tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post8055905904863186759..comments2024-03-24T14:47:00.370-07:00Comments on Approaching Pavonis Mons by balloon: ShuttleAl Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01517967406876572177noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-38409863135666198042011-07-12T14:34:57.821-07:002011-07-12T14:34:57.821-07:00Anon - yes, be interesting to see how it ends.
Bo...Anon - yes, be interesting to see how it ends.<br /><br />Bob: I am (was) a fan of the shuttle, and I'm sad to see that phase of spaceflight end without an immediate successor in place. But in the long term, I'm still very optimistic. If that means firms like Virgin and SpaceX taking over the relative donkey-work of lofting things and people into orbit, while NASA gets on with deep space exploration, I think that would be a win-win situation.Al Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01517967406876572177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-44834595798945878592011-07-12T08:35:41.547-07:002011-07-12T08:35:41.547-07:00I saw a night-time launch back in '95 . . . se...I saw a night-time launch back in '95 . . . seemed like there was a launch every week then. Have you been following news of the possible cancellation of the James Webb Space Telescope? - AlanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-45348691334585789602011-07-12T07:21:25.224-07:002011-07-12T07:21:25.224-07:00So sad though, seems like we are shutting a door o...So sad though, seems like we are shutting a door on our efforts to get into space. I would have liked to have seen its successor launched before the shuttle was moth-balled.<br />Now all we have is VirginGalactic *shudders*Bobhttp://bob-lock.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-39626878694357153392011-07-07T20:23:38.681-07:002011-07-07T20:23:38.681-07:00Haha, is there any fan of Alastair Reynolds that w...Haha, is there any fan of Alastair Reynolds that wouldn't want to see a shuttle launch? I sure would, but its probably not going to happen anytime soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-62155150592908718262011-07-07T06:15:13.977-07:002011-07-07T06:15:13.977-07:00I haven't seen any, but my brother got to see ...I haven't seen any, but my brother got to see the launch of Dennis Tito, the first space tourist, on a Soyuz back in 2001 (researching an unmade film project about Gagarin).<br /><br />One titbit from the video he took: there was a press conference just before launch, with the cosmonauts protected from infection from the audience by a glass wall. After the conference, the cosmonauts and press all filed out and mingled in a joint lobby area!Nicholas Wallerhttp://www.nawaller.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-23924658977368073962011-07-07T02:39:59.359-07:002011-07-07T02:39:59.359-07:00Never thought I'd see one, let alone two.
The...Never thought I'd see one, let alone two.<br /><br />The second was the more spectacular as there was no cloud deck; the first one was up and gone in about 20 seconds. Still awesome, mind :-)<br /><br />My wife got to see an Ariane 5 launch in 1999, while I was up a mountain nursing some equipment. Still got to tick that box...Al Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01517967406876572177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-25520290563489960572011-07-07T02:22:38.055-07:002011-07-07T02:22:38.055-07:00I've only ever seen one Shuttle launch - STS-8...I've only ever seen one Shuttle launch - STS-8 in August 1983 - as we were in Florida on holiday at the time. We didn't see the launch from Kennedy but from a nearby hotel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com