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B.J.
Member # 858
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In a word: AMAZING!
Go to this page: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/news/index.html Look for "STS-121 Solid Rocket Boosters Videos". I just went through all five, and these are some views I've never seen before. It's pretty incredible.
Just to help out, this is what the different ones contain: + Right forward SRB camera (Windows media) ---looks aft, goes from launch all the way to splashdown! + Right aft SRB camera (Windows media) ---looks forward, also goes all the way to splashdown + Left aft SRB camera (13.7 Mb Quicktime movie) ---looks forward, ends just past SRB separation + Left forward SRB camera (13.6 Mb Quicktime movie) ---looks aft, ends just past SRB separation + Separation composite view (10 Mb Quicktime movie) ---just a few seconds long of the separation from all four cameras
B.J.
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Cartman
Member # 256
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Very cool.
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Mars Needs Women
Member # 1505
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Especially the Left forward SRB camera, very breath taking view of the Earth.
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Mark Nguyen
Member # 469
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That was spectacular stuff. The left forward camera does a great spin too, showing the orbiter at one point already pretty far off.
Mark
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AndrewR
Member # 44
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I didn't realise it came off so far up - does the parachute start quite early - other wise it'd burn up wouldn't it?
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Mark Nguyen
Member # 469
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Remember, re-entry is as much a function of velocity as of altitude. The SRBs were not going quite fast enough to burn up while they were slowing down.
Mark
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