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Old August 9th 05, 11:23 PM
Dave
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I watched you and imagined this morning. I thought about past
endeavours; sucesses and failures.
I prayed.
Gliding that rock dead stick from 8 grand down to 300 must be the
ultimate!!

Congratulations, NASA Keep the ball rolling


I hope the concept of humans actually flying is not banished.

~D
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Old August 10th 05, 04:47 PM
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Congratulations, NASA Keep the ball rolling

I hope the concept of humans actually flying is not banished.


Amen, brother.
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Old August 10th 05, 05:03 PM
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"Dave" wrote in message
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I watched you and imagined this morning. I thought about past
endeavours; sucesses and failures.
I prayed.
Gliding that rock dead stick from 8 grand down to 300 must be the
ultimate!!


And as an added bonus, the Edwards AFB landing qualifies Commander Collins
for two weeks of valuable cross country time, as opposed to having to log
the time as "local" had they landed at the Cape.


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Old August 10th 05, 06:27 PM
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T o d d P a t t i s t wrote:
What is the cat/class of the shuttle? Powered lift? Multi
Engine?


Motorglider.
;-)
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Old August 10th 05, 07:11 PM
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"Brad Zeigler" wrote in message
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"Dave" wrote in message
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I watched you and imagined this morning. I thought about past
endeavours; sucesses and failures.
I prayed.
Gliding that rock dead stick from 8 grand down to 300 must be
the ultimate!!


And as an added bonus, the Edwards AFB landing qualifies Commander
Collins for two weeks of valuable cross country time, as opposed to
having to log the time as "local" had they landed at the Cape.


Other than the computer just who flies these things. Watching the landing
on some NASA cable channel they kept refering to pilot Jim Kelly.


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Old August 10th 05, 07:20 PM
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"Earl Grieda" wrote in message
k.net...

"Brad Zeigler" wrote in message
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"Dave" wrote in message
...

I watched you and imagined this morning. I thought about past
endeavours; sucesses and failures.
I prayed.
Gliding that rock dead stick from 8 grand down to 300 must be
the ultimate!!


And as an added bonus, the Edwards AFB landing qualifies Commander
Collins for two weeks of valuable cross country time, as opposed to
having to log the time as "local" had they landed at the Cape.


Other than the computer just who flies these things. Watching the landing
on some NASA cable channel they kept refering to pilot Jim Kelly.




The Shuttle has a Mission Commander, in this case Collins and a Pilot,
Kelly. The Apollo moon flights had a mission commander and two pilots one
for the lunar lander and one for the command module (The guy that flies all
the way to the moon and doesn't get to land. What has to be the best worst
job in history.)


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Old August 10th 05, 07:36 PM
Jay Masino
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Gig 601XL Builder wr.giacona@coxDOTnet wrote:
Other than the computer just who flies these things. Watching the landing
on some NASA cable channel they kept refering to pilot Jim Kelly.

The Shuttle has a Mission Commander, in this case Collins and a Pilot,
Kelly. The Apollo moon flights had a mission commander and two pilots one
for the lunar lander and one for the command module (The guy that flies all
the way to the moon and doesn't get to land. What has to be the best worst
job in history.)


Both the mission commander and the pilot are trained to fly and land the
orbiter.




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Old August 10th 05, 08:00 PM
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Brad Zeigler wrote:

And as an added bonus, the Edwards AFB landing qualifies Commander Collins
for two weeks of valuable cross country time, as opposed to having to log
the time as "local" had they landed at the Cape.


There ya go, Commander, you got free fries with that shake!

I wonder though... during re-entry they do these banking manouveurs
(sp) to help slow down. Early on they banked to about 80 degrees. Does
the commander have acrobatic license? G

No, really, I'd like to see a schematic illustration of exactly how
this flying machine transitions, with temp charts and all. Or,
descriptions/stories from those in the know about this stuff.

Does Jay have a "Shuttle Suite"?

~Dave
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Old August 10th 05, 08:40 PM
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"Dave" wrote in message
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Brad Zeigler wrote:

And as an added bonus, the Edwards AFB landing qualifies Commander
Collins
for two weeks of valuable cross country time, as opposed to having to log
the time as "local" had they landed at the Cape.


There ya go, Commander, you got free fries with that shake!

I wonder though... during re-entry they do these banking manouveurs
(sp) to help slow down. Early on they banked to about 80 degrees. Does
the commander have acrobatic license? G

No, really, I'd like to see a schematic illustration of exactly how
this flying machine transitions, with temp charts and all. Or,
descriptions/stories from those in the know about this stuff.



NASA.Gov used to have a pretty neat web page up that showed the landing
process on about a High School level. No heat charts but it did list the
skin temp at various points in the reentry process. It's been years and I
don't have a clue as to where it is or if it is still on their site
somewhere.


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Old August 10th 05, 09:36 PM
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Dave wrote:
I wonder though... during re-entry they do these banking manouveurs
(sp) to help slow down. Early on they banked to about 80 degrees. Does
the commander have acrobatic license? G


not to mention that he has been doing loops (albeit large ones)
all week long before that :-)

--Sylvain
 




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