Discovery rolled out to the launch pad yesterday. Very exciting news. One of these days we may actually launch again! I don’t work on the shuttle directly, but these are still the moments that make me like my job. There are many things wrong with it, but it’s nice to be reminded that in the grand scheme of things, my job is damn cool. No matter what happens in the future, I’ll always know that I helped put people in space.
This shot, taken by Leroy Chiao aboard the International Space Station, is also pretty dang cool; you can see the shuttle inching toward the pad.
awesome pic of the shuttle. and i’m on your photoblog! how exciting. 🙂
Very cool working at NASA. So can you say what type of work you do for them?
Hey Stu — yeah, I do trajectory analysis. Creating debris footprints for entering satellites, working on descent trajectory for a future Mars lander, etc.
If you (or anyone else) is/are interested, my friend down at KSC took a few more pictures here: http://meadeb.smugmug.com/gallery/471799