Inside NASA’s Mysterious Rubber Room

Post by WalterS » Fri, Dec 14, 2012, 8:25 PM UTC

stordoff wrote: post #19

jstanley wrote: post #3

I'm not sure if it's the camera or the lighting, but these images all look suspiciously raytraced to me.

I believe the comparison images are from the other pad, so some differences are not surprising. The original images look fine to me - they just look like they were taken with a SLR in low light, which may give a slightly odd/unusual feel to them.

This is correct, these were taken at the Pad A rubber room, the others that have been linked to were taken at Pad B. It was quite dark inside. I preferred the look of the natural lighting. Images were shot with a 5D III and 16-35L lens with an ISO of around 3200.

Post by WalterS » Fri, Dec 14, 2012, 8:32 PM UTC

eddieroger wrote: post #32

guyzero wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So I am not being facetious when I say I don't understand I I guess your comment makes sense, but honestly... I still don't understand. The rocket explodes, a massive shockwave of expanding gas gets pushed down the chute into the middle room. The actual protected room has a vault-like door, is on springs, has massive padded chairs with seatbelts. That I get. But how does rubberizing the middle room help? How much of…

My guess: The room was supported by springs according the article. It also said the blasts rivaled small nuclear explosions. If something that big goes boom right over you, those springs are going to be tested. I assume the rubber helps prevent the room from bottoming out should the springs be insufficient. If anything, I think they didn't know what to expect, so they planned for the worst. Also, that small, 24-hr sa…

I seemed to have failed to mention that their was indeed a toilet. It can be seen on the left in this photo.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/walter-s-photo/8200797657/in/ph...

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