June 7, 2008: Flying Bricks

xoxoxoBruce · 06-07-2008, 12:33 AM

You may or may not have seen the news story , about the June 2nd launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery, doing "unprecedented damage" to the launch pad.

This picture was supposedly taken by an amateur photographer/tourist, but it looks like it was taken from a position a lot closer than they allow tourists, to me.

Anyway, it clearly shows the debris (pieces of brick and concrete), from the flame trench, raining down on the water.

photo credit ~ Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now

06-07-2008, 12:33 AM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	June 7, 2008: Flying Bricks You may or may not have seen the news story , about the June 2nd launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery, doing "unprecedented damage" to the launch pad. This picture was supposedly taken by an amateur photographer/tourist, but it looks like it was taken from a position a lot closer than they allow tourists, to me. Anyway, it clearly shows the debris (pieces of brick and concrete), from the flame trench, raining down on the water. photo credit ~ Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 06-08-2008 at 12:44 PM. Reason: add photo credit

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