Space Shuttle: The Final Mission on BBC 2 & BBC HD

ComeraghBlue

Set your sky+!

This Sunday at 9pm on BBC 2 & BBC HD

"in the last month of the space shuttle programme, kevin fong is granted extraordinary access to the astronauts and ground crew as they prepare for there final mission"

xper

Not to be outdone, Channel 4 have "The Space Shuttle's Last Flight" tonight (Sat), 7:30pm.


Compare and contrast.

lord lucan

xper wrote: »

Compare and contrast.

Or watch and cry.:(

Beeker

lord lucan wrote: »

Or watch and cry.:(

Brave face now:D

lord lucan

Beeker wrote: »

Brave face now:D

Too late for that now,time for the black armband for a week.

Beeker

lord lucan wrote: »

Too late for that now,time for the black armband for a week.

Same here, but no sympathy from Mrs Beeker, think she is just happy it is all over and I wont have to organise everything around Shuttle flights.

ComeraghBlue

xper wrote: »

Not to be outdone, Channel 4 have "The Space Shuttle's Last Flight" tonight (Sat), 7:30pm.


Compare and contrast.

Only just seen this but have it set to record on c4+1 at 8.30pm

I suspect they'll be plenty of these programmes on Nat geo and discovery over the next few weeks/months

Beeker

ComeraghBlue wrote: »

Only just seen this but have it set to record on c4+1 at 8.30pm

I suspect they'll be plenty of these programmes on Nat geo and discovery over the next few weeks/months

Hope so but don't expect much quality stuff as experience shows they prefer sensation to facts. Still looking forward to what ever is on offer:)

Rowley Birkin QC

Damnit anyway forgot we don't have Sky Plus anymore. Both look interesting.

ScrubsfanChris

Rowley Birkin QC wrote: »

Damnit anyway forgot we don't have Sky Plus anymore. Both look interesting.

The CH4 documentary might go up on 4od later...

Its also on Channel 4HD and I have both set to record

Beeker

Not a bad documentry, a few mistakes but overall well put together. Looking forward to the BBC one tonight.:)

ScrubsfanChris

Bump!

Just started on bbc2 and bbc hd.

MagicMarker

Really great program.

Trotter

I seriously have a lump in my throat.

The close out crew need to stay together. I'd love to see them running a restaurant or something.. where you don't get served unless your radio procedure was right or if your mustache wasnt substatial enough.

The lady who made the sandwiches reminded me of my Nan.. someone who regardless of the task, put their heart and soul into it. She cared. Thats rare these days. People who care like her should be making astronaut sandwiches for as long as she wants.

The man who replaces tiles and clearly put his life into maintaining his white tash.. Everyone just oozed pride. People like that deserve hero status.

Its sad for me.. when I was 9 I wrote down 'mission control' on my future job list in school. Its only now I realise that it will actually never ever happen. Now I know I never had a shot anyway.. but a huge part of my geekdom is gone. Its sad. Almost like my tendency towards silly aspirations landed with Atlantis.

It was my little dream. Most lads wanted to be John Aldridge. I wanted to be the guy that said 'Go at throttle up'.

Can't say this to the lads.. They wont understand. This seems to be the right place.


Wheel stop lads.. Wheel stop.

12april1981

Enjoyed the BBc Documentary,nice to see Dan Tani playing a large part in the show.Hope to see more of these in the weeks and months ahead

vonbarracuda

Great program

Owen

I thoroughly enjoyed that show, I'm gutted to see the end of the Shuttle programme, it was a huge part of my childhood. Here's hoping in time we'll see something even more iconic.

Trotter

When will Atlantis be ready for public viewing in Florida?

Im getting a space shuttle money jar ready here.. Flights and a couple of weeks in Florida? I better stick to putting fivers in the jar.

Beeker

Trotter wrote: »

When will Atlantis be ready for public viewing in Florida?

Im getting a space shuttle money jar ready here.. Flights and a couple of weeks in Florida? I better stick to putting fivers in the jar.

Should be ready by the end of 2012. I am planning a trip to go see all 3 in one trip, hopefully 2013:)

Beeker

Tonights documentry was fantastic. Really enjoyed that one. What a vehicle and what a bunch of people who worked on it.:)

Trotter

Beeker wrote: »

Should be ready by the end of 2012. I am planning a trip to go see all 3 in one trip, hopefully 2013:)

Fastastic! Im gonna need a big jar.

12april1981

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One of the first people I met at the press site was Ballybunion Golf club member and Astronaut Dan Tani !

lord lucan

Enjoyed the BBC show,very well put together. Found the C4 one a bit more 'tabloidy' if that makes any sense. Heavy on disasters,seemed to make a lot of Challenger & Columbia and Hubbles first deployment.

Beeker

lord lucan wrote: »

Enjoyed the BBC show,very well put together. Found the C4 one a bit more 'tabloidy' if that makes any sense. Heavy on disasters,seemed to make a lot of Challenger & Columbia and Hubbles first deployment.

I agree. You can normally trust the BBC for quality:)

Rubecula

lord lucan wrote: »

Enjoyed the BBC show,very well put together. Found the C4 one a bit more 'tabloidy' if that makes any sense. Heavy on disasters,seemed to make a lot of Challenger & Columbia and Hubbles first deployment.

Like Beeker I totally agree on this. The BBC program was well put together and informative as well as entertaining. The emotion of the people who were involved with the shuttle program was very clear to see.

Turtwig

I didn't bother with the Channel 4 one, as I'm generally not a fan of Channel's four documentaries. Their quality tends not to be great.

Skunkworks

Oh no, I missed it!!! I am on UPC digital, will it show again?

ScrubsfanChris

Last showing was today at 7:00, http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b012x69w#broadcasts

No future re-runs planed yet....

lord lucan

Discovery Channel on Sunday night at 22.00, Last Shuttle.

Sounds pretty good and appears to have been well received stateside when it aired recently.:)

lord lucan

Discovery programme was a bit meh tbh. Some excellent footage from the VAB,OPF and SRB retrieval ships(especially the sonic booms from the SRB's) and following the workers at KSC. Let down imo by nearly half of the programme being about Columbia & Challenger. Discovery/Nat Geo & History have done the tragedies to death at this stage,it added nothing to the narrative of this programme by focusing on them.

Trotter

Best one so far remains the BBC one. That was excellent.

Turtwig

How do they all fare in comparisons to the Shat's one?

lord lucan

Malty_T wrote: »

How do they all fare in comparisons to the Shat's one?

I'd put Shatners one in a close 2nd behind the BBC one. BBC programme has been the best documentary i've seen on the SSP in a long long time.

Turtwig

lord lucan wrote: »

I'd put Shatners one in a close 2nd behind the BBC one. BBC programme has been the best documentary i've seen on the SSP in a long long time.

Excellent, need to watch that Beeb one then.:D

Beeker

lord lucan wrote: »

I'd put Shatners one in a close 2nd behind the BBC one. BBC programme has been the best documentary i've seen on the SSP in a long long time.

I agree with that. The BBC one was by far the best.

12april1981

Id give it 4 out of 10,the 4 was for the last 10 mins.I hope we see a big improvement in the ones (if there are any) to come.If we on boards got together and made a documentary..now thats a thought !:D The BBC`s documentary is by far the best.Does anyone remember the Discovery Ch documentary `SPACE SHUTTLE` in the mid 90s the one where they lassoed the Aligator on the SLF that remains my fav

Beeker

12april1981 wrote: »

Id give it 4 out of 10,the 4 was for the last 10 mins.I hope we see a big improvement in the ones (if there are any) to come.If we on boards got together and made a documentary..now thats a thought !:D The BBC`s documentary is by far the best.Does anyone remember the Discovery Ch documentary `SPACE SHUTTLE` in the mid 90s the one where they lassoed the Aligator on the SLF that remains my fav

Yeah I remember that one:) It was two hours long I think, great footage and music throughout.
"The Space Shuttle - A Boards.ie Guide":D:D

Beeker

Just got the chance to watch the Discovery one in full. I have to say I was impressed by it. Not as good as the BBC one but it did convey the emotion of the end to me. You could see the very real emotions felt by the people who worked on these amazing machines. I feel the same loss in my own way. The Shuttle was such a huge part of my life since I was 13 that it is still hard to accept it is over:( Might be the bottle of wine I have just had but Bob Crippen's speech on the runway at KSC at the Columbia memorial still brings a tear to my eye "Hail Columbia", fu*k thats so sad! you can see his genuine pain at the loss.
This is a period of history that will never be repeated. We have witnessed the ending of the golden age of spaceflight.

Turtwig

Beeker wrote: »

We have witnessed the ending of the golden age of spaceflight.

Perhaps I'm over optimistic, but I believe we are entering the golden era.:D

Beeker

Malty_T wrote: »

Perhaps I'm over optimistic, but I believe we are entering the golden era.:D

My friend, I sure hope so!:)