An easy way to waste your afternoon:

[Monster Dave]

Check out these really awesome pics that NASA just released:



http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasacommons/show/

[organ donor]

How fun must it have been to be fired off into space atop tons of explosive rocket fuel

[Monster Dave]

NASA just test fired it's new (and biggest ever) solid rocket booster for the Constellation class delivery system - at its peak, it will push 3.6 million pounds of thrust!

DM-2: NASA/ATK test fires five-segment solid rocket motor

[numbskull]

Thanks for the link. Great pics there. 

[organ donor]

where can i get one of those?

[DoubleEagle]

A nice history lesson of NASA .

Thanks for posting.

Dolph   

[Monster Dave]

A nice history lesson of NASA .

Thanks for posting.

Dolph   

Sure! Given that my grandfather worked in the aerospace industry making parts for both the Space Shuttle and the SR71, I love seeing pictures like that and seeing how far we've come and how far we have to go at the same time.