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AR15.COM
7/31/2009 6:36:01 AM EDT
Been a while since I paid attention to shuttle stuff. NASA.GOV carries the NASA TV, couldn't even find it on 500 cable channels.

She's out over the gulf at 194K ft doing 13K MPH after slowing down from 20K MPH.  LOL

Pretty amazing

ETA: She's at MACH 10 over Cuba
7/31/2009 6:38:04 AM EDT
[#1]
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
7/31/2009 6:39:56 AM EDT
[#2]
this chick sounds hot  
7/31/2009 6:46:04 AM EDT
[#3]
"5 minutes to landing. Endeavor flying at 60,000 feet."



It always amazes me how fast these vehicles sink.
7/31/2009 6:46:41 AM EDT
[#4]
If they are gliding with no power, I wonder how noisy it is in the ship...


ByteTheBullet  (-:
7/31/2009 6:46:45 AM EDT
[#5]
sonic booms!

I love it
7/31/2009 6:49:06 AM EDT
[#6]
Nice landing.
7/31/2009 6:52:13 AM EDT
[#7]
I just caught the final decent and landing.

How incredibly amazing...every time.
7/31/2009 6:52:53 AM EDT
[#8]
decent rate 20X higher and 7X steeper than a commercial airline.  

so basically it falls to earth and then lands?
7/31/2009 6:54:13 AM EDT
[#9]
My fiancee and I heard the sonic boom and thought  WTF was that ? until I saw this thread and we watched the landing live.
7/31/2009 6:54:25 AM EDT
[#10]
Quoted:
decent rate 20X higher and 7X steeper than a commercial airline.  

so basically it falls to earth and then lands?


Yep. It is a brick with wings.

Rob