Posted 03.04.2011 at 4:17 pm
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We've seen footage from rocket-mounted cameras before, but this is a particularly stunning example of the genre: cameras mounted on the solid-fuel rocket boosters that lifted the shuttle Discovery into space last week document their entire 30-minute voyage, from liftoff to splashdown. The ground recedes fast amid sparks and smoke; Discovery cuts loose and continues on its lonely voyage; the boosters capture some lovely shots of our planet as they spin and parachute and land safely in the ocean.
NASA could go a long way toward solving its budgetary issues if they charged audiences to watch amazing movies like this.
Warning: the video is silent until audio suddenly kicks in around 14:50.
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what a truly beautiful planet we live in. I hope no aliens attack and evict us all.
If aliens attack our planet and try to evict us then you'll be seeing me on the front lines in a full suit of Halo body armor holding a flame thrower and smoking a cigar roasting those bugs, and I'll be yelling it's time to kick ass and chew bubble gum, and im all outta gum....starcraft 2....halo....and duke nukem for the win!
@Cookiees453
You do realize that the weapons used in those games do not actual exist?
I for one, welcome our new alien overlords....
Dumb ass....
._. ...Thumper? ...what did your father tell you this morning?
;) ;)
CTFxC sorta beat ya to this one popsci, but regardless, it's an excellent find :) My favorite part is 15:18-15:36 where the boosters separate and you can see AND hear little bits of them bouncing off of their casings. That segment and them dropping into the water ~6:50 are both great!
>A secondary heads up, part of the video has audio<
Since I am old enough to remember the drop tests with Enterprise and the first Discovery launch, I can say that video was AWESOME!