Mars Rover Launch...

[FastCargo]

Howdy y'all!

Anyone checkout the Mars Rover launch today? They had a 'rocket' cam mounted on the second stage of the Delta rocket, looking backward along the rocket body. Talk about a cool view! Watched live as the launch pad gradually turned into the view of the curvature of the earth from space... With jettison of the Solid Rocket Boosters as a bonus! They should have that kind of view on every flight! (Or maybe they have and I've never noticed it....)

Fly safe!

FastCargo

 

[na265]

Saw the launch from the airport in TIX. Very cool! One of the Shuttles had a camera last year. It had great pix, however it iced up after about a minute.

 

[PA-44Typed]

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/06/10/mars.rover/index.html

 

[AirSeattle]

I had a Daytona Beach layover Saturday night thru Sunday afternoon, and was very disappointed about the launch scrub that day. Musta been cool to watch! (livin' here in Seattle, I don't get down to FLA that often.)

Those live onboard camaras have been used for awhile. Great view!!!

Fly Safe!

joel

 

[Hovernut]

Saw it from the right seat. We were MCO-RDU and were about 40 mi north of JAX when the launch window opened. We "deviated 45 deg right for a buildup" which gave us a better view. I would've liked to have seen center radar and all the trend vectors of the northbound traffic take a coordinated turn! Got some decent pics of the vapor trail as it went up.

 

[VNugget]

The question is... did the rover PFT to ride that rocket?