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| Discovery lands safely in Cape Canaveral |
| 2006-07-17 |
| Space shuttle Discovery and its crew of six returned to Earth through overcast skies Monday, ending a successful mission that put NASA back in the space station construction business. Discovery glided down through an overcast sky onto the Kennedy Space Center runway at 9:14 a.m., allowing NASA to declare total victory for the first time since before the 2003 Columbia disaster. It was so cloudy, shuttle commander Steven Lindsey couldn't spot the runway until about a minute before landing. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 I'll believe NASA has a replacement when I see it. Back to the future using shuttle boosters |
| Posted by: ed 2006-07-17 13:45 |
| #5 AP I believe the ceiling dropped like a rock at the last moment. Check out the video from the HUD if you can find it. Crazy cool. I kept waiting and waiting and the clouds were still there and dropping! Even at breakout viz was really marginal. Figure it happened sudden like. |
| Posted by: 6 2006-07-17 13:28 |
| #4 shuttles are supposed to be retired in 2010 Ha! They were supposed to be retired in the 1980s IIRC. I'll believe NASA has a replacement when I see it. |
| Posted by: Spot 2006-07-17 13:20 |
| #3 Rutan can scale that quickly? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-07-17 13:00 |
| #2 The Shuttles are dangerous, tired, and in dire need of a replacement. I believe the shuttles are supposed to be retired in 2010 when a new vehicle comes online (along with heavy lifters for the |
| Posted by: FOTSGreg 2006-07-17 12:16 |
| #1 That's what instrument approaches are for. Total victory? How about a design and testing for the next generation of spacecraft. The Shuttles are dangerous, tired, and in dire need of a replacement. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2006-07-17 11:52 |