STS-119 Discovery Launch: Full Version

[xhirtam]

the voice of the girl speaking sound hot :P

[xhirtam]

its just me or its wierd that no cameras are placed in the discovery to se the exterior of the ship just one camera -_-

[SupermassiveDrummer]

AMAZING! GREAT VIDEO!

[HNDNV07]

@GuitarDude314: Thanks, man! I thought that's what it was, but wasn't sure of the proper terminology.

[PUMP146]

I saw this launch in person..video (while great) does not do justice to actually seeing the event.

Truely an awesome sight.

[HNDNV07]

What is the main purpose of those sparks underneath the 3 main engines? Cooling or something?? Interesting stuff! Thanks for posting!

[GuitarDude314]

That's igniting the engines buddy.

[gpbennett]

Actually, the flames are used to clear out excess hydrogen stemming from the engines.

[GuitarDude314]

No, the sparks, not the flame

[gpbennett]

that's what I meant, the sparks. Ignition takes place in the combustion chamber of the SSME

[yumagetbullet]

One great day for human kind ^^

[martymcfly000]

This is amazing!!! Thank you for posting this!!!! My kids loved it! :)

[lamadreqtpario]

Pu~&ta llegamos al espacio!!!

[elzandopr]

we are the best, puertoricans rock bamo arriba puertoricooo!!!

[CapnToll]

I thought the shuttle needed to reach 11 km/s to escape earth's gravity?

The speed upon which the main fuel tank separated was still under 8 km/s (under 18,000mph)

[thetool96]

8 km/s to reach an low earth orbit and stay there.

11 km/s is needed to escape earth's gravity, for another planet for example.

[CapnToll]

Thanks!

I found some literature speaking of 11 km/s required at 9000km above the earth...so now that makes sense.

[neurofire]

I was going to watch this streamed live on NASA - but couldn't believe it when IE crashed 30 seconds out! Gee thanks microsoft - any way - thanks for getting this up so quickly - I love how cool headed the mission controllers are - and the female talking through the stages - well does it get any better...don't think so.

[Zeigy]

They better have a chick talking given the billion dollars by which they habitually go over-budget at NASA.

[ResidentEvilAbyss]

I saw this live today and recorded it :D WAS AMAZING

[Julius121081]

I also recorded the launch live via C-SPAN.

[pedrosteps]

ahi va el primer boricua al espacio....eso es coño!!!!

[elzandopr]

esoo ehh mano somos los mejores vamo arriba puerto ricoo boricuaaaaaaaaaaa

[doutormarcotulio]

Estou na amazonia e não consegui ver ao vivo... obrigado!

[wmier2]

thanks for posting...I'm surprised you got this up so quick!