Space shuttle Atlantis returns to earth

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7254675.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/new...news=1&bbcws=1

Must be fun to fly them things

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Originally Posted by Relax

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7254675.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/new...news=1&bbcws=1

Must be fun to fly them things

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I'm sure the Challenger crew was thinking that when this happened :rolleyes:

http://www.ourtimelines.com/hist/challexp.jpg

Its amazing how they can land them things :p

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Originally Posted by .:Jack120:.

Its amazing how they can land them things :p

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Not really.

It really is, the speed they're going at before coming into land and the fact that their accuracy is always spot on.

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Originally Posted by Wootzeh

It really is, the speed they're going at before coming into land and the fact that their accuracy is always spot on.

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Except in the film "The Core".

When they are landing, does it get very hot in the *Where ever they sit*

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Originally Posted by Wootzeh

It really is, the speed they're going at before coming into land and the fact that their accuracy is always spot on.

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I always thought the fact we got to the moon in 1969, with less computing power in the craft than in todays modern car was amazing.

Today you are amazed by a space shuttle landed with a bloody super computer?

It returned to Earth, great, but in how many pieces?

That video is actually amazing, it plunges to Earth dead quickly yet it's under full control.

Lol what do you think they do when its fully landed and come to a halt?

grab their hand luggage and say goodbye to the crew?