Can an expert (ie, somebody who knows what they are talking about) tell me what time this will start to get ‘exciting’.
The reason I ask is I’m a teacher in a boarding school in Australia and I’ve agreed to wake up boys to watch the landing and while I want them to get a good show, it is going to be the middle of a school night here and we can’t have them awake any longer than we have to. It’s the first time we’ve had access to NASA TV readily available to us.
I’d also love to get some sleep myself, but that’s less important. :)
Can an expert (ie, somebody who knows what they are talking about) tell me what time this will start to get ‘exciting’.I'm not an expert, but...
There's nothing to see until about a minute before the landing. The only reason to watch earlier than that is to hear the radio chatter between the Shuttle and ground.
And, frankly, the launches and landings all look very similar (except, alas, for the last Challenger launch).