What do SRBs do all day?

[gridlore]

Somebody at NASA has remembered that space flight is cool, and even cooler when we see it up close. Discovery had a camera mounted on the right SRB for this launch. The resulting 12 minute video follows the entire "career" of the SRB from launch, to separation, to splashdown. Amazing.

One suggestion for the NASA boys.. next time include a microphone.

http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/sts-121_front/index.html

Comments

[notthebuddha.livejournal.com]

It is indeed cool, but the main reason was a mandate to photograph anything happening with the underside of the shuttle.

An extarnal tank camera would be even cooler, though not if the lens accumulated the same crud high up that this one did.

[cmdr-zoom.livejournal.com]

Looked like most of the 'crud' was the result of the SRB tumbling through its own exhaust plume right after separation.

Neat video. Thanks for the link.