[Rhodes22-list] Shuttle Launch

[BenCittadino]

Rummy;

For what it's worth, when I was in the navy we took our little oceangoing
minesweeper from Charleston down to the waters off Canaveral in '72 to sit
downrange under Apollo 16 with some sensitive instruments and techies who
were measuring "something???" as the rocket passed overhead. We were also a
potential rescue vessel in the event of a mishap shortly after launch. The
moonship was enormous
and we could feel the sonic boom.  Very cool.

Thanks for the pics. A sailing reference for this thread could be that my
navy ship was designed by Philip Rhodes, MSO-440,  USS Exploit. 171' with
wooden hull and 4 12-cylinder Packard Diesels for main propulsion. Twin,
variable pitch props with a max speed of about 17 kts (going with the wind
and sea).


Best,

BenC
S/V Susan Kay (designed by Philip Rhodes).  

Hank-5 wrote:
> 
> So, how loud is it from that distance?  Can you feel the rumble?  It seems
> like it is kind of like my experience at the grand canyon. You know the
> canyon is big, but there is just no way to describe or comprehend the
> enormity until you see it in person.  I imagine the shuttle launch is a
> similar type experience.
> 
> Hank
> 
> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 8:56 AM, <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:
> 
>> We were amongst a very international group of people for the Discovery
>> Launch last week. The attached photo's were taken by a young man from
>> Switzerland and forwarded to me by a helicopter pilot from Tuscany,
>> Italy.
>> I hope they all make it through to the list.
>>
>> Rummy
>> -------------- next part --------------
>> A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
>> Name: not available
>> Type: image/jpeg
>> Size: 58275 bytes
>> Desc: not available
>> Url :
>> http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attachments/20110301/5ef6785f/attachment.jpeg
>> -------------- next part --------------
>> A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
>> Name: not available
>> Type: image/jpeg
>> Size: 65723 bytes
>> Desc: not available
>> Url :
>> http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attachments/20110301/5ef6785f/attachment-0001.jpeg
>> -------------- next part --------------
>> A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
>> Name: not available
>> Type: image/jpeg
>> Size: 67708 bytes
>> Desc: not available
>> Url :
>> http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attachments/20110301/5ef6785f/attachment-0002.jpeg
>> -------------- next part --------------
>> A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
>> Name: not available
>> Type: image/jpeg
>> Size: 64765 bytes
>> Desc: not available
>> Url :
>> http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attachments/20110301/5ef6785f/attachment-0003.jpeg
>> -------------- next part --------------
>> A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
>> Name: not available
>> Type: image/jpeg
>> Size: 49188 bytes
>> Desc: not available
>> Url :
>> http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attachments/20110301/5ef6785f/attachment-0004.jpeg
>> -------------- next part --------------
>> A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
>> Name: not available
>> Type: image/jpeg
>> Size: 17420 bytes
>> Desc: not available
>> Url :
>> http://www.rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attachments/20110301/5ef6785f/attachment-0005.jpeg
>> __________________________________________________
>> To subscribe/unsubscribe go to
>> http://www.rhodes22.org/mailman/listinfo/rhodes22-list
>>
>> For the list Charter and help with using the mailing list and archives go
>> to http://www.rhodes22.org/list
>> __________________________________________________
>>
> __________________________________________________
> To subscribe/unsubscribe go to
> http://www.rhodes22.org/mailman/listinfo/rhodes22-list
> 
> For the list Charter and help with using the mailing list and archives go
> to http://www.rhodes22.org/list
> __________________________________________________
> 
> 

-- 
View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Shuttle-Launch-tp31040737p31046018.html
Sent from the Rhodes 22 mailing list archive at Nabble.com.