Columbia rescue - save the space shuttle !
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LOL, thanks. You knew I would do this when you sent me the link, right? HA HA.
Obviously, the images came from the ISS flip that was designed to scan the tiles for damage. Columbia, in her entire life, was NEVER photographed in orbit. All the other shuttles (Challenger included) were photographed from ISS, Mir or free-flyer satellites. So, this uses one of the other shuttles. Not sure which. The wing of "Columbia" has the hole filled with nomex and ice, as Archibald describes in his timeline.
I just read though this, and very enjoyable it was too. The timing was good, having just read this article about the CAIB report- clicky.
Wonderful
I stayed up much too late reading this last night...great stuff. You kept if plausible and exciting. You also avoided one pitfall of modern space TL's...you didn't go overboard on the technical details. Some really get into them; I can't follow when it gets too deep. (Different levels of that sort of details are good for different folks; some of my naval tales can get a bit heavy on that stuff...)
Great fun
I stayed up much too late reading this last night...great stuff. You kept if plausible and exciting. You also avoided one pitfall of modern space TL's...you didn't go overboard on the technical details. Some really get into them; I can't follow when it gets too deep. (Different levels of that sort of details are good for different folks; some of my naval tales can get a bit heavy on that stuff...)
Great fun
i tweeked the pic just a bit. Shadows still not right but mabe some one with some photoshop skills can help
Archibald
Banned
That article is extremely good, but I think it is a "re-print" of a article published just after the accident, in 2004.
I actually used the original paper for my TL.
I wish my new space TL has such a success, but I realize the context is entirely different,there's is much less suspense and the like.
Archibald
Banned
Unfortunately the pictures of this entry
have vanished into a black hole.
Spacehab drifiting away from the shuttle bay
have vanished into a black hole.
Spacehab drifiting away from the shuttle bay
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Wow, I did not even notice the RMS shadow, thanks! I use Gimp, and doing the shadows is something I haven't figured out yet. Columbia's shadow was done by duplicate the shuttle image and reducing it to a silhouette.
Unfortunately the pictures of this entry
have vanished into a block hole.
Spacehab drifiting away from the shuttle bay
That is awesome!
I scrapped the whole shuttle bay using MS Paint, and it was one hell of a tedious job.
Part of the reason why you should use GIMP next time !
Did you also save your doctored photo as a .png file back when you were writing the TL ? I'm curious.And when are you going to port this to Finished Timelines ? It deserves to be there. I'd vote for it in this year's Turtledoves if it was already there.
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i actuly used paint to take that shadow out, ( just called it 'shop) but i was just messing around.
i actuly used paint to take that shadow out, ( just called it 'shop) but i was just messing around.
