Space Shuttle Flight Deck.

[Mariano]

Enjoy...

http://360vr.com/2011/06/22-discovery-flight-deck-opf_6236/index.html

By the way, does anyone know what those blue rectangles all over the panels are for?

Mariano.

[the mad hatter]

velco the smooth side stops things floating about :-)

[Shiv Mathur]

But then wouldn't it be easier and more efficient to just stick a whole sheet of velcro?

I thought it might be gaps for future instruments (??)

[Hardy Heinlin]

Gaps, I think so, too.

[John Davis PC]

No definitely Velcro patches, the whole shuttle is full of them so that they can stick pens, paper, checklists, or anything almost anywhere at any time

[Hardy Heinlin]

Wow, these patches are everywhere. I'm realizing it only now. I realize it only now.

[Hardy Heinlin]

Did you notice the patches on the seats?

Do they have patches also on their pants?

[the mad hatter]

yeap velco but think of it this way maybe the americans learnt something from the cold war... they spent a gazillion dollars making a pen work in space and the russians used a pencil that cost 5 cents  :lol:

the patches on the pants are to hold "Sally" in place

[Shiv Mathur]

... the americans learnt something from the cold war... they spent a gazillion dollars making a pen work in space and the russians used a pencil that cost 5 cents ...

I know you meant this lightly, and it's a nice story, but for completeness
it's interesting to visit http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.asp

[the mad hatter]

cool I did not know that most interesting thank you

[John Golin]

I had similar discussions about the velcro with a guy here at work - He said "That can't be velcro, it's everywhere!"

If you check out the displays on the MIP, you'll notice they are images printed on paper and stuck on THe pic is fro the decommissioning, and the orbiter avionics are not powered up - and as you look around you can see many components have been removed... e.g. one of the keypads is missing.

Unfortunately the flightdecks will be out of bounds to the public when they are on display.

[John Golin]

By the way, if you are interested check out

http://www.space-shuttle-mission.com/

[Shiv Mathur]

I'm realizing it only now. I realize it only now.

I guess this comes from the thread http://aerowinx.com/forum/topic.php?post=4441#post4441 and following.

But in my opinion, in this case 'I'm realizing it' is perfectly okay -- as in,
"I'm beginning to realize it".

Duke Ellington's 'I'm Beginning to See the Light'.

cheers,
Shiv

[the mad hatter]

how about this then  its a mixture of velco and blue tape  the blue tape is to hide the super secret ray gun, warp drive so that earth can be protected from invading hoards of monsters and other creepy things :-)  just being stupid

[Phil Bunch]

Everyone has missed the point of the blue velcro patches - they are an aid to space sex.

How else are you going to manage one's body maneuvers in zero-G?!

[Will]

"Realize" implies correcting a misunderstanding, so for it to sound right, you need to indicate what the misunderstanding was, or else the misunderstanding has to be clear from the context:

"I thought those things everywhere were gaps, but now I realize that they're velcro patches."

As opposed to indicating that you're seeing for the first time that there are many of them:

"Wow, I just noticed that those patches are everywhere."

(Kudos on correcting the -ing form.)

Grammar is excellent.   乾杯 !

[Hardy Heinlin]

"Wow, I just noticed that those patches are everywhere."

What's better, "I just noticed" or "I've just noticed"?

[Will]

Hardy, they are both correct.

"I've noticed" is the present perfect form, which is used both to indicate an unspecified moment in time and a recently completed action.  Contrast the following:

I saw the dog on my way home form work. <-- specific time
I've seen other dogs in the past.  <-- unspecified time

I just noticed that those patches are everywhere.  <-- specific time
I've noticed similar things before. <-- unspecified time

However, another legitimate use of the present perfect is to indicate an action that has recently ended, as in: "I've just finished programming the flight director."  So you can use "I've" in this sense.

One thing is true: you would never say "I've just finished my work ten minutes ago."  That explicitly combines the present perfect with a definite time, and sounds wrong.

[John Golin]

Final landing in 52 minutes.

http://www.ustream.tv/nasahdtv

[Jeroen Hoppenbrouwers]

... I remember watching the very first launch ... on TV ... TV, what is that?

200 miles to go, Mach 6, 12000 ft/min