I see you, space shuttle
Posted 02.22.2010 at 3:16 pm
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Cupola View: Why is this man smiling? Oh right NASA
Here we get a view of George Zamka, NASA astronaut and STS-130 commander, peeking out from the newly-installed cupola on February 19 while the space shuttle remained docked with the space station. ISS resident Soichi Noguchi has already made good use of the cupola to take pretty Earth Twitpics with his 800mm lens camera.
Speaking of Noguchi, the astronaut also took advantage of his fresh vantage point to capture this stunning image of the space shuttle making an s-turn while undergoing atmospheric reentry on its return home.
Space Shuttle S-Turn: Sky shuttle in flight Soichi Noguchi/NASA
Besides providing stunning sights, the cupola gives ISS residents a better view to control the space station's robotic arm. That feature should come in handy, considering that NASA's new budget has extended the space station lifetime until at least 2020.
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Nice window.
Nasa should start working on ideas for a moon base with the new budget money. I am thinking that it would be easier to supply building material to the space station from there. If we had a decent moon base we would be able to find new material from moon rocks and whatever lies beneath it that layer.
How much money did they get exactly?
Why the massive window covers? They look like they are a foot thick. They look like flower petals on steroids. Are they normally kept in the closed position when the windows are not in use? I guess there's enough danger from micrometeoroids and orbital debris to want to have the windows covered up as much as possible. I presume the gold-colored bars at the top are grab handles?
Sheesh. All that money and you think they'd at least spring for tinted windows.
@aerospace --- Moon base? HAHAHAHA ... Where have you been lately? Obama just killed returning to the Moon for another generation.
Now that is a room with a view !! A place for them to catch some tranguilty and catch their thoughts during the day.