Shuttle Atlantis on May 14 @ 2:20pm

[bluedes]

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NASA picks May 14 launch for Atlantis' last flight

Read more: NASA picks May 14 launch for Atlantis' last flight - Nation AP - MiamiHerald.com

Anybody wanna go there?

[rodsky]

NASA picks May 14 launch for Atlantis' last flight

Read more: NASA picks May 14 launch for Atlantis' last flight - Nation AP - MiamiHerald.com

Anybody wanna go there?

If you live in FL, why not? Some of my Orbiter buddies are going there as a group. One of them has never missed a Shuttle launch since 1981 (he lives beside the Cape).

-RODION

[analog man]

hope it will be covered live.

[rodsky]

hope it will be covered live.

All shuttle launches are covered live. I regularly post live launches (and spacewalks, and landings) in this subforum via NASA TV, but people tend not to notice it.

NASA TV

-RODION

[analog man]

thanks sa link

[rodsky]

Take note, this is NOT the last Shuttle flight--this is the last flight of ATLANTIS only. There are 2 more...

September 16 2010
STS-133 Discovery
ISS assembly flight ULF5, MPLM, Leonardo, (to be left permanently attached), ELC 3. Also, Robonaut 2's debut in space (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robonau...aut_2_.28R2.29 ).
Final planned flight of Discovery.

November 2010
STS-134 Endeavour
ISS assembly flight ULF6, ELC 4, ROEU, Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.
Final planned flight of Endeavour, and final flight of Space Shuttle program.

-RODION

[bluedes]

yup, plan to drive there on may 13 and get a glimpse of shuttle atlantis..

last i checked, shuttle discovery was supposed to be launching on july 19, but i guess they moved it to sept.

i've never been to florida, any place where we could get a clear view of the site? is there an observation deck, or do we just drive by the fence? hehe and watch from afar..

[rodsky]

yup, plan to drive there on may 13 and get a glimpse of shuttle atlantis..

last i checked, shuttle discovery was supposed to be launching on july 19, but i guess they moved it to sept.

i've never been to florida, any place where we could get a clear view of the site? is there an observation deck, or do we just drive by the fence? hehe and watch from afar..

Launch Viewing: Where & How to Watch, View and See Space Shuttle Launches

Good luck and happy viewing!

-RODION

[analog man]

kani nga mga vessel ba, HOTAS gamit sa pagmani-obra ani?

[rodsky]

kani nga mga vessel ba, HOTAS gamit sa pagmani-obra ani?

HOTAS stands for Hands-On-Throttle-and-Stick. The shuttle is basically a glider, and thus it has no real "throttle" (the actual throttle is directly linked to the guidance computer that is set to predetermined thrust settings in various phases of the flight). Shuttle orientation and landing control is indeed still done using a joystick-type controller, but apart from that, the shuttle control system cannot be equated to a HOTAS system (how can you "hands on" the throttle when there is no throttle lever?). The HOTAS system was developed primarily for combat purposes, so that the fighter pilot wouldn't have to reach for buttons around the cockpit while engaged in air-to-air or air-to-ground combat.

-RODION