This research is dedicated to Bill Kaysing (July 31, 1922 – April 21, 2005) who once said:"I haven't done a great deal of research on the Shuttle, but several people have said that the Shuttle is actually faked, also."
ENDEAVOUR - and the spaced-out NASA efforts
Good day everyone,
I read today in "La Repubblica" that the Pope has been chatting with the Italian astronauts who - reportedly - finally took off in the final Space Shuttle mission "Endeavour". So I decided to have a look at what had delayed their mission and found out that it had been some lightning strikes - beautiful ones at that !
source: http://www.shaggybevo.com/board/showthr ... g.../page2
Then I learned that, 11 lightning strikes had also delayed the July 11, 2009 Endeavour launch.
This was back in 2009 so, of course, they only had crappy black & white cameras at the time:
"NASA delays shuttle launch after nearby lightning"
http://articles.cnn.com/2009-07-11/tech ... _s=PM:TECH
According to Mike Moses, the space shuttle integration manager, 11 lightning strikes had hit within a half-mile of the launch pad. In fact, this is how Wikileaks..uh...I mean...Wikinews reports it:
Anyway, the 2009 Endeavour shuttle was finally launched. I then learned that the astronauts had selected "wake-up music" for themselves to wake up. One chosen song ("In your Eyes") was by one of my favorite musicians, Peter Gabriel:Lightning strikes Endeavour's launchpad. - Saturday, July 11, 2009
Image: NASA.The launch of Endeavour has been delayed at least 24 hours after the shuttle's launchpad area was struck by lightning at least 11 times this afternoon. According to NASA, technicians are currently evaluating the incident, but so far there appears to be no major damage."Sensors indicated there were 11 lightning strikes within 0.35 miles, which is inside the launch pad's threshold," said a statement on NASA's website.
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Space_Shutt ... ing_launch
"In your Eyes" - indeed an appropriate astronaut's 'wake-up song'. I love it !STS-127 MCC Status Report #20 http://galaxywire.net/tag/endeavour/page/3/
"The combined crew of space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station will enjoy a day off to rest up after a challenging first half of the STS-127 assembly mission. The song “In Your Eyes,” by Peter Gabriel, was played as a wake-up call for the crew at 4:46 a.m. CDT. It was selected for Tom Marshburn, who completed his second spacewalk on Friday with Chris Cassidy."
Then I bumped into this 2009 article about the 2009 Endeavour mission: http://livewire.wesh.com/Event/Shuttle_Launch?Page=0
This is the photograph I found showing the 2009 Endeavour launch:
2009 ENDEAVOUR
So I looked up what the 2011 Endeavour launch looked like. I found this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YBWaFIs1Rc
2011 ENDEAVOUR
Wow! NASA probably has a camera on a tripod just standing there, year after year !
So then I got really curious - wondering what the Apollo11 launch site looked like back in 1969 (42 years ago):
Amazing, isn't it?
Here's a fascinating 'timelapse video' of the 2011 Endeavour shuttle rolling out to its launch pad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6QP84GIlMg
And here's a wonderful shot of the 2009 Endeavour space shuttle depicted 11 seconds after departure:
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So - I have just put together some information here regarding the Space Shuttle. Nothing more. Ok?