Daeveed wrote: Bainaman wrote: Dumb question: On the first video....the rocket starts to spin one way....on and on.....but then all of a sudden....it's spinning the other way....while still being in space. First I thought....well...it must be heavier on on side....and it started to spin that way......BUT then I remembered......it's still in space....so it's weightless. Explain please!
is that's when the parachute opens??
Maybe.
It's around the 5:30 mark.
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Dumb question: On the first video....the rocket starts to spin one way....on and on.....but then all of a sudden....it's spinning the other way....while still being in space. First I thought....well...it must be heavier on on side....and it started to spin that way......BUT then I remembered......it's still in space....so it's weightless. Explain please!
On the first video....the rocket starts to spin one way....on and on.....but then all of a sudden....it's spinning the other way....while still being in space. First I thought....well...it must be heavier on on side....and it started to spin that way......BUT then I remembered......it's still in space....so it's weightless.
Explain please!
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With the new safety features in place, and the new cameras on the shuttle, here are two interesting videos of the Discovery launch. These include the booster re-entry. A little long, but cool none the less.