Welcome back Endeavour

[LisaH 0]

Cool sonic booms.

Be yourself!
MooOOooOoo

[cocheese 0]

cool I thought you would hear it.

[stitch 0]

I hope they brought back some tax-cuts.

"No cookies for you"- GFD
"I don't think I like the sound of that" ~ MB65
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[LisaH 0]

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cool I thought you would hear it.

I hope they show the landing again.

Be yourself!
MooOOooOoo

[cocheese 0]

I saw it twice. NASA web site is delyed a few minutes compared to the tv news footage.

[skybill 22]

Hi Lisa and all,
Hot stuff on STS-126 landing!! Cool Drag Chute!! I worked for Irvin on the Shuttle Drag Chute program!! We did the developmental tests and delivered the first 12 systems to NASA. Endeavour had the first Drag Chute "AND I PACKED IT!!!!" This landing was picture perfect!!!! If you noticed a "snivle" of the Drag chute on deployment, that's the 4.15 sec. delay reefing at the skirt to lower the opening shock. Thw NASA channel had good pics of the landing!! Did anybody record it????

SCR-2034, SCS-680

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[LisaH 0]

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I saw it twice. NASA web site is delyed a few minutes compared to the tv news footage.

Oh.

Be yourself!
MooOOooOoo

[LisaH 0]

Nope, didn't record it.

Be yourself!
MooOOooOoo

[cocheese 0]

Sweet. How much are pack jobs?

[jjiimmyyt 0]

Cool as ice!

I truly believe unless we spend more effort getting off this planet and onto others humanity has no long term future in this universe. With efforts like yours and others we have a chance.

"This isn't an iron lung, people. You can actually disconnect and not die." -Dave

[skybill 22]

Hi cheese,
Kinda cheap really. Back then (Late 80's) I was makin' as a Master Rigger about $11+ per hr at Irvin. Good bennies though, 401K and ins. too. From dragging one out of the bin to hauling over to shipping was about an 8 hour day. 'Ya have to remember that included assembling all the components, checking the 4.15 sec reefing line cutters out of the Bang Bang Locker, QC checks, waiting for Engineering checks, and "don't forget the PAPER WORK!!"
BTW I don't know what Irvin bid for the contract but I think it was more of a "Glory Job" than a $$$$$ Job, know what I mean??
PS, The above is just for the main, the pilot chute is hadraulic ram packed mortar deployed system. Might be able to find out some info on NASA's web site??

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[SuFantasma 0]

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Cool sonic booms.

Cool sonic booms? Come on! In California? Where you can enjoy fires, earthquakes, riots, floods and a host of other "acts of God".... a sonic boom is worth a post?

Y yo, pa' vivir con miedo, prefiero morir sonriendo, con el recuerdo vivo".
- Ruben Blades, "Adan Garcia"

[LisaH 0]

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Cool sonic booms.

Cool sonice booms? Come on! In California? Where you can enjoy fires, earthquakes, riots, floods and a host of other "acts of God".... a sonic boom is worth a post?

Oh shuush you. I deleted a no-longer working link in my original post.

And I don't remember ever hearing one before.

Be yourself!
MooOOooOoo

[SuFantasma 0]

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Cool sonic booms.

Cool sonice booms? Come on! In California? Where you can enjoy fires, earthquakes, riots, floods and a host of other "acts of God".... a sonic boom is worth a post?

Oh shuush you. I deleted a no-longer working link.

And I don't remember ever hearing one before.

If you actually heard a sonic boom.... your hearing should begin to improve in about 72 to 96 hours.... stay away from Verizon commercials in the interim

Y yo, pa' vivir con miedo, prefiero morir sonriendo, con el recuerdo vivo".
- Ruben Blades, "Adan Garcia"

[Squeak 17]

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Cool as ice!

I truly believe unless we spend more effort getting off this planet and onto others humanity has no long term future in this universe. With efforts like yours and others we have a chance.

It's not the space program that will get us to a livable terrestrial planet. the technology does not yet exist that will allow that to happen.
there needs to be an exponential jump in physics before any real contemplation of the viral plague that is humanity leaving earth to invest other solar systems

You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky)
My Life ROCKS!
How's yours doing?

[LisaH 0]

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Cool sonic booms.

Cool sonice booms? Come on! In California? Where you can enjoy fires, earthquakes, riots, floods and a host of other "acts of God".... a sonic boom is worth a post?

Oh shuush you. I deleted a no-longer working link.

And I don't remember ever hearing one before.

If you actually heard a sonic boom.... your hearing should begin to improve in about 72 to 96 hours.... stay away from Verizon commercials in the interim

I heard something, I swear I did.

Be yourself!
MooOOooOoo

[SuFantasma 0]

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Cool sonic booms.

Cool sonice booms? Come on! In California? Where you can enjoy fires, earthquakes, riots, floods and a host of other "acts of God".... a sonic boom is worth a post?

Oh shuush you. I deleted a no-longer working link.

And I don't remember ever hearing one before.

If you actually heard a sonic boom.... your hearing should begin to improve in about 72 to 96 hours.... stay away from Verizon commercials in the interim

I heard something, I swear I did.

Hmmmm.. where have I heard that before? .....

Y yo, pa' vivir con miedo, prefiero morir sonriendo, con el recuerdo vivo".
- Ruben Blades, "Adan Garcia"

[skybill 22]

Hi Jim,
I concur. From watching Tom Corbet and his Space Cadets and Captain Video on Pumpy Jones' 17 inch Black & White TV in 1950 to seeing Endeavour touchdown at Edwards today has been quite the journey!! Knowledge is the Power!!

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[VanillaSkyGirl 6]

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I heard something, I swear I did.

I also did. I couldn't figure it out at first. It sounded like something/one fell hard, but I couldn't place where the sound came from.

[LisaH 0]

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I heard something, I swear I did.

I also did. I couldn't figure it out at first. It sounded like something/one fell hard, but I couldn't place where the sound came from.

I thought it was 400 fat crows landing on the roof. Or someone's oven exploding.

Be yourself!
MooOOooOoo

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Hi Jim,
I concur. From watching Tom Corbet and his Space Cadets and Captain Video on Pumpy Jones' 17 inch Black & White TV in 1950 to seeing Endeavour touchdown at Edwards today has been quite the journey!! Knowledge is the Power!!

Don't you know the whole thing is a Hollywood production? Heck, skydiving is Hollywood production, we don't exist, we are all a conspiracy .... we make people believe we jump out of planes... WHO WOULD DO THAT ... IT'S INSANE and THE FALL WOULD KILL YOU ...

It's all a conspiracy .... DZ.com is a conspiracy .... you are out of order, the whole world is out of order... [PAUSE, let me shut of the DVD Player]

Y yo, pa' vivir con miedo, prefiero morir sonriendo, con el recuerdo vivo".
- Ruben Blades, "Adan Garcia"

[skybill 22]

Hi tas,
It's all done with lines and mirrors!!!!!

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[n2skdvn 0]

replay on now.

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