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#314573 - 03/28/08 09:45 PM Space Shuttle Processing: Rarely seen by the general public
E30TECH Offline
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Thought some of you NASA geeks might like to see





























































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#314574 - 03/28/08 10:03 PM Re: Space Shuttle Processing: Rarely seen by the general public [Re: E30TECH]
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Damn! That is so great. Someday I will watch one of those launch.

It's high on my bucket-list.
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#314575 - 03/28/08 10:06 PM Re: Space Shuttle Processing: Rarely seen by the general public [Re: E30TECH]
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Very cool.
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#314576 - 03/28/08 10:37 PM Re: Space Shuttle Processing: Rarely seen by the general public [Re: E30TECH]
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There is a great caption to this one just waiting to be told!!!!

Mmmmm, ya, the button on the right, DO NOT PUSH THE RED BUTTON!!! Damn it Fred, I said DO NOT PUSH THE RE. . . . . . . . . .

To those in the know, they recover the external rocket boosters, right? What is involved in their rework/reuse? Any pics of them being recovered anywhere?
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#314577 - 03/28/08 10:50 PM Re: Space Shuttle Processing: Rarely seen by the general public [Re: 1bmwfan]
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yes the SRBs are recovered. I build and recondition hardware for the SRBs and the SSME. I have parts on the ISS too

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#314578 - 03/28/08 11:26 PM Re: Space Shuttle Processing: Rarely seen by the general public [Re: E30TECH]
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Great post thanks
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#314579 - 03/29/08 12:12 AM Re: Space Shuttle Processing: Rarely seen by the general public [Re: E30TECH]
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Amazing stuff, thanks Perry. That really puts it into perspective.
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#314580 - 03/29/08 12:19 AM Re: Space Shuttle Processing: Rarely seen by the general public [Re: E30TECH]
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Nice!

Puts things into perspective: I was sitting here pondering <400 sf in additions to our prospective soon-to-be new-to-us home and then I see that tank and I imagine a budget bigger than some countries' GDP, then I wonder what I was getting so frazzled over.
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#314581 - 03/29/08 03:10 AM Re: Space Shuttle Processing: Rarely seen by the general public [Re: E30TECH]
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Awesome pictures. Very interesting to see all the work and huge facilities needed for a launch. Many thanks.
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#314582 - 03/29/08 04:57 AM Re: Space Shuttle Processing: Rarely seen by the general public [Re: 1bmwfan]
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There is a great caption to this one just waiting to be told!!!!

Mmmmm, ya, the button on the right, DO NOT PUSH THE RED BUTTON!!! Damn it Fred, I said DO NOT PUSH THE RE. . . . . . . . . .

To those in the know, they recover the external rocket boosters, right? What is involved in their rework/reuse? Any pics of them being recovered anywhere?



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