The Space Shuttle sailed past my house today

[hugoagogo]

the russian one

the missus was out walking and took a pic


story here under Space Shuttle BURAN

[patmahe]

Excellent - well done your missus

[hugoagogo]

when i came in she said "here have a look at these nice pictures i took of Rose (my daughter) today"

clicked past and theres a friggin space shuttle that she didn't even see fit to mention

[Eric Mc]

Notice that it has twin jet engines mounted at the rear.

[hugoagogo]

them's space jets

[Don]

Did it work? I never heard of it launching.

Mind you - I didn't know about the Concordski (I st you not)...

[ATG]

(When I was a kid I saw a Space Shuttle fly over Cirencester, piggybacking on a 747. Not necessarily what you expect to see on a day trip to see the remains of a Roman settlement.)

[The Walrus]

Love it as it looks like it has a tarp on the top to cover the loading area thingy majig !!

[tank slapper]

Don said:

Did it work? I never heard of it launching.

Yes it worked - It made one successful automated flight with no people aboard. It took off, completed a few orbits and landed again.

[LukeBird]

Could do with a clean and a T-Cut, no?

[MonkeyHanger]

LukeBird said:

Could do with a clean and a T-Cut, no?

It looks a bit better than this one..




Hangar collapse apparently.

[bobthemonkey]

MonkeyHanger said:

LukeBird said:

Could do with a clean and a T-Cut, no?

It looks a bit better than this one..




Hangar collapse apparently.

Unfortunatly that was the one that flew.

[bobthemonkey]

Eric Mc said:

Notice that it has twin jet engines mounted at the rear.

Indeed, one the the training[analogue] vehicles.

[dr.sickman]

MonkeyHanger said:

Hangar collapse apparently.

[Balmoral Green]

Blimey! looks like a better effort than you might have imagined.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gjubQ7SB8I

Not so sure I believe it was 'un-manned' thought, despite what they claimed, looks like a regular anonymous hero of the USSR landing that thing, or was their automated technology really that good?

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

hugoagogo said:

I wouldn't fancy sitting in that air traffic control tower when it takes off!

[bobthemonkey]

Balmoral Green said:

Blimey! looks like a better effort than you might have imagined.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gjubQ7SB8I

Not so sure I believe it was 'un-manned' thought, despite what they claimed, looks like a regular anonymous hero of the USSR landing that thing, or was their automated technology really that good?

Russian automated systems have always been more advanced than Western systems - they didn't trust the crew. They also extended this to their military aircraft, turning the pilots into little more than radio recievers, with all commands being sent from the ground.

One of the reasons for the unmanned flight was that the life support system was not functional and it had to fly before a Communist party congress IIRC.

[Fatboy]

The Walrus said:

Love it as it looks like it has a tarp on the top to cover the loading area thingy majig !!

The Russians being the Russians, it probably is

[Eric Mc]

The Shuttle could have been fully automatic - and these days it almost is.

In fact, the final Apollo missions were landing within 1/2 mile of the aircraft carriers - and that was in a vehicle with the aerodynamic properties of a fruit gum.

[bobthemonkey]

Amazingly, the shuttle can land automatically, providing one cable is installed!