Shuttle Discovery Landing

delticbob · Post by **delticbob** » 10 Sep 2009, 21:29

Has the website been down about 2 hours ago??

Anyhow - Shuttle 'Discovery' at about to do its thing regarding re-entry - weather permitting. I think landing will be around midnight.

Watching NASA TV they are still making plans & entering computer data, so as at now (21.30 BST) things are still go!!

Bob

petermcleland · Post by **petermcleland** » 11 Sep 2009, 02:07

Both re-entry burn opportunities were waved off for weather so I wish them better luck for tomorrow

airboatr · Post by **airboatr** » 11 Sep 2009, 04:51

yep the weather has been very dynamic as they say. all up and down the coast here in FL
they are saying Edwards for friday (today as I write this for you)
last friday we had some lightning like I havn't see in a long time. one thunder rumble lasted ... close to 45 seconds maybe??
I have some really wild video of it , but am waiting before I post it to make sure what I see on the video
is what was really happened.. freekish to say the least
well didn't mean to run off subject ...

I got some flying time in yesterday .... snuck out between cells passing over and snapped this leaving KPHK

petermcleland · Post by **petermcleland** » 12 Sep 2009, 02:06

She is safely down at Edwards...Great to watch and all right on the button...First I have seen at Edwards

airboatr · Post by **airboatr** » 12 Sep 2009, 02:31

Hi Peter ,
amazing how fast it comes in , the view of the HUD is something else, it puts you right in the seat.

Sadly , there aren't many left. And the replacement isn't going to be much more fun than
watching a pop bottle rocket go up and come back down.

DispatchDragon · Post by **DispatchDragon** » 12 Sep 2009, 02:35

Joe -- did you see they successfully flew the Ares 1 from Vandenberg today?

Tag watched the Shuttle landing mesmerized -- then asked why we hadn't driven down to see it

Leif

airboatr · Post by **airboatr** » 12 Sep 2009, 02:50

out of the mouths of babes

the test of the motors , right? yeah , what a blast huh?

pop bottle engine "one" test,

DispatchDragon · Post by **DispatchDragon** » 12 Sep 2009, 03:43

Thanks Joe - I caught the end of a news bit on NPR driving home tonight -- they were talking about Vandenberg and the Ares so I assumed.......lol I just watched the vid of it -- yes its a bottle rocket -- but I would like to be around when they light the Ares V

Leif

airboatr · Post by **airboatr** » 12 Sep 2009, 04:20

oh,. U-tah it too in Promontory

? http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=892_1252610665

and that was just the first stage

anyway maybe they thought it best to be away in a remote area,.... in case

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