Go For Launch! Space Shuttle The Time-Lapse Movie

Go For Launch!
Space shuttle Discovery gets prepped for flight—in just under four minutes.

20100604 Postscript;
The original is here(http://www.airspacemag.com/space-expl...).
Please look at a beautiful original video.
Because it was not possible to preserve it, desktop was recorded and it preserved it.
It up-loaded it for the person wanting it.

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  Science & Technology

[spacebender]

It's 525 feet tall, and in person it is absolutely breathtaking! Also, one can see it from miles away.

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[Minge Bag]

I figured the guy wouldn't only do that indded, I mean it's not like it's a daily thing. Props to him/them ( I assume it's not just one person ). I had the pleasure to get ontop of a container crane while I was working for my town's harbour but this is just another level, must be really impressive. Thanks to you for the info by the way, I was curious about it.

[jrockett73]

There is a guy doing the work from a crane cabin above. Thats not all the guy does though. There are tons of heavy lift operations in this business. Lifting in the VAB is just one of his certifications.

[Minge Bag]

I wonder if there's a guy operating the crane hoisting that thing or if it's just a computer. I can imagine the level of freaking awesomeness a guy paid to hoist freaking space shuttles could generate.

[dandmarcus]

Makes me proud to be American, now I understand why it would cost $450 million per launch of those shuttles.

[MotorCityPhoenix313]

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lol watching the shuttle get hoisted and moved into position gives a new level of appreciation for everything NASA has done. Forget getting into space! Think about all the engineering/logistics/planning it takes just to get everything vertical!! wow!

[MrMrWilco]

It's beautiful... Brilliant...

[mBenderman]

I would have a nervy b if i had to be the crane operator