Fingers Crossed

[kendor]

Hoping to wake up to good news in the morning regarding the safe return of the Space Shuttle, godspeed.

 

[StuH]

Hi, I'm not trying to start an argument or anything, i am just curious......but does it really concern/bother you if the shuttle doesn't come back safely ??

 

[Freddie]

Hi, I'm not trying to start an argument or anything, i am just curious......but does it really concern/bother you if the shuttle doesn't come back safely ??

Doesnt bother me i couldnt give a monkies but it does concern me that people may have died up there and it would probably finish that research of space travel for a long time

 

[jtaunton]

20 minutes to go, so we'll soon know. I think they'll be OK - They're just being over-cautious seeing as the last one didn't go as well as it could.

I see now that they're landing 1500 miles from where they thought they'd be going - Are Ryanair involved in routing shuttle flights at all ?

 

[ninebob]

Landed safely, a "textbook landing" according to the BBC correspondent.

Well done guys and gals!!

 

[nstreet]

I thought it strange that NASA were very concerned about thunderstorms, especially as they had dismissed lightening as being the reason for the last catastrophe.

 

[Thermo]

lets get this right then, so they build a vehicle, capable of travelling at massive speeds into space and navigating its way around the final frontier, but it cant land because of fog! Good old yanks!

 

[JPC]

its a glider...has no engine power(not mechanically propelled...(thermo ))....i think they like the idea of having all poss odds on their side...why land with fog issues if u dont have to

 

[kendor]

Hi, I'm not trying to start an argument or anything, i am just curious......but does it really concern/bother you if the shuttle doesn't come back safely ??

That's a very strange question?? Of course it bothers me I don't wish to see them killed.

 

[kendor]

When i was at Cape Canaveral a while back the launch of a shuttle was delayed right up until evening time as it was a bit windy, found out later that week from the official at the base whilst on tour, in the guys words, take off isn't a problem as it will go up even in a hurricane, it's if anything went wrong and they had to glide back down, as it is unpowered then the wind creates a problem. In a way i was glad it was delayed till dark as it was such an awesome sight seeing it light up the whole sky and area as if it was almost daylight. I can just imagine how awesome a sight the Saturn 5's would have been on takeoff actually being there.