Discovery Lands Succesfully.

[Jimbo]

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/09082005/325/s ... ornia.html

And it has already landed.

Well done everybody on board Discovery and Nasa.

James

[jrpilot]

That was neat how they showed you everything including altitude and speed.

[ATI_7500]

A triple hooray!

[Craig.]

The HUD view, all 5 seconds we saw of it on sky news was really cool. The decent angle is amazing. They actually have a simulator at the space & rocket visitor center in Huntsville, its not a huge thing or moveable, but simulates the final approach of the thing, not once was i able to land the thing first time i overshot the whole thing trying the standard plane style approach, next time i nose dived about 1000 feet before the runway. Had to give up the seat for others at that point
Glad they are all back safe and well.

[Mr. Bones]

The HUD view, all 5 seconds we saw of it on sky news was really cool. The decent angle is amazing. They actually have a simulator at the space & rocket visitor center in Huntsville, its not a huge thing or moveable, but simulates the final approach of the thing, not once was i able to land the thing first time i overshot the whole thing trying the standard plane style approach, next time i nose dived about 1000 feet before the runway. Had to give up the seat for others at that point
Glad they are all back safe and well.

Jeez, would like to fly such a sim sometimes. I'm a glider pilot and I'm used to a nose dive on final approach so who knows...

[Hai Perso Coyone?]

Saw the whole thing live!! It was amazing!!  :)

[flyboy 28]

My mom woke me up early this morning to watch it. It was pretty cool. I watched it on NBC, and it's cool how it started out as just a glob of heat, and slowly worked itself into the shape of the Shuttle. Cool.

Jeez, would like to fly such a sim sometimes. I'm a glider pilot and I'm used to a nose dive on final approach so who knows...

Get X-Plane 7 or higher. It has a scenario where you can be in the Shuttle from space and re-enter, be in the process of re-entering, or on final. Harder than you'd think.

[alrot]

[quote]Saw the whole thing live!! It was amazing!!

[TacitBlue]

The whole thing happened live on TV while I was in the shower . I got out just in time to see live footage of it (the shuttle, not my shower) sitting on the runway. I shall be checking out whatever videos I can find on the net though.

[Mr. Bones]

[quote]


Me Too!

[ATI_7500]

Get X-Plane 7 or higher. It has a scenario where you can be in the Shuttle from space and re-enter, be in the process of re-entering, or on final. Harder than you'd think.

What about Orbiter?

[flyboy 28]

Well, if you have dial up like myself, you can't be assed to sit there and wait five hours for a 60mb program that I'll probably play three times.

[Boomtown Rat]

They have that Shuttle Landing sim at Cape Canaveral too.  One of the people who works there watched me land it, and said it was the first time she saw someone land it.