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Tue Aug-09-05 07:12 AM
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1. Thank God - even though I'm an athiest! |
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Tue Aug-09-05 07:14 AM
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5. Yeay!! I'm so happy that this mission was a success. |
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NASA needed this one very badly. Thank goodness these people made it home alive to see their families again.
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Tue Aug-09-05 07:15 AM
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6. Can you imagine how "edgy" they must have been ? |
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Tue Aug-09-05 07:16 AM
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Just watched it on NASA TV! :)
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Tue Aug-09-05 07:17 AM
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8. Me too.. They don';t have commercials |
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Tue Aug-09-05 07:18 AM
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9. I love that female pilot! Makes us proud. She was awesome!!! |
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Tue Aug-09-05 07:56 AM
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33. She did fly the Shuttle! |
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Edited on Tue Aug-09-05 08:09 AM by zoids
"Discovery's wings leveling as it approaches the landing site. Now that the orbiter has gone subsonic, Commander Eileen Collins has assumed control. She'll fly Discovery on a 194-degree right overhead turn to align with runway 22."
I thought she hadn't!
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Tue Aug-09-05 07:19 AM
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10. If the landing is difficult (why they say they didn't risk Florida) |
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then why don't the wait until daylight before doing it? It still looked quite dark on the TV pictures I just saw.
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Tue Aug-09-05 07:22 AM
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15. They had only 2 chances at re-entry and the times were in darkness |
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or they would have had to wait another day..
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Tue Aug-09-05 07:23 AM
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17. I think they have to enter the earth's atmosphere at the right time. |
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It's a small window of opportunity.
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Tue Aug-09-05 07:19 AM
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Tue Aug-09-05 07:19 AM
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And nice to see John Glenn doing some commentary.
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Tue Aug-09-05 07:19 AM
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Edited on Tue Aug-09-05 07:20 AM by terrya
I'll bet they were popping the champagne corks in Houston and Florida. :-)
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Tue Aug-09-05 07:19 AM
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I don't want to hear any more jokes about women drivers.
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Tue Aug-09-05 07:23 AM
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16. but she missed Florida by 3000 miles |
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and you call that good :evilgrin:
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Tue Aug-09-05 07:24 AM
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18. and her "blinker" is still on |
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Tue Aug-09-05 07:32 AM
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23. lol I had to turn it off when |
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they say she was clear for ammonia activation... :rofl:
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Tue Aug-09-05 07:37 AM
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26. LOL Too stubborn to pull out the map, eh? nt |
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Tue Aug-09-05 07:42 AM
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29. And she keep talking all the time on her |
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phone thingy..... :evilgrin:
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Tue Aug-09-05 07:24 AM
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Tue Aug-09-05 07:25 AM
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You know, there were moments when I thought, "They're delaying this landing because they know it's gonna blow up." I'm so glad it hasn't.
Yay,
The Plaid Adder
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Tue Aug-09-05 07:28 AM
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21. I had the same feeling.. delaying the inevitable |
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Thank goodness it did not happen again
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Tue Aug-09-05 07:32 AM
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22. Goddam terrorist explosion woke me out of a sound sleep at 5:10 AM |
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and set off a bunch of car alarms. I turned on the radio to find out who had been nuked and all they could talk about was the goddam shuttle, nothing about any explosion anywhere.
Oh. Nevermind.
(I guess the first of the two sonic booms happened before my brain woke up, lol)
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Tue Aug-09-05 07:42 AM
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28. I must be too far away.. Didn't hear either one |
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Tue Aug-09-05 07:36 AM
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24. Conspiracy theory: Man, they sure can make those 12" models look real! |
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C'mon, you don't think they actually went into space, doya? That was a little 12" Star Trek model they filmed. You don't think they really went to the moon, doya???
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Tue Aug-09-05 07:37 AM
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Tue Aug-09-05 07:45 AM
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30. Conspiracy Theroy:The shuttle launch is a cover for creating a tsunami |
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The shuttle dropped 50000 iranian nukes (that are set to explode when rove is indicted) into the ocean as it was landing.
Tom Flocco told me this so it must be true.
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Tue Aug-09-05 07:58 AM
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Tue Aug-09-05 07:38 AM
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27. What did I tell everybody all along? |
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THAT IT WOULD GO JUST FINE!
Im sorry, but I need to gloat.
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Tue Aug-09-05 07:46 AM
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31. I bow to your prescient powers |
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Tue Aug-09-05 07:50 AM
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Well done, and welcome back. I followed the events live in 2003 (who didn't), and that was a devastating moment.
Good stuff, and with a female pilot too :toast:
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