Shuttle Cameras Yield Excellent Footage 275
Jivecat writes "All those extra cameras NASA has added to the Space Shuttle to watch for debris impacts have yielded what may be the coolest Shuttle launch footage ever. The forward-facing view from the right-hand SRB shows, at about the 2:58 mark, booster separation and Discovery zooming away. Other views are available at the main mission site."
Not "Windows Only" as (Score:3, Informative)
Rocketcam (Score:4, Informative)
The camera supplier [eclipticenterprises.com] has a history of offering these amazing videos in MPEG format. Lets hope the new Discovery videos will be added to the last. The image of the orbiter/ET accelerating from the spent boosters is some of the most spectacular aerospace footage I have ever seen.
That was pretty cool. (Score:3, Informative)
If you dig a little (Score:5, Informative)
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/video/shuttle
Re:excellent webcam quality (Score:4, Informative)
but your webcam isn't strapped onto a continuously exploding bomb hurtling through all layers of the atmosphere in a matter of minutes.
SRB's never technically leave... (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Nice to see... (Score:5, Informative)
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/video/shuttle
Re:Nice to see... (Score:3, Informative)
Not to mention theora is still alpha software. Too new, still unproven, there is a perfectly good reason.
Re:That was pretty cool. (Score:1, Informative)
Re:I call fake (Score:3, Informative)
About 125 seconds after launch and at an altitude of about 150,000 feet, the SRB's burn out and are jettisoned from the ET. The jettison command originates from the Orbiter, and jettison occurs when the forward and aft attach points between the SRB's and ET are blown by explosive charges.
28 miles may not be space, per se, but it is pretty damn high.
You can see it break the sound barrier. (Score:5, Informative)
Re:In other news... (Score:2, Informative)
FYI, the camera landed in the water. Unless Texas has a disproportionate number of hydroponic ranches, I don't think NASA will be fielding too many of these complaints.
Re:SQUID!!! (Score:3, Informative)
Are you talking about that flurry of what looks like tentacles at around 7:38? I think you might have been seeing the lines from the parachute hitting the water and flowing past the camera.
Re:You can see it break the sound barrier. (Score:1, Informative)
How to download mms:// URIs under Linux (Score:3, Informative)
Probably a lot of people already know this, but you can download (instead of just watching it in streaming) WMV files with a "mms://" URI under Linux using MPlayer.
Just do something like this:
This is useful if you have a connection too slow for live streaming or you simply want to do something with the downloaded file.
Re:worth watching (Score:1, Informative)
Some interesting moments timelined (Score:5, Informative)
1:30-1:40 Mach transition (breaking the sound barrier - watch the nose)
2:39 a rather visible bit of debris flies right past the camera
2:58 separation from the orbiter/tank stack
3:59 as the booster tumbles, you can briefly spot the shuttle as a bright dot
5:18 you can see the smoke plume thru the upper atmosphere
7:13 some debris goes past the booster camera
7:17 you can see a shroud (parachute) line falling
7:25 you can very briefly see a chute
7:30 water entry
7:40 the chute falls into the water
8:00 as the booster floats, the chutes and shroud lines are clearly visible around the booster
Re:What happened to the camera in the water? (Score:2, Informative)
As I understand it they do reuse at least part of the booster for a number of launches.
Temp Video Mirror (Score:4, Informative)
let me know if you can find any others, especially if you can find the full high quality version (one of the mpegs above is a small clip of the high quality version).
Re:Rant: Streaming Video Blows Goats (Score:4, Informative)
can do that without decompressing...
Re:excellent webcam quality (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Belly of shuttle (Score:3, Informative)
The heat shield tiles are designed to be reused for several missions. If they fail inspection after a mission, they are replaced prior to the next mission.
Re:Wow. (Score:3, Informative)
Q. How much does it cost to launch a Space Shuttle?
A. The average cost to launch a Space Shuttle is about $450 million per mission.
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/about/informa
From Wiki:
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Budget US$225 million
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_of_the_Carib
I'll take the shuttle launch anyday over the common blockbuster.
Re:How to download mms:// URIs under Linux (Score:3, Informative)
Also there's a handy utility called mimms that works well for this. You do have to download the .asx file and open it with a text editor to get the mms:// address.
It's pretty annoying that oyu have ot jump through hoops just so you can watch a movie whenever you want. especially since if you download it you're going to save them badwidth in the long run.
Anyways I'm doing this right now (remove spaces in the URL):
Re:How do they keep it afloat? (Score:3, Informative)
BitTorrent of .mov videos (Score:4, Informative)
right_aft_srb_camera.mov.torrent [andrewhitchcock.org]
right_forward_srb_camera.mov.torrent [andrewhitchcock.org]
There is something wrong with my MIME types, so save the file as and, if necessary, rename to
Re:Camera to document tile damage? (Score:1, Informative)
I'm sorry but you'll just have to live with an unattractive but working heat shield.
Re:Some interesting moments timelined (Score:1, Informative)
Just because you're too dim-witted to do it, doesn't mean everyone is.