«Roger, uh, bu…»

Esa frase cortada por la mitad de Rick Husband fue la última transmisión recibida en el control de la misión el 1 de febrero de 2003 a las 13:59:32 UTC desde el transbordador espacial Columbia.

Hoy se cumplen Diez años del desastre del Columbia, y lo rememoramos en un artículo y una galería de imágenes que he escrito para RTVE.es.

STS requiem from Small Mammal on Vimeo.

I had very mixed emotions about the Space Shuttle program ending, so I made a little sketch/montage to capture them. I was inspired by Lykke Li's "Sadness is a Blessing," (and the final image from Life magazine) which seemed to fit perfectly.

I borrowed everything in the video except for the shots of the Columbia mural, which are original. This was intended as a personal/experimental "sketch" that I just wanted to share, with no intention of ripping anyone off, or making any money off of it. If it connects with you, I'd love to hear about it.

Source material (as much as I can remember/pull out of my browser history):
NASA (public domain)
Shuttle plans http://regmedia.co.uk/2008/12/18/shuttle_plans.jpg
Black and white shuttle photography http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/the-space-shuttle-1981-2011/...
Various shuttle photos
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/07/the-last-space-shuttle-...
http://www.npr.org/2011/07/18/137802788/the-handmade-space-shuttle?ft=1&f...
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/07/photos-when-the-first-s...
Final image, from Life Magazine:
http://gunsandelmo.tumblr.com/post/3628437775/astronaut-anna-fisher-life-maga...
People watching last launch
http://www.wmur.com/r-video/28491645/detail.html
Christa McAuliffe:
http://scienceblogs.com/bushwells/upload/2007/01/ChristaMcAuliffe.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Christa_McAuliffe_Ex...
Guys looking at shuttle model
http://www.edwards.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/050712-F-0000R-003.jpg