Thanks for sharing this Mike. A very interesting and factual account. I was pleased that the fate of the crew was not sensationalised and that due discretion was used when referring to them and the crew cabin. Two programme also acted as a reminder to me of two things:
The technical complexity and sheer power of the Shuttle and SRB stack
The raw courage of the Astronauts, who in summary ride a massive controlled explosion into the vacuum of space, where rescue is not an option if things go wrong. "The Right Stuff" indeed......
Space, The Final Frontier
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It's a big day today for the Rosetta mission, ESA's attempt to rendezvous with a comet - and then, with luck, in November actually land on it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28659783
In his day, Sir Isaac Newton could only watch these things from far, far away. Now we go up to them, shake their hand, and all-but invite them home for tea!
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28659783
In his day, Sir Isaac Newton could only watch these things from far, far away. Now we go up to them, shake their hand, and all-but invite them home for tea!
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Europe's Rosetta mission now sizing up landing sites on the 10-billion-tonne mass of ice and dust that is Comet 67P/C-G. The target is hurtling through space about 440 million kilometers away from Earth.
Christ, it's a doddle!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29201988
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Christ, it's a doddle!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29201988
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India has put a satellite into orbit around Mars, becoming only the fourth country to achieve this ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28268186
Twenty years ago, when I was writing about spaceflight every day, India was only really knocking at the door. Now they are part of a very exclusive club and have a burgeoning space industry. Doubtless they will make a big contribution in the decades ahead.
Nigel
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28268186
Twenty years ago, when I was writing about spaceflight every day, India was only really knocking at the door. Now they are part of a very exclusive club and have a burgeoning space industry. Doubtless they will make a big contribution in the decades ahead.
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And yet, although it's being phased out around the end of next year, financial aid way in excess of what the Mars mission has cost is still flowing from UK taxpayers to India every year. Sheer madness in my view, but don't get me started ...
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You can bet that somewhere down the line we're getting more back than it's costing us... We're not that daft.And yet, although it's being phased out around the end of next year, financial aid way in excess of what the Mars mission has cost is still flowing from UK taxpayers to India every year
I'm only a plumber from Cannock...
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"As to reward, my profession is its own reward;" Sherlock Holmes.
'It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.' W.C. Fields.
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Renegadenemo wrote:You can bet that somewhere down the line we're getting more back than it's costing us... We're not that daft.And yet, although it's being phased out around the end of next year, financial aid way in excess of what the Mars mission has cost is still flowing from UK taxpayers to India every year
I'd like to believe that...
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One of the fastest growing economies in the world and we've been tipping them a couple of hundred million a year through the bad times... I'd say we're owed a favour or two.
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Being Neil Armstrong
Quite an interesting program on BBC4 about Neil Armstrong, and why he does not give interviews or sign autographs, with similarities to Lindbergh's life.
Being Neil Armstrong .
Being Neil Armstrong .