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i dont think the external tanks burn up if they fall in the ocean they might heat up on the way back to earth.
tomanyasses 3 years ago
As far as I have heard, the tank reenters the atmosphere, as does the orbiter, but is not protected with a heat shield, so it burns and breaks up over the Indian Ocean.
jackbuster 3 years ago
@tomanyasses it does break up, but I must agree with tomanyasses on the fact that it does not completely disintegrate and an actual piece of it does reach the water. Course no one ever looks for that or tries to recover it...
AtlantisB737 1 year ago
Sorry, turns out I'm the idiot. The external tank is NOT reuseable. It breaks apart and falls into the ocean.
LTL220 4 years ago
I'll say! LOL!
jackbuster 3 years ago
What idiot said at 1:37, "the fuel tank will fall to the earth and burn up in the atmosphere."
That tank is reused.
LTL220 4 years ago
COOL!!!!!!!!!!!
flippino35 4 years ago
excellent video
4wheeldrifting 4 years ago
Notice that beginning at 4:36,the roar of the engines and boosters reached the press area. The noise was so great that it drowned out the commentary from the NASA Public Affairs officer for the next 30-40 seconds, even though I was right underneath the loudspeaker. A retired NASA scientist who saw the video said that most shuttle footage he has ever seen had been on mute (on purpose) not to include this roar, which is is caused by air being forced away by the 6 million pounds of thrust.
jackbuster 4 years ago
It is amazing that you can see all the way past booster separation, even with the graininess of youtube. It is the second time I saw such a thing. I saw the Endeavour launch in the early 90's. It was a night launch, so you could see booster separation and staging even more clearly. (I did not film it then) I also watched Discovery launch in 2007, but it was cloudy, so it wasn't visible.
jackbuster 4 years ago
It's amazing that you still can see it from earth after the booster separation took place!
FerdiMania 4 years ago
cooool. the countdown was really fast though, but still, it was awesome you were that close. great vid!
hyperdude22 4 years ago