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I've read quite a bit on the Shuttle and those boosters. The internal passage up through the solid fuel is shaped like a toothed gear, the fingers pointing inward to give more burning surface when it is ignited. A 135' flame is shot into each booster to ignite it. The extra surface from the shape gives it so much extra power for a brief moment that it immediately lifts everything 6 inches and starts it all moving. I always joked with SWMBO that if my only chance to ride the Shuttle was to ride sitting on the wing, I just might do it!😁

I do regret the terrible mistakes humans had a big part of, and know that it did turn out to be way to costly to feasibly operate, but I'm glad we built such an incredible piece of equipment. Where I live I'm at least 150 miles as the crow flies from the cape. The few times I got out in the yard to watch a night launch, the instant those boosters ignited it looked like sunrise there!

That is really amazing! Thanks!

The Orion's Nebula is beautiful! After looking at it through the eyepiece, I decided to try just a single image of it with my Canon. Even with that simple set up, seeing some of the color in the image was a wow moment!

Impressive!

Excellent, and like always thanks for the information you give with the image! It always amazes me at the number of galaxies you see off in the distance of these images. Cant help but remember Star Wars. "In a galaxy, far, far away!"

Nice images! I'm just satisfied to get an image of the spot with my single images on my Canon.

👍 What will Sol look like when it really gets active?!!

Like always, amazing!

Very nice images! I do enjoy sharp crisp Lunar images like these. I'm still doing the DSLR with my 8" dob. Seldom am I able to image what I can see visually, but still enjoy what I do manage.

Very nice looking telescope! I cant wait to see some images with it. Enjoy!!👍👍

That is really a good catch!

Yes, incredible image from long ago! Thanks for posting the link. Is it just me, or does the one side of the LM look pretty beat up? I have to think in almost zero gravity on the Moon, that initial jump when the ascent engine fired would be something!

Seeing a really incredible fireball is an experience you never forget. You have to be in the right place at the right time!

Wonderful image and link. I enjoy reading about the history of sites like this!

I really have high hope's for this mission! I'm still looking for intelligent life here on Earth, other than the group here on SGL! There are times I think my search is without a doubt, hopeless!😁

The moon was beautiful this morning!

Welcome from central Florida. You have joined an incredible forum!

Those are incredible images! 👍👍 I like the way you show the scale with the Earth! Our wonderful world is not even a grain of sand in the big picture! But it is a jewel of a grain!

Very nice!

An amazing image! Thanks for all the work and posting it! It allows me to view distant things I would have never seen!

Amazing images! Do you think Galileo would have ever believed what astronomers would be finding, when he couldn't even see Saturns rings clearly?

That is an incredible sky!

Wow!!👍👍 Cant wait to sample those Martian potatoes! Wait, that was something else, wasnt it! 😁

Not that here in Florida I have to deal with it viewing, but I do get freezer duty at work a lot being I'm experienced and deal with the cold. It is -8 F not figuring the blowers giving you 15mph winds. The store manager only slides the door open and peeks in!😁😁 Like so many have said, dress for it in layers and never forget something for your head!