Re: Discovery Re: Security measures?

In article <ho8hf1d4filsg7iu7dlls74gonedb5e377@xxxxxxx>, Martin
<me@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, 09 Aug 2005 05:10:55 -0700, Go Fig <gofig@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >
> >> Discovery is 1000 miles from touch down.
> >
> >Boom! Boom!... coming home safely
>
> and landed successfully in the dark.

219 orbits, 5.8 million miles.

It is gonna cost NASA $1mil. to take Discovery back to Florida... but
hearing that unique double sonic boom again was very sweet (11 minutes
past the critical "Challenger" reentry point and 3 minutes to wheels
stop)! This was the 50th Edwards AFB landing in California.

jay
Tue Aug 09, 2005
mailto:gofig@xxxxxxx
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Security measures?
    ... >> Discovery is 1000 miles from touch down. ... Prev by Date: ...
    (rec.travel.europe)
  • Re: Made a mistake today...
    ... meantime our driver sped back to the hotel to grab my boom for me. ... Our "motel" was a good 40 miles from location and was one of those drive up to your door and park sort of arrangements so I wasn't particularly worried about security of the vehicle and I leave my tube with the boom pole in it in the rental van and just take in my really expensive stuff. ...
    (rec.arts.movies.production.sound)
  • Re: Made a mistake today...
    ... meantime our driver sped back to the hotel to grab my boom for me. ... Our "motel" was a good 40 miles from location ... Start to set up and realize boom pole is gone, ...
    (rec.arts.movies.production.sound)
  • Re: I seem to have bought another Saab
    ... SteveH wrote: ... Discovery (assuming you mean the Space Shuttle, ... done 98,710,673 miles as at july 05. ...
    (uk.rec.cars.modifications)
  • Re: Rookie first time RV buyer needing advice from RV pros
    ... >My wife and I are going to buy an RV and we are seriously considering a ... >1998 Discovery 36T with 49,900 miles on it and was owned by an engineer ... but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "...holy shit...what a ride!" ...
    (rec.outdoors.rv-travel)