Posted on 06/20/2007 6:45:13 PM PDT by KevinDavis
spaceflightnow.com
1605 GMT (12:05 p.m. EDT)
As a rainshower sweeps west-to-east toward the Shuttle Landing Facility, Atlantis has crossed the equator to begin orbit 202. There is not much optimism that the Florida weather picture will improve for a 3:30 p.m. landing of the shuttle. But Mission Control will continue to watch the conditions to gauge any signs of hope before throwing in the towel for today.
Scrubbed for today, check back tomorrow, same bat-time, same bat-channel. :)
Why can’t they land at night, or in the morning. For example 7am est.
They could if they wanted to. But, they want to land at Cape Canaveral if possible. They could probably set it down at JFK if they had to, but nobody, especially astronauts, wants to put up with the hassle at luggage pickup.
It all depends on the orbital inclination when they can land, I believe. Additionally, they now try to minimize the time the orbiter re-enters over land since the Columbia accident. Summer in Florida is the wrong time of year to try to land what with the afternoon storms and generally unacceptible conditons at KSC. Night or Early AM would be best.
Breaking News >> NASA Clears Shuttle Atlantis to Land in California at 3:49 p.m. EDT: Watch Live
My Cessna instructor would not approve. No diving!
is this still the live thread?
It’s dead, Jim.
People are going to freak here in La La Land...coming in from the south always gives off big twin sonic booms
I heard it cost and extra $1 mill to ferry it from CA. Probably peanuts for NASA though...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1854375/posts
new live thread
Thanks, too many shuttle threads!
maybe they fly it home in the Super Guppy?
Did you hear the sonic booms, Karl? I thought I heard something slight, but it didn't sound like what I've heard in the past.
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