Simviation Forum - STS-116 landing

Dec 23^rd, 2006 at 11:24am

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Yesterday I watched live the landing of Discovery at KSC. The camera showed the final seconds before touchdown from the pilot's point of view, and it was impressive; expecially the incredible angle of attack... the orbiter almost stays in a dive until literally seconds before touchdown, then the pilot flares and suddenly the runway becomes visible and the perspective changes to that of a normal landing. It's amazing at how effectively this giant glider loses speed!

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Reply #1 - Dec 24^th, 2006 at 5:32am

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I take it Shuttle missions are of little interest as of today. Cheesy

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Reply #2 - Dec 24^th, 2006 at 6:33am

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Well, you didn't really leave the thread open ended enough. I agree with you, but you basically said it all.

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Reply #3 - Dec 24^th, 2006 at 11:20am

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Apparently my parents heard the boom as it broke the sound barrier upon entering the atmosphere. I was playing football, didn't hear a thing.

I saw the launch on NASA TV, so I got to hear all the radio comms. Launches are more exciting than landings IMHO

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Reply #4 - Dec 27^th, 2006 at 3:35am

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Ah I LOVE Space Shuttle launches! Because I live in Australia on the last mission , STS-115, I got up at 4:30 AM to watch it launch. I even had my Space Shuttle checklist out to go through things the same time the real thing would. Tongue

~A very tired James (On that day at least) Grin

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