[ContemptofCourt]

Your post makes no sense....first, you are telling me that a standard video camera can accurately photograph an object at 200K feet traveling 12K miles an hour.....second, why would the shuttle be backwards and angled down 30 deg, when it was traveling fowards angled up 57 deg.?

[Sacajaweau]

Kinda thinking of it as making a left and trying to straighten out, but was going to fast and "additionally" stepped on the gas at the same time....

Were the small engines set to go off "too late" AND ignoring the force of continuous firing which caused a further misalignment of the ship and making other portions of the ship vulnerable to the heat???

Or was the auto-firing of the small engines at "the most crtical possible point"??

Had to put this in my own dumb terms...hardly a rocket scientist!!!

[Vinnie_Vidi_Vici]

Your post makes no sense....first, you are telling me that a standard video camera can accurately photograph an object at 200K feet traveling 12K miles an hour.....second, why would the shuttle be backwards and angled down 30 deg, when it was traveling fowards angled up 57 deg.?

a standard video camera if using optical + digital zoom can get to 100X magnification. When panning the camera, lateral speed is negated. I said that in the photo, the view is from the rear and the craft is in a down angle configuration, when the cmeraman pulls back it shows the object travelling to the left.....sideays. send me an E-address where I can send you the pics for comparison.