"Irradiate" the country. - Photo : rke |
[ Cape Canaveral, May 22th, 2012, © (rke), english below ] – Quoi de mieux que de voir le lancement d’une fusĂ©e sur le
fameux VAB (Vehicule Assembly Building) a 160 m de hauteur ? Pour y
parvenir, nous sommes amenés en bus, malgré que le bâtiment soit à une centaine
de mètres du centre de presse. Des mordus (et mordues) de la photo comme moi
pénétrons dans cet antre en pleine nuit. Le VAB est vidé de ses fusées, la
poussière s’est incrustĂ©e sur les poutres mĂ©talliques, mais l’air y est
normalement respirable.
Dans le VAB : l'approche vers les ascenceurs. - Photo :rke |
Le sommet du VAB vu de l'intérieur. C'est là -haut que nous étions. - Photo : rke |
On the flat roof view of
the VAB :
Dragon spits its flames and blaze the country
Dragon spits its flames and blaze the country
What better way to see the launch onthe top of the
famous VAB (Vehicle Assembly Building) at 160 meters
high ? To get there, we was transported by bus, although the
building is a hundred meters from the press center. Many
professionnals photographers and fans as I penetrate into this
den at night. The VAB was emptied of its rockets, the
dustis embedded on the metal beams but the air
is breathing normally. About twenty people settle into the
first elevator that goes up us to the 34th floor. Then, the
place becomes more narrow and we take place into an other elevateur wich brings
up to the 40h fllor.
Photo : rke |
Photo : rke |
We would imagine to be like inside one of these cages wich
lead the minors the theirs job. Except at this moment, it’s not for going in a
hole but at the top of the building. On this flat roof of the VAB, the
escort-girl of NASA (not a pin-up, but a serious woman controller) leads us near
a barrier site. Obviously, by security, the place is good far from the edge of
the building.
From there, the rocket point its white nose in all the
horizon where we perceive all other floodlit towers of launch. It's time to
set our cameras and follow another vehicle that through out
its flight "blaze" the country as a giant torch that
illuminates a cave.
Falcon 9 took off exactly at the scheduled
time on Tuesday, May 22 at 3:44 (9:44 Swiss time), and, far
away, the rocket is already confused with stars. One
more in the firmament.
The video : by rke