[inquest]

Pardon my ignorance, but isn't the shuttle supposed to circle in the direction of the earth's rotation? And isn't the target landing spot some place in California? But they were reentering over Texas? I think there's something I'm not quite understanding.

[Timesink]

No, they were going to land in Florida today, as happens semiregularly.

[OReilly]

At the moment, the 'off scale low' doesn't not mean that the tire pressure was low... it could have been momentarily high, and then off scale low could also indicate a non-existent reading.

It is important to point out that aestrides was the first to report ,hours ago, that there was a tire pressure problem on the left wing tire which was the same left wing that had the foam hit on launch.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Yes, they were "over CA" earlier in the morning (about 8:45 am) at 400,000 - 300,000 feet altitude.

The Shuttle DOES rotate in the same direction as the earth (from west to east!) and DOES land (usually in FL) coming in from the west.

It broke up somewhere between NM and central Texas, and spread debris from central TX through Missippi.

[Cboldt]

Pardon my ignorance, but isn't the shuttle supposed to circle in the direction of the earth's rotation? And isn't the target landing spot some place in California? But they were reentering over Texas? I think there's something I'm not quite understanding.

Target landing in FL.