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doggie
doggie
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22 Jul 2011 10:38am
Last shuttle flight



chrispychru
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22 Jul 2011 12:43pm
what camera and lens where you using doggie,nice pick mate
felixdcat
felixdcat
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22 Jul 2011 10:44am
What a sight!
Wonder why they quit? The Russians are going to run the bus service to the space station I heard and their technology is even older than the NASA's??
Was too expensive for the Yanks I guess?
laceys lane
laceys lane
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22 Jul 2011 12:44pm
is there a carbon tax on that
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
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22 Jul 2011 1:23pm
chrispychru said...

what camera and lens where you using doggie,nice pick mate


It is a still from the Gopro of a very overpowered kiter
Macroscien
Macroscien
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22 Jul 2011 10:43pm
without comment it just looks like missile off the target a bit
scary tough



SandS
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22 Jul 2011 10:52pm

yes , the pilot would have soiled the ejector seat for sure.!!
Macroscien
Macroscien
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22 Jul 2011 10:56pm
Shearwater is no longer safe for windurfers
watch for speed boats, jet ski, jet boats, yachts , kiters, sharks and dolphins, nets and fishing rods, landing and starting aquaplanes , flying parchutes, kayks ,swiming dogs and kids
and now starting jets ?
saltiest1
saltiest1
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22 Jul 2011 11:02pm
^^^ looks like it has been supered over an ICBM. looks cool though.
Macroscien
Macroscien
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22 Jul 2011 11:52pm
saltiest1 said...

^^^ looks like it has been supered over an ICBM. looks cool though.


right, I didn't spotted it
Macroscien
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22 Jul 2011 11:58pm
SandS said...


yes , the pilot would have soiled the ejector seat for sure.!!


but on other side is completely different story, no missile is able to catch up with space shuttle ( I hope , but I am not absolutely sure )
I heard that SS is the fastest flying object (but that need verification also )
Mobydisc
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23 Jul 2011 7:08am
felixdcat said...

What a sight!
Wonder why they quit? The Russians are going to run the bus service to the space station I heard and their technology is even older than the NASA's??
Was too expensive for the Yanks I guess?


Yeah I think its too expensive though apparently the US military's airconditioning bill in Iraq is bigger than NASA's whole budget.

Incredible photo. Sad how that bad things in America are dragging the good things like NASA down. It used to be NASA was the best place to work at in the world. Now all the NASA workers are getting the sack.

The shuttle never really achieved its goals of being a cheap reusable vehicle to get stuff into orbit. Perhaps improving technology will allow NASA or some other organisation to achieve that goal.

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