Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Disneyland for Engineers


Us playing at the Kennedy Space Centre - Stacy, Will, Chloe and Me.


In front of the Saturn V, the rocket that took man to the moon. Standing next to it makes you realise how brave these guys were to strap themselves into a cockpit smaller than the cabin of my Corolla sitting on top of these enormous construction filled with liquid hydrogen and oxygen. In this picture I am touching the tip of that stabiliser, it is a ridiculously large object....


This is the booster stage for the space shuttle.... these are the main thrust to get the shuttle up to high altitude, then they fall into the ocean and are retrieved by the Navy.


Space shuttle


The actual control room for the pre-moon missions..... before they moved to Houston.


The main rocket engine for the Saturn V.... Strap this to the back of your car Nath....


The bridge to the cabin, this is the same walk that Neil Armstrong did on his way to the controls of Apollo 11

Saturday, November 12, 2005

Beer Trophy!!


yay for beer trophys!! me and my mate Craig from Scotland. Nathan would be proud! lol

Orlando!

Orlando was lots of fun!! We all went to see 'The Bravery' in downtown Disney which was a great show!! But we weren't allowed to bring cameras which was annoying!! :( We were soooo close too, we could have got great shots!


The medievil times! A great theatre restaraunt which was apparently in cable guy..... Our knight was the red one.... he was a fine knight, gallant and brave, but shit cos he lost.


Me with the King and Queen before the tournament started!


Orlando night sky...


This is amazing... all the brown windows are boarded up!! This is in downtown Miami where the hurricane sucked heaps of windows out of buildings!! Imagine how scary it would have been to discover a lost window on the 30th floor!!


Yaaayyyy Melbourne!! On the way to Orlando!

Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Big bada boom clarification!

I seem to have worried some people with the pic of the plane getting hit by lightning! To clarify, planes apparently get hit by lightning all the time. Hence they are designed to take the strike without damaging any electrical components. This is due to the outside metal casing being isolated from the inside of the plane where the electrical componentry is....

so don't panic!!!!

Tuesday, November 08, 2005

My Facebook

Everyone at Miami has a facebook account for chatting and stuff.... check out my profile...

Hangin' around Miami


Me and Nic-Nac, the crazy American!




Dave with a Nurf gun and Pierre, the man who hates everything that's not French!


Everyone was laughing because of the pinky in the air!

Thursday, November 03, 2005

Plane go boom


Thanks to sister Rach and brother Johnno for this one, this is a All Nippon Airplane getting hit by lightning in Osaka, where I'm flying into!! yay!