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Space shuttle lands in California after detour ( Sonic Boom blasts Los Angeles)
AP ^ | Sept 11, 2009 32 minutes ago | ALICIA CHANG

Posted on 09/11/2009 6:38:51 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Space shuttle Discovery and its seven astronauts took a cross-country detour and landed safely in California on Friday after stormy weather prevented them from returning home to Florida for the second day in a row.

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: edwardsafb; landing; nasa; shuttlediscovery; socal; spaceshuttle

1 posted on 09/11/2009 6:38:51 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: NormsRevenge; Grampa Dave; SierraWasp; Brad's Gramma; kellynla; A CA Guy; lainie; pollywog; ...

Heard the boom....LOUDLY...finally found this note...


2 posted on 09/11/2009 6:40:31 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Did CNN report that there was an ongoing attack?


3 posted on 09/11/2009 6:41:10 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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To: All
Earlier:

US shuttle to aim for California landing

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Posted: 12 September 2009 0439 hrs

HOUSTON, Texas - NASA told astronauts on board the space shuttle Discovery to prepare to land in California on Friday instead of at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, because of bad weather.

The switch came after rains and winds thwarted two landing opportunities Friday in Florida, and forecasters said the conditions were unlikely to ease before Saturday.

Conditions at Edwards Air Force base in Florida were expected to grow windy over the weekend, making a California landing late Friday the best course, NASA shuttle communicator Eric Boe told the shuttle astronauts.

4 posted on 09/11/2009 6:43:25 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Is that honestly how they reported it?

Because if they landed in California instead of Florida, they didn’t fly “cross country”.


5 posted on 09/11/2009 6:44:07 PM PDT by airborne (Don't let history record that, when faced with evil, you did nothing!)
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To: cripplecreek
Not watching much CNN these days so I have no idea.

But it was loud.

6 posted on 09/11/2009 6:44:42 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I was out back with the dogs, the double-boom hit and the pooches scampered for the back door!

Glad to hear they’re home safe and “sound”!


7 posted on 09/11/2009 6:44:50 PM PDT by justanotherdayinparadise (No tagline yet, I've just started...)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Heard it LOUDLY in West Los Angeles. BOOM BOOM, the dogs started barking like crazy after wards


8 posted on 09/11/2009 6:45:42 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: airborne

I did not change any words.


9 posted on 09/11/2009 6:45:47 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

I thought something bad had happened at the Long Beach airport...


10 posted on 09/11/2009 6:47:18 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Play-by-Play:

Space Shuttle Discovery Landing Live Thread (09/11/09 5:54pm EDT)

11 posted on 09/11/2009 6:48:42 PM PDT by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Ah memories....when we lived in Newhall the very first shuttle landing (I think it was that one) was scheduled for Edwards...........I was up and about in the early morning and not only listened, but watched, the boomers..............visibly shook the hell out of all the sleeping neighbors' windows; got 'em all moving.

Great fun. Wish I could have laid eyeballs on it.

12 posted on 09/11/2009 6:48:54 PM PDT by ErnBatavia (It's not an Obama "Administration"....it's a "Regime")
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Yeah, I Knew it was a sonic boom since I was watching the local news and they said it was coming. If I hadn’t known I would have thought an explosion happened since it was so loud


13 posted on 09/11/2009 6:49:39 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I figured it was a case of a “journalist” using a phrase that sounded good as opposed to being accurate.


14 posted on 09/11/2009 6:52:58 PM PDT by airborne (Don't let history record that, when faced with evil, you did nothing!)
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To: A.A. Cunningham

Thanks....missed that .


15 posted on 09/11/2009 6:53:55 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Conditions at Edwards Air Force base in Florida

Wow, it must have been REALLY windy.

Last I heard, Edwards AFB was in California...

16 posted on 09/11/2009 7:13:14 PM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Thanks for the Ping, Ernest. Here I didn't hear any sonic booms. I did get to see the Shuttle and ISS go overhead Tuesday night. That was cool! :)

17 posted on 09/12/2009 4:32:41 PM PDT by bd476
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Bummed that I missed it. Was in Surf City at the time. :(


18 posted on 09/12/2009 4:33:27 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Izzy Dunne

I missed that when I posted the excerpt...unreal....


19 posted on 09/12/2009 10:08:47 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (Support Geert Wilders)
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