STS-125 Shuttle Mission to Service Hubble Space Telescope Launches on Monday 7pm

[LukeTW]

Wow just watched the launch and looked amazing

 

[Gog]

Launch photo

Go Atlantis.

You know I almost wish I was American so I could feel all patriotic about that photo. Fantastic.

Best wishes to the crew and hope to see them back home safe in 11 days.

 

[sid]

I;ve never actually watched this stuff live before.

I'm surprised by the interest actually, are you guys keen astronomers, cosmologists?

sid

 

[SourChipmunk]

I'm surprised by the interest actually, are you guys keen astronomers, cosmologists?

Not me. I just love looking at the sky at night, have interest in the Space Program (and all the cool technology they've developed to support it), and really love the data that we're receiving from the HST.

 

[Nate--IRL--]

I'm surprised by the interest actually, are you guys keen astronomers, cosmologists?

sid

I suppose it's just a certain geeky interest in space and technology, I find it fascinating to see what they are doing/exploring while at the same time not understanding all of whats going on.

Nate

 

[sid]

I have an exam on cosmology in 3 weeks time,

When you have to get through the hard maths of general relativity, it no longer seems that cool lol.

Hopefully there will be more pretty pictures.

sid

 

[Mik3]

I;ve never actually watched this stuff live before.

I'm surprised by the interest actually, are you guys keen astronomers, cosmologists?

sid

I'm obsessed with space, astronomy, and astrophysics.

 

[sid]

I'm obsessed with space, astronomy, and astrophysics.

Cool,

Can you tell me how you can add a cosmological constant (lambda) to the Einstein's equation without affecting its solutions? lol

sid

 

[Mik3]

Is that a trick question? I thought the cosmological constant was Einstein's biggest blunder? Or was it applied to Quantum mechanics? I cant remember.

 

[sid]

Is that a trick question? I thought the cosmological constant was Einstein's biggest blunder? Or was it applied to Quantum mechanics? I cant remember.

Its not, you can add a constant (multiplied by the metric) as the most general solution because the covariant derivative of the metric is zero.

Einstein called it his biggest blunder but looks like its popping up again to explain the dark vacuum energy which is dominating the universe.

sid

 

[knowledge123]

I just uploaded a capture

www.cyberden.co.uk/shuttle.htm

Launch Video (asf format)

All OK now!

Many thanks for that, I totally forgot about it

 

[PinkFloyd]

^^ Same. Was out at the time.

Looks fantastic watching that take off, fantastic piece of engineering

 

[Cosimo]

Launch Video (asf format)

All OK now!

I missed the launch last night, thanks for the great video.

Follow this link to the a youtube video:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14057602&postcount=1895

 

[ron3003]

Thanks for upping the video, much appreciated.

 

[Berserker]

Significant (though not extensive) tile damage has been found on Atlantis, caused by an event just after 100 seconds into launch. The current view seems to be that it's significant enough to warrant further investigation, but the damage appears to be shallow and is in an area that is well protected. It is thus unlikely to have any detrimental effect on the mission (or on landing).

Press conference in 15 minutes (on NASA TV) should offer more details.

Source: Live commentary on NASA TV.

 

[SourChipmunk]

Thanks for the heads-up Berserker.

 

[seaviewuk]

Nice shot of Atlantis departing Pad 39A 11/5/09

 

[seaviewuk]

and another

 

[seaviewuk]

Video shot by the crew from Atlantis of External Tank after seperation yesterday

http://www.filefactory.com/file/aghe7hh/n/STS-125-EXTERNALTANKHANDHELDVIDEO_ASF

 

[SourChipmunk]

Nice shot of Atlantis departing Pad 39A 11/5/09

Very nice shot!