dsee8driver
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crash-proof said:Gotta love msnbc.com! Saw it live, nite landing but clear as day to watch.
I tried looking it up but couldn't find the runway length used for landing. I know Edwards is 15,000 but how much of that does it need to land? They come down at around 190kts.
VampyreGTX said:They use up about 13K of the 15K of runway.... Talk about not much margin of error for landing long...
bizijet said:If the standby shuttle is damaged also we lose 14 Astronauts instead of 7. Which begs the question. Can they configure the shuttle with 14 seats or does the rescue shuttle merely replace the rescued crew on the ISS. If they replace the rescued crew on the ISS then the rescuers become the stranded crew. Sounds like a dog chasing its tail.
bizijet said:Columbia's crew was told of the problem while they were in orbit. The shuttle could have docked with the space station and another shuttle launched to rescue the crew. This was as much a possibility now as it was two years ago. NASA knows the world is watching.
VampyreGTX said:Nope, sorry,
You don't have to apologize to me. Oh wait, that was you just trying to be a smarta$$ NASA Nerd.
minitour said:I'd find it hard to believe that NASA couldn't send it up on "auto pilot" without anyone on board.
Anyone know?
-mini
minitour said:I'd find it hard to believe that NASA couldn't send it up on "auto pilot" without anyone on board.
Anyone know?
-mini
All of it...raw data, I think.KigAir said:Good question. How much "flying" does the crew actually do?
bizijet said:Has anyone ever imagined how many shuttles were damaged on launch and returned to earth with enough damage to disentigrate during return but didn't. The crew of Discovery was told that if the shuttle was damaged enough on lift-off, they will be rescued by Atlantis. Why wasn't the crew of Columbia offered the same advice even though the engineers knew the shuttle's wing was damaged during lift-off?
Columbia's crew was told of the problem while they were in orbit. The shuttle could have docked with the space station and another shuttle launched to rescue the crew. This was as much a possibility now as it was two years ago. NASA knows the world is watching.
P-Dawg_QX said:Actually, I heard from someone who heard from someone who heard from someone (read: no factual basis) that during the launch, the crew is mostly along for the ride. They throw a few switches, but it's almost completely automated. Again, that could be completely untrue.