Rendezvous with Rama

17 responses to “Rendezvous with Rama”

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   heet_myser

   Jan 27, 2013 at 2:55 am

   Wind tunnel?

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   gsikich1

   Jan 27, 2013 at 3:04 am

   Open the Pod Doors Hal… Neat shot. Would be neat to get one pointing the other direction with no people in it – really would look like space

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   goodeye03 (Rich)

   Jan 27, 2013 at 3:14 am

   I agree with both of the above.. Cool shot.

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   rocketmavericks

   Jan 27, 2013 at 4:21 am

   Wind Tunnel NASA Ames?? 80x120is my guess.

   http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/multimedia/images/2005/nfac.html

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   Lars Plougmann

   Jan 27, 2013 at 4:52 am

   Blofeld’s lair

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   BWJones

   Jan 27, 2013 at 6:41 am

   Pretty interesting there Steve… Color me intrigued.

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   In Memoriam: jerryfi_99

   Jan 27, 2013 at 7:13 am

   Well… I’m pretty sure it’s one of the Ames’ wind tunnels… but that’s already taken… so I’ll go with a turbine feed at the Three Gorges Dam, or a section of the Chunnel…. nah, it’s gotta be a wind tunnel….. make sure the safety is ON… (a recurring nightmare, stuck in a wind tunnel when it’s turned on….. ====8-o )

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   obskura

   Jan 27, 2013 at 9:59 am

   Interior shot of the new SpaceX Falcon 19, about to be prepped with crew and greenhouse for Elon’s Mars mission next year? 🙂 That, or a new half-pipe for some extreme skate event a popular energy-drink manufacturer came up with…

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   PhOtOnQuAnTiQuE

   Jan 27, 2013 at 11:13 am

   Definitely Ramathreein =)

   

   Don’ t know if you saw it back then but : a Rendez Vous Avec Rama short movie (4 minutes) A student film inspired by the Arthur C. Clarke novel. Directed and animated by Aaron Ross, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU in 2001.

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    Scott C (sec611)

    Jan 27, 2013 at 11:16 am

    Cargo bay, NCC-1701?

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    js.brain

    Jan 27, 2013 at 2:14 pm

    Brilliant shot! Looks amazing this rendezvous =)

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    heet_myser

    Jan 27, 2013 at 5:22 pm

    I see now I misread your description. Of course it’s an Ames wind tunnel, because were else would you be hanging out? But what does that wind tunnel remind you of? I guess [http://www.flickr.com/photos/photonquantique] nailed that one.

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    jurvetson

    Jan 27, 2013 at 8:38 pm

    [http://www.flickr.com/photos/photonquantique] — Mais oui, it’s clearly a copy of the Frenchy-spaceport… near where we met. Very cool visual association.

    Yes, this is the 40×80 section of the large NASA wind tunnel.

    

    I will post a bunch more photos today.

    The roof is festooned with omni-directional reflectors that carry unique barcodes. They only light up when shooting with a flash…

    

    (short video of the echoes within).

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    WGSFB77 (Returned to f0rbe5)

    Feb 17, 2013 at 9:14 am

    Or Jonah in the mouth of the whale, with some truly spectacular bioluminesence?

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    js.brain

    Feb 20, 2013 at 4:20 pm

    So the above design and the below design are similar?
    

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    jurvetson

    Feb 20, 2013 at 9:33 pm

    [http://www.flickr.com/photos/jsbrain] and [http://www.flickr.com/photos/psychohistory] — Good eye!

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    PhOtOnQuAnTiQuE

    Mar 18, 2013 at 12:48 am

    Just came across this amazing photo, thanks to Curious mind Crazypulsar Li Yu.
    You should like it =)

    
    http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2010/05/0527langley-field-win...

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