This'd be something to see as you were cruising down the highway.

Hopefully a launch next week!@#

yeah that'd be incredible to see up close, to really get an idea of the size and power

only slightly awe inspiring in a picture though

Dear god. Thats Almost as big as Jim's next Lift-Kit will be O.O

It's almost as big as an xbox

s*** that looks cool.

to answer your question, something like that

yeh, man one thing I want to do before I kark it is to go and watch a launch of one of these babies. Each of the Space Shuttle's solid rocket boosters burns 5 tons of propellant per second, it would be an awesome sight.

crap i wanted to say the xbox thing!

Looks like a typical american SUV to me :P

I got up close and personal with one in Washington DC, they're every bit as big as they look.

http://members.optusnet.com.au/furgle/day11.034.jpg

SR71 looked almost as big with the shuttle about to rear-end it
http://members.optusnet.com.au/furgle/day11.006.jpg

last edited by Furgle at 22:44:07 30/Aug/06

sr71 <3

mad photo

^ hell yeah, long live the black bird

I would have preferred to see a B2 stealth, but for some strange reason they dont have any on display - SR71 was a pretty cool second choice and worth the 2 hour drive.

http://members.optusnet.com.au/furgle/day11.074.jpg

I got up close and personal with one in Washington DC, they're every bit as big as they look.

Furgle, thats a scale model, not a real one. But I guess the size is right.

I missed a launch in 1997 by 4 days. The shuttle was sitting on the pad and had been sent along the crawl way the day before. Kennedy space centre is a great place to visit. They have a full Saturn 5 in a building you can walk around. Now that thing was big, 2 times as tall as the shuttle and was powered by good ol Kero :)

Went to Kennedy in 1995 a few days before a launch, got a bunch of photos of it sitting on the launch pad.
Also, trog's photo is freakin cool

I can proudly say my home has been bombed by one of those.

Went to Kennedy in 1995 a few days before a launch, got a bunch of photos of it sitting on the launch pad.

Got to walk around inside a retired shuttle at cape kenaveralalalala (whatever the f*** its called, also saw aligators on the side of the road which was pretty funny) Amazing machines to be sure. There was no launches at the time I was there which sucked but the tourist stuff has alot of the old rockets they used on show as well as the shuttle. Its a must see if you go to florida. There is a tour that shows the 'road' they use to take the shuttles out to the launchpads, like in the photo, just lots of stones and shut but the vehicles they use to transport them are amazing, got to see one of those in person and wowsers. It would be insane to see a launch but, very dissapointed I didnt get to see one.

Qmass, The shuttle at Rocket Park is a mock up bud, not a retired shuttle.
Still very interesting though.

I seem to remember that the enterprise was the test model that wasn't space ready but I think it was used for aerodynamic tests etc.

It flew, it's been attached to the rocket, it piggybacked on the 747, hardley what I'd call a scale model.

It was identical except for the engines, and was going to be used as an acutal shuttle until they changed the design of the body.

Calling it a scale model hardly does it justice... Prototype would be a better description.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Enterprise

last edited by Furgle at 07:57:19 31/Aug/06

Wide load!

top pix dudes :D here are some columbia pix ...

arriving...

http://dem0n.qgl.org/images/spacepix/columbia1.jpg

going...

http://dem0n.qgl.org/images/spacepix/columbia2.jpg

gone.

http://dem0n.qgl.org/images/spacepix/columbia3.jpg

Was over at KSC in May 1999, So a launch we were 15km in cocoa beach and still could hear it, one of the things I will never forget.

The company I work for assisted in building the Saturn V rocket way back in the day, subsequently they have parts of it on display in their US HQ.. can't wait for a junket over to have a squiz.

Man I hope the shuttle stays in service long enough for me to get to a launch.

Demon wins! Awesome pics!

I saw an A12 in New York - not as leet as an SR71 but it still looked awesome: