value. I’m not entirely positive that this is the case here, but probably something like that.
@Thorsell
Thanks dude. I had a similar thought but needed confirmation. You (and I) are probably right.
I dont see it as an attitude. There”s nothing wrong with showing a little pride. Good for him if he had something to do with it.
Pad A stands 48 feet above sea level so the statistics on this vid are not exact.
@mach25man
Well you know how it is, words can’t convey true human feelings. Perhaps if he had said that in a different way or maybe said face to face, this dilemma wouldn’t have happened. I didn’t take his ‘attitude’ seriuosly. It’s just that I’ve seen ppl talk like that about religion, science, people and so on. You wonder why they do like that, when there are broader way of thinking. But no he has right to be proud. So am I, but not as ‘only US can do’ but rather as ‘only human can do’.
I think only astronauts see the earth as one. Back on earth there is much division.
@mach25man
On this vid’s forum I don’t think it would be proper to talk about concept such as ’seeing one’. But if you must, then you also have to understand, we humans aren’t animals, we have the ability to think and go BEYOND THINKING. And by that I mean this: What we see as one or not one is in our mind. It is all about being wise (wisdom that is, the ability to decide what is right and wrong and do right thing regardless of it’s usual appearance). So not only astronauts see earth as one.
Wow, I’m dont know much about philosophy or logic. You might as well be off in another world with those comments. Sorry ! This is a shuttle video. Right ?
@mach25man
That’s why I’ve said “i don’t think it would be proper to talk about…”. But no it has nothing to do w/ philosophy. If you say logic, then you are looking at at machine that put human logic (in engineering) to the test. Thinking broad always rewards one w/ broad things, be it concrete or abstract. That was the general idea. You can fire a rocket anytime but can’t see how differently it flies each time until you think about it. (it’s a loose, broken analogy but hope you understand).
AMERICAN MIGHT!! Weapons in Space. Y Que putos!!
Agreed…not only americans that participated for this fabulous machine,german scientists,russians, and lots of other europeans/asians contributed to it…without von braun and his click,americans would have never left the earth….
@WarrenAch
Indeed. You said it.
You might as well give the rest of the world credit in all the other ideas that came from the USA like cars, airplanes, computers, baseball, the light bulb etc.
i watched this at school today…
The actual reason there retiring the space shuttle is because ever since the Columbia incident.
Well nasa new about the problems. And launced anyways.
Just like with challenger. Thanks to them being sttuborn. Its there own fault.
It’s a good thing that they are ending the space shuttle missions. They are getting too old and dangerous.
Anybody know what Nasa’s next space craft will be???
Obama just cancelled their next space craft Ares. Shuttles are in their prime . They are not dangerous. Both accidents were caused by Mgt. The orbiters perform flawlessly every mission.
They were good in their prime in the 80s and 90s, but they are now almost 30 years old. And for a spacecraft, even a jet liner, that is old.
So does NASA have any other ideas regarding space travel?
I dont think age matters as long as their taken care of. These orbiters except for their burnt re-entry marks on the outside look brand new on the inside. Built for 100 space missions, they have a pretty robust build to them. Jet liners are not taken care of anywhere close to the degree the orbiters are. Obama wants to turn it over to private enterprise. With that in mind, it will be another decade until we launch humans from this country.
I hate obama for those of you who are interested in space obama cancelled the man made space program no more space for us.
So Russia will continue to use their Soyuz rockets to go to the ISS until America has got its act together?
fuck obama!
Correct. And Nasa will buy seats from Russia to send US astronauts to ISS at a price of 50 million per seat.
Okay, thats not cheap. Cheers for the info by the way
What an astonishing piece of machinery.. such a damn shame they’re retiring it.
Thanks for the huge NASA budget Obama…..