here's something you don't see everyday...

[Mike70]

these are a couple of pics of atlantis and endeavour on the twin launch pads at the cape. they are both sitting there because of delays.


http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/276860main_image_1179_346-260.jpg

http://d.yimg.com/ca.yimg.com/p/080920/reuters/mtfh88252jls01i21929280.jpg?x=180&y=278&sig=mb37eMzhfDeWCA6wkskAew--

[bassman]

I wonder if there's gold under that rainbow....

[MikePizzoff]

That's where I was born!

[Bruiser235]

Great pics, btw. Reminds me of Armageddon.

[Bub666]

Those pics are awesome.

[AcesandEights]

That's amazing imagery...very cool! Kind of makes me hopeful for the prospect of human progress...almost.

[axlish]

That's amazing imagery...very cool! Kind of makes me hopeful for the prospect of human progress...almost.

Really? Looking at those archaic beasts? I was hoping that the race to space contest a few years back would inspire something less dangerous than exploding ourselves into orbit :p

[Tricky]

Really? Looking at those archaic beasts? I was hoping that the race to space contest a few years back would inspire something less dangerous than exploding ourselves into orbit :p

The 60's lied!they said we would all have flying cars,tin foil suits & robots that do all the housework by now :mad::(

[acealive1]

That's where I was born!

you were born on a launch pad?! :lol::lol: ;)

[Kaos]

you were born on a launch pad?! :lol::lol: ;)

Maybe he meant conceived?

[Bub666]

you were born on a launch pad?! :lol::lol: ;)

:lol:
That would be kind of funny to be born on a launch pad.

[p2501]

there's an Armageddon joke in here somewhere, but i really don't want to dig it out.

[Yojimbo]

The 60's lied!they said we would all have flying cars,tin foil suits & robots that do all the housework by now :mad::(

Tricky is right about the flying cars and robot servants: Along those lines, remember all the talk in the late '80s & early '90s about "paperless offices" dominated by digital media? What the hell happened to that?


And the metric system? In the 1970's I remember we were told in school that the metric system would be the standard in a few years. Although practically all of the rest of the world is measuring things in meters and kilometers, we in the United States are still using inches and feet!

EDIT: Apologies to the OP since my rant has nothing at all to do with the very awesome photo of the shuttles on their respective launch pads. Though I wonder if NASA still uses inches and miles in their calculations.

[darth los]

I wonder if there's gold under that rainbow....

I'd settle for a bowl of lucky charms. :cool: