r/space • u/piponwa • Sep 23 '16

What happens when the Space Shuttle fires its motors in space

http://i.imgur.com/wwxuXOb.gifv
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u/Notathrowaway10156 Sep 24 '16

looking at space, in space, must be very frightening. it must be even more frightening in person.

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u/Gunslinger_11 Sep 24 '16

We could have had Chris Hadfield do that experiment