Space shuttle Atlantis and its six-member crew beginning an 11-day delivery flight to the International Space Station
Yes, it's 10 minutes. Deal with it or don't watch the video.
Cat: Awesome
Pub: 2 years ago
Views: 7580
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Length: 11:31 minutes
Dimens: 480 x 270 px
2 2 years ago by gringo
#(removed comment) so what?
3 2 years ago by LightAng3l
This is incredible! It is a marvel of engineering and yet...it seems so primitive.
4 2 years ago by Buttmonkey
phh! anybody can launch a space shuttle, not like it's a rocket science or something 
5 2 years ago by Xeromyr
At #1
The sparks light the hydrogen/oxygen fuel, which flows from the orange fuel tank. They ignite the shuttle boosters first to ensure that they are lit throughout take off and to provide counter force for where the real lift off strength comes -- the RSRM's (reusable solid rocket motors).
The RSRM's light differently. A small charge ignites the "ignition chamber" at the top (just below the beginning of the cones)of the white boosters, which sends an extremely hot burst of flame down the entire length of the rocket boosters in about 1/20th of a second, where the solid rocket fuel then burns from the core, out.
6 2 years ago by kainim
#5 thanks 
oh and do you know how the sound supression water thing works??? 
i never got that part
7 2 years ago by Xeromyr
#6
It serves two purposes. The shock waves from the ignition blasts are so intense, that they can cause the structural concrete to weaken, and in that case it serves as a sound dampener.
The second purpose it serves is to protect the concrete below the boosters from either turning into glass or being burnt entirely through from the extreme heat.
They basically flood the area with water to absorb and dissipate any energies the boosters produce which could cause excessive damage to the launch site.
If you look up "ATK Booster Test" on youtube you'll probably find some information about how the hillside in front of the blast zone has been completely turned to glass due to the heat.
8 2 years ago by kainim
aah!! i thought sound dampener was so you wouldn't go deaf so to speak, i didn't think of sound as a shockwave, thanks yet again ^^
9 2 years ago by tunicopp
:warning: Actually it is 11:31 :warning:
10 2 years ago by nooitaf (admin)
dealt with it .. liked it .. want more 
11 2 years ago by Gringo_el_Diablo
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12 2 years ago by mydixiewrecked
8:20 ITS OVER 9000!.....MPH lol sorry couldnt help myself. I wish there was more video from the main tank cam for its reentry, that would be a awesome follow up video lol
13 2 years ago by ringmaster
Worth all 691 seconds. Why isn't it in documentaries?
14 1 year ago by kickthedonkey
an at 8:21 she doing 11.000 MPH...!!! thats just amazing!
1 2 years ago by kainim
#(removed comment), die
and i always love how these take of, it boggles the mind that it goes up, so... slow (seemingly)
and those sparks at 1:27 is that to ignite the fuel (best comparison i can think of is a lighter,is it the same principal? use a spark to light the fuel and thus the "engine"?)