Wednesday, September 08, 2010

2011 Scott Addict R2 Weight

The weight of this bicycle listed in the link above is 7.2kg. This maybe true for the smallest size frame. The frame size I have is a L/56cm. With the following accessories:
- Ultegra PD-6700 pedals
- Planet Bike Spok front light
- Xtech tail light
- 5mm ALU zero bottlecage x 2
- Cateye Strada Wired Cadence

Total weight (measured twice on a bathroom scale) is 8.1kg

Sunday, July 29, 2007

"3…2…1…and Liftoff"

Taking a break from the current series of posts to make a list. I always found the shuttle launch commentary to be cheesy, so I thought I would list them here for an opinion. The early ones are all obsessed with clearing the tower, which I find pretty funny. I suppose its better than saying "It didn't blow up! Woohoo!". By the way, this is all I could find without requesting NASA for the launch transcripts. If you know of any that I am missing (about 60), add it to the comment.

"of Space Shuttle Endeavour expanding the International Space Station while creating a classroom in space" STS-118 (August 8, 2007)

"of Space Shuttle Atlantis, to assemble the framework for the science laboratories of tomorrow!" STS-117 (June 8, 2007)

"of the Space Shuttle Discovery, lighting up the night-time sky as we continue building the International Space Station." STS-116 (December 9, 2006)

"of Space Shuttle Atlantis...opening a new chapter in the completion of the International Space Station...for the future of collaboration of nations in space." STS-115 (September 9, 2006)

"of the Space Shuttle Discovery - Returning to the Space Station...while paving the way for future missions beyond...." STS-121 (July 4, 2006)

"of Space Shuttle Discovery... beginning America's new journey to the moon, Mars and beyond..." STS-114 (July 26, 2005)

"of Space Shuttle Columbia with a multitude of national and international space research experiments" STS-107 (January 16, 2003)

"of Space Shuttle Endeavour with another building block for the foundation of the International Space Station" STS-113 (November 23, 2002)

"of Space Shuttle Atlantis, building the station and our future in space" STS-112 (October 7, 2002)

"of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, extending our reach while expanding our research in space" STS-111 (June 5, 2002)

"of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, setting in place the keystone to Space Station's backbone" STS-110 (April 8, 2002)

"of Space Shuttle Columbia to broaden our view of the Universe through the Hubble Space Telescope" STS-109 (March 1, 2002)

"of the Space Shuttle Endeavour - Pushing our goal skyward using our station in space" STS-108 (December 5, 2001)

"of Discovery carrying the third crew astronaut residents of the International Space Station" STS-105 (August 10, 2001)

"of Space Shuttle Atlantis launching a door to partnership in space" STS-104 (July 12, 2001)

"of the Space Shuttle Endeavour - extending the reach of the Space Station while extending partnerships above the Earth" STS-100 (April 19, 2001)

"of Discovery, and a team of explorers, shaping their destiny" STS-102 (March 8, 2001)

"of Space Shuttle Atlantis with Destiny, the science laboratory for the 21st century" STS-98 (February 7, 2001)

"of the Space Shuttle Endeavour providing power to the station as it continues to build our future in space" STS-97 (November 30, 2000)

"of Discovery - making shuttle history and building our future in space" STS-92 (October 11, 2000)

"for the Space Shuttle Atlantis opening the doors for permanent human presence in space" STS-106 (September 8, 2000)

"of Space Shuttle Atlantis - a space shuttle for the 21st century" STS-101 (May 19, 2000)

"of Space Shuttle Endeavour - on a 21st century mission, placing Earth back on the map" STS-99 (February 11, 2000)

"of the Space Shuttle Discovery, on a mission to repair Hubble Space Telescope as we venture into the 21st century" STS-103 (December 19, 1999)

"of Columbia - reaching new heights for women and Xray astronomy" STS-93 (July 23, 1999)

"of Space Shuttle Discovery - The first mission to dock with the orbiting International Space Station and the vehicle has cleared the tower" STS-96 (May 27, 1999)

"of the Space Shuttle Endeavour - With the first American element of the International Space Station unites in our efforts in space to achieve our common goals" STS-88 (December 4, 1998)

"of the Space Shuttle Discovery as NASA embarks on the final mission to dock with Russian's space station Mir" STS-91 (June 2, 1998)

"of Space Shuttle Columbia on a mission expanding our knowledge and understanding of the human nervous system" STS-90 (April 17, 1998)

"of Discovery on a mission to study planet earth" STS-85 (August 7, 1997)

"of Space Shuttle Discovery to complete NASAs constellation of tracking stations in the sky" STS-70 (July 13, 1995)

"of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, observing the changes of planet Earth" STS-59 (April 9, 1994)

"of Columbia on a voyage to the future" STS-55 (April 26, 1993)

"of the Space Shuttle Discovery on a 7 day mission for the Department of Defence" STS-53 (December 2, 1992)

"of the Space Shuttle Discovery with the Hubble Space Telescope our window on the Universe" STS-31 (April 24, 1990)

"of Atlantis and the Galileo spacecraft bound for Jupiter" STS-34 (October 18, 1989)
STS-28 (August 8, 1989)

"starting a new era of planetary science as Atlantis clears the tower" STS-30 (May 4, 1989)

"Atlantis begins another space voyage as it clears the tower" STS-27 (December 2, 1988)

"Americans return to space as Discovery clears the tower" STS-26 (September 29, 1988)

"of the 25th Space Shuttle mission and it has cleared the tower" STS-51-L (January 28, 1986)

"of Columbia on mission 61-C and the shuttle has cleared the tower" STS-61-C (January 12, 1986)

"of the Space Shuttle and it has cleared the tower" STS-61-B (November 26, 1985)

"of Challenger and the Spacelab D-1 mission. And the shuttle has cleared the tower" STS-61-A (October 30, 1985)

"of Atlantis. A new orbiter joins the shuttle fleet and it has cleared the tower" STS-51-J (October 3, 1985)

"of S-51-I and a commercial deploy and repair mission. It has cleared the tower" STS-51-I (August 27, 1985)

"of Challenger and Spacelab-2. The shuttle has cleared the tower" STS-51-F (July 29, 1985)

"of Discovery, and the shuttle has cleared the tower" STS-51-G (June 17, 1985)

"and Challenger and Spacelab-3 is airborne and has cleared the tower" STS-51-B (April 29, 1985) *does not say lift off
STS-51-D (April 12, 1985)

"of Discovery, the first flight totally dedicated to Department of Defence missions and it has cleared the tower" STS-51-C (January 24, 1985)

"of Challenger and the 10th space shuttle flight. And the shuttle has cleared the tower" STS-41-B (February 3, 1984)

"of Columbia and the first flight of the European Space Agency's Space Lab. The shuttle has cleared the tower" STS-9 (November 28, 1983)
STS-8 (August 30, 1983)

"of STS-7 and America's first woman astronaut and the shuttle has cleared the tower" STS-7 (June 18, 1983)

"of America's first shuttle on its third? mission and we have cleared the tower" STS-4 (June 27, 1982)

"of America's Space Shuttle and the Space Shuttle has cleared the tower" STS-2 (November 12, 1981)

"of America's first Space Shuttle... and the Space Shuttle has cleared the tower" STS-1 (April 12, 1981)

Sources:-
youtube.com
insideKSC.com
nasa.gov
wikipedia.org