Shuttle SRB separation closeup

[Dr Mordrid]

Cool clip showing an SRB separation viewed from the SRB itself;

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/...b_fd01h_ra.mpg (4.5 mb mpeg)

[KvHagedorn]

Wow.. those tiles are looking kinda ragged there.

[Dr Mordrid]

Today NASA said they're the cleanest they've seen in a long time.

[KvHagedorn]

Heh.. looks like the bathroom floor in a rundown 80yo tenement house.

[Jon P. Inghram]

I think aesthetics is probably pretty far down on the list when deciding when to replace the tiles.

Also, Dr. M, where did you find that video? I can't seem find any link to it on the Nasa site.

[Dr Mordrid]

NASA Watch;

http://nasawatch.com/

who often irritates NASA with stinging, but well targeted, criticism linked to SpaceRef.com;

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=21276

who had posted the direct NASA link; http://

spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/video/shuttle/sts-121/mpg/srb_fd01h_ra.mpg

No, it's not in the streaming mission gallery.

Dr. Mordrid

[Jon P. Inghram]

Cool, thanks! Saw that on NASA TV and was rather impressed, it was a very cool way to see the shuttle in flight.

[Dr Mordrid]

Here's another long clip from the opposite SRB's bottom cam, this time showing white objects flying off the nose of Discovery;

http://www.nasa.gov/mov/151915main_s...srb_camera.mov (13 mb)

Ice? Disintegrating thermal blanket? RCS covers?



Dr. Mordrid

[Jon P. Inghram]

RCS covers, you could see 'em from the ground video too. Watched the long video of the SRB from launch to splashdown on NASA TV today, would be a fun ride.

[cjolley]

Here is a link
Very cool.