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banditrider
21st July 2011, 20:43
The shuttle is about 5 mins from leaving orbit on it's last flight.

Anyone else watching: http://www.ustream.tv/nasahdtv#utm_campaign
bogan
21st July 2011, 20:45
am now :corn:
James Deuce
21st July 2011, 20:51
I stayed home from school to watch the first test flight of the Enterprise. I put Thus Spake Zach Zarathustra on the Fountain 3-in-1 and cranked it. The Enterprise touched down at the climax of that evocative piece.

it's the end of an era all right, but I really think that focusing on unmanned space operations is a mistake. Yes, computers are more powerful, yes decision making algorithms have become very sophisticated, but show me the robot who can navigate in 3D with a sextant and a pad and pencil and I'll prove it's CGI nonsense.

I'd much rather spend money getting Buzz Aldrins and Jim Lovells into space.
banditrider
21st July 2011, 20:53
I remember watching Columbia's first landing...
Maha
21st July 2011, 21:00
Never known to land at night before?

What time do they expect it home?
banditrider
21st July 2011, 21:01
Should be just before 11...
banditrider
21st July 2011, 21:03
Should be just before 11...

Oops, sorry, they just said 54 mins...
Maha
21st July 2011, 21:04
Oops, sorry, they just said 54 mins...

Yeah heard that....tis pretty cool shit, thanks for posting the link.
New Zealand just coming into view..south island at least.
pzkpfw
21st July 2011, 21:20
If my memory works right, me and a friend got up early in the morning to watch the first lift-off.

So watching the last landing, for sure. Feeling a bit "odd".

(Using this: http://www.universetoday.com/87626/watch-final-shuttle-landing-live/ )
pzkpfw
21st July 2011, 21:54
Awesome.

Announcer tried to say something like "we are trying to imagine what it's like for you", in reply to the Commander talking about the plasma during re-entry.

But he flubbed the words three times.

The Commander simply replied "that's easy for you to say".
banditrider
21st July 2011, 22:04
Friggin awesome! Bummer it's all over...
Maha
21st July 2011, 22:22
No leakage reported by the Arft Sniffer?.....:blink:
Swoop
22nd July 2011, 06:48
I remember watching Columbia's first landing...
I remember staying up to watch the first liftoff, only to have launch aborted and another attempt the next day.
I guess it was still under warranty back then!

Never known to land at night before?
They did it quite often.:yes: