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#240
by
32s
on 14 Dec, 2014 23:39
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#241
by
32s
on 14 Dec, 2014 23:40
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#242
by
32s
on 14 Dec, 2014 23:41
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#243
by
jacqmans
on 02 Apr, 2015 21:16
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saw Atlantis again today....
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#244
by
jacqmans
on 02 Apr, 2015 21:21
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#245
by
roma847
on 02 Apr, 2015 21:22
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Thanks, these are also great pics.
Is the crowd still so big?
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#246
by
jacqmans
on 02 Apr, 2015 21:32
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Is the crowd still so big?
Yes today there was a large crowd at the VC... So Atlantis is still popular
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#247
by
dave1938
on 03 Apr, 2015 05:52
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Is the crowd still so big?
Yes today there was a large crowd at the VC... So Atlantis is still popular
I am a docent at Atlantis and the Apollo Saturn Five Center. The crowds are usually run around 3,500 each day at the KSC Visitors Center. Most of those visit Atlantis and the Saturn Five. The crowds are big however the Visitor's Center has a lot to see thus the crowds at any one exhibit are usually not too bad. I often talk with guests in the afternoon who have just arrived not knowing that there is too much to see in one day even if they arrive when the gates open and stay until closing!
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#248
by
Ronpur50
on 09 Apr, 2015 03:28
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Is the crowd still so big?
Yes today there was a large crowd at the VC... So Atlantis is still popular
I am a docent at Atlantis and the Apollo Saturn Five Center. The crowds are usually run around 3,500 each day at the KSC Visitors Center. Most of those visit Atlantis and the Saturn Five. The crowds are big however the Visitor's Center has a lot to see thus the crowds at any one exhibit are usually not too bad. I often talk with guests in the afternoon who have just arrived not knowing that there is too much to see in one day even if they arrive when the gates open and stay until closing!
That is why it pays to get the year pass!! We went back several time to get all of the tours and exhibits. When we renew next summer, I hope to see Dave!
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#249
by
jacqmans
on 09 Apr, 2015 23:53
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#250
by
roma847
on 10 Apr, 2015 09:05
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Hi Jacques,
wow, you have also noticed this detail, it looks like a damaged
AFRSI.
Here this spot can be seen at a great photo by
Naito of November 2014.
Source: nasaspaceflight.com (Naito)
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#251
by
mtakala24
on 10 Apr, 2015 09:10
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Did this happen in-flight, during the shrink wrap, or while she has been on display?
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#252
by
roma847
on 10 Apr, 2015 16:54
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I guess that this AFRSI blanket was damaged during the flight.
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#253
by
Ronpur50
on 10 Apr, 2015 23:47
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That shows up on my picture from July, 2013. If I remember right, no tile damage was repair after the last landing. But would have been if there were other flights scheduled.
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#254
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brettreds2k
on 14 Apr, 2015 17:00
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I have gone to see Atlantis twice now in 2 years, I was as giddy the second time as I was the first
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#255
by
dave1938
on 18 Apr, 2015 17:23
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I guess that this AFRSI blanket was damaged during the flight.
The damage Below the AFRSI is tile damage which was probably done post landing during the period when the ground crew was working to open the Crew Module side hatch. I do not see any significant damage to the AFRSI.
It is correct that no heat shield damage was repaired after the last flight.
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#256
by
NGCHunter
on 24 Apr, 2015 15:43
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Is the crowd still so big?
There's a way around that (at least for photography purposes), if you're patient and equipped with a tripod. Just use an astrophotography technique, image stacking, to eliminate the crowd.
The exhibit looks completely empty, but it was actually a busy day when I took this shot. It's a two frame mosaic simply because I don't have a lens wide enough to get everything in one frame. For each frame of the mosaic I stacked 45 exposures, each one was 6 seconds long with the aperture stopped down to f/22 and ISO 100.
The key to the magic is the fact that the crowds are constantly moving; I performed sigma kappa stacking in Deep Sky Stacker to automatically eliminate anything that changed from image to image. Since the camera is on a tripod, you can turn the alignment setting to off. It also helped to use the long exposures since that meant that most people were a blur in each image, diluting the "signal" of the crowd over a larger number of pixels in each image. People could walk right in front of the camera and it simply didn't matter; over the long run of images it would all average out.
You can also do really nice group shots with your friends and family in front of Atlantis. Just leave the camera exactly where it was for the long run of exposures used for stacking and take a regular exposure with the aperture more open and use a flash. Then just layer yourselves over the final stacked exposure. It's a bit of a cheat, but less so than the green screen shots they used to do for groups before you could enter the main exhibit hall.
The only bugger is that the screen in the background is constantly changing as well, so the effect it produces when you stack the pictures is quite ugly. I just layered over it with the screen taken from a single exposure that went into the stack. It's a bit tricky though because the color of the glare tends to mismatch with the median color obtained from the stack.
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#257
by
Orbiter
on 24 Apr, 2015 15:48
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Wow! What a genius idea! I'm an astro-stacker myself and use DSS regularly. I can't believe I never thought of that the times I've visited the exhibit.
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#258
by
Naito
on 03 Jun, 2015 12:12
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The exhibit looks completely empty, but it was actually a busy day when I took this shot. It's a two frame mosaic simply because I don't have a lens wide enough to get everything in one frame. For each frame of the mosaic I stacked 45 exposures, each one was 6 seconds long with the aperture stopped down to f/22 and ISO 100.
That's fantastic!!! I would love to see the full res version! =) It was what I wanted to do, but I was far too excited to have the patience to take that many shots. The shuttle is surprisingly challenging to shoot with the black tiles and white tiles making for a huge dynamic range, and the size makes for huge depth of field requirements.
Not only was the screen changing, but the lighting changed on the orbiter regularly too. So very cool =)
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#259
by
Overflow
on 28 Jun, 2015 13:12
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Did you guys hear about the new Foreever Rembered exhibit under Atlantis? This is huge. I think I'll be making a trip over there just to see it.