June 7, 2008: Flying Bricks - Page 2

xoxoxoBruce · 06-07-2008, 03:26 PM

That's a Dolphin.

footfootfoot · 06-07-2008, 03:37 PM

Oh the humanatee!

Griff · 06-07-2008, 04:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Oh the humanatee!

LOL!

newtimer · 06-08-2008, 03:30 AM

Fake! Somebody obviously just put a glob of mashed potatoes on the ground next to a puddle, zoomed in with the camera, and took a close-up shot.
Ain't no bricks there.

Griff · 06-08-2008, 04:44 AM

Fake mashed potatoes! That ain't how we roll.

ed · 06-08-2008, 08:28 AM

this is not true!

Diaphone Jim · 06-08-2008, 10:55 AM

Story and more pics here:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttl...d3/index3.html
Swept the trough clean and punched holes in a fence 1/4 mile away.
Like the whole facility, getting old?

xoxoxoBruce · 06-08-2008, 11:43 AM

Thanks for that link, Jim. I see that picture is credited to "Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now". When I found it, the person posting it just said, it was taken by a friend.

footfootfoot · 06-08-2008, 12:32 PM

With friends like that who needs enemas?

Gravdigr · 06-09-2008, 04:44 AM

Wow. That's enough bricks to build a shithouse. A brick shithouse.

BigV · 06-09-2008, 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

That could be, if the pads are those circles out near the open water.

Been there, done that, still awestruck.

It's a long ways away, people. To give you some sense of scale, that little box of a building in the center of the frame is the VAB. It's big. Really big.

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Originally Posted by wikipedia

Size

The VAB is 525 feet (160.02 m) tall, 716 feet (218.24 m) long and 518 feet (157.89 m) wide. It covers 8 acres (32,374.85 m²), and encloses 129,428,000 cubic feet (3,664,992.82 cubic metres) of space.[1]

One indicator of the building's scale is that each of the stars on the American flag painted on the building is 6 feet (1.83 m) across, the blue field is the size of a regulation basketball court, and the stripes are as wide as a standard road lane. The flag is 209 feet (63.70 m) high, and 110 feet (33.53 m) wide, and was added in 1976 as part of United States Bicentennial celebrations, along with the star logo of the anniversary, later replaced by the NASA logo in 1998. The interior volume of the building is so vast, NASA employees have reported it has its own weather, "NASA employees report that rain clouds form below the ceiling on very humid days."[3]

The building implements four large air machines (four cylindrical structures west of the building) to keep moisture under control.

06-07-2008, 03:26 PM	#16
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That's a Dolphin. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-07-2008, 03:37 PM	#17
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Oh the humanatee! __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

06-08-2008, 04:44 AM	#20
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Fake mashed potatoes! That ain't how we roll. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-08-2008, 11:43 AM	#23
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Thanks for that link, Jim. I see that picture is credited to "Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now". When I found it, the person posting it just said, it was taken by a friend. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-08-2008, 12:32 PM	#24
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	With friends like that who needs enemas? __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

06-08-2008, 03:30 AM	#19
newtimer Operations Operative Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 479	Fake! Somebody obviously just put a glob of mashed potatoes on the ground next to a puddle, zoomed in with the camera, and took a close-up shot. Ain't no bricks there.

06-08-2008, 08:28 AM	#21
ed Non-Newbie Sort Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 6	this is not true!

06-08-2008, 10:55 AM	#22
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	Story and more pics here: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttl...d3/index3.html Swept the trough clean and punched holes in a fence 1/4 mile away. Like the whole facility, getting old?

06-09-2008, 04:44 AM	#25
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