Discovery's space shuttle launch viewed from an airplane.

[Strychnine]

I was waiting to see the auxillary rockets drop, but cool vid none the less.

I wonder what a launch like that equivilates in horspower, in the millions?

Booster separation happens ~2 min into flight (146,000 ft altitude)

[terminator03]

that was badass

[BP]

yea the video is awesome and what amazes me is that a plane is so close to the launch! i would have assumed that the air traffic would have been cleared away a whole lot farther.

I bet they are 20+ miles away.

[32vfromhell]

Reaching for the stars has been one of mankind's (and this nation's) greatest achievements.

[Lusk Racing]

Reaching for the stars has been one of mankind's (and this nation's) greatest achievements.

Reach for the stars! You're in the mothafuckin' space olympics!

[GE]

Looks slow.

[jason07]

I can't imagine the throbbing erection I'd have.

I'm sorry sir.... the video did not show a plane of homosexual males having a 35,000 feet circle jerk...

[Ratt]

I bet they are 20+ miles away.

I'll bet they were more than that...

[jason07]

I bet they are 20+ miles away.

There is no possible way to find out...

[J-MAN]

I got to experience a launch last may from about 5 miles away and it was AWESOME. The speed of sound delay was neat. Even from that distance it shook your clothes when the sound finally got there.

[Ratt]

There is no possible way to find out...

If you knew the altitude of the plane it would be easy to estimate.

[jason07]

If you knew the altitude of the plane it would be easy to estimate.

My earlier comment was pure sarcasm. FYI

[BP]

I'll bet they were more than that...

Most likely, the no fly zone used to be 40 miles, I'm guessing they haven't changed it. The plume can be 2-3 miles wide so it looks a lot closer than it is. The orbiter is 122 feet long and you can't even make it out on the video.

[Racewerx]

Drinks are on the house!!!!!! This must be Heaven.

[bottlerocket]

The three main engines produce 37 million horsepower and the two solid rocket booster produce 44 million horsepower for a total of 81million horsepower.

TonyZ06's shitbucket would beat it, though.