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06-14-2008, 11:44 AM
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Ironworks Webmaster
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You know when the shuttle lands when.....
You hear two loud as hell sonic booms!
 I forgot Discovery was landing this morning, and when I heard it, I ran to see it land on TV. I know the sound well.. Its louder than thunder... shakes the windows, and feels like a truck hit your house. lol... crazy..I can't believe we are going back to an Apollo type vehicle next.. to me, that's going back, not forward. I understand the need to use a module like this for landing on the moon, but as a transport module/ship... blah. I wish they didn't kill the X-33... It had design and other issues, but hell, I'm sure the shuttle did as it was being developed. Anyone hear it come in? (Florida, maybe Georgia members?) |
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06-14-2008, 11:54 AM
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Mephistopheles
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Re: You know when the shuttle lands when.....
I live in Titusville, FL. My wife was raised here.
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06-14-2008, 12:29 PM
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Silver Dragon
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Re: You know when the shuttle lands when.....
I'm so glad that I don't live anywhere near that - would do my head in.
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06-14-2008, 01:40 PM
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Re: You know when the shuttle lands when.....
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Did ya hear it? I'm in Lakeland.. |
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06-14-2008, 02:14 PM
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Mephistopheles
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Re: You know when the shuttle lands when.....
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06-14-2008, 02:30 PM
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Jack Burton
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Re: You know when the shuttle lands when.....
Call me cynical but I lost interest in short trips to the moon etc. awhile ago.
Wake me up when it looks something like this  
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06-14-2008, 02:55 PM
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Re: You know when the shuttle lands when.....
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I actually did see one way back in 1989 or 1990.. right after I moved here. I was lucky because it has to be REALLY clear to see it from Lakeland. I think they did the turn in a better direction for us to see--when the launch for a higher orbit for the space station, it does a longer arc, right? It seriously lit the entire sky looking east! Like the sun coming up! I do plan on going to KSC and watching/recording and taking high res pics of a Launch before it's retired. (I kinda hope they extend the date).. |
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06-14-2008, 03:10 PM
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Re: You know when the shuttle lands when.....
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Update, scratch that. Apparrently it just didn't want to load that time. All's well.
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