LANDED SAFELY

[SoCalDem]

:)

[GCP]

1. Thank God - even though I'm an athiest!

:woohoo:

[JHB]

2. What landed?

:evilgrin: Just kidding!

[SheepyMcSheepster]

3. that's a relief!

:toast:

[SunDrop23]

4. Yaaaaay!!!!

[jojo54]

5. Yeay!! I'm so happy that this mission was a success.

NASA needed this one very badly. Thank goodness these people made it home alive to see their families again.

[SoCalDem]

6. Can you imagine how "edgy" they must have been ?

:)

[Daphne08]

7. Yay!

Just watched it on NASA TV! :)

[SoCalDem]

8. Me too.. They don';t have commercials

:)

[bribri16]

9. I love that female pilot! Makes us proud. She was awesome!!!

[zoids]

33. She did fly the Shuttle!

"Discovery's wings leveling as it approaches the landing site. Now that the orbiter has gone subsonic, Commander Eileen Collins has assumed control. She'll fly Discovery on a 194-degree right overhead turn to align with runway 22."

I thought she hadn't!

[muriel_volestrangler]

10. If the landing is difficult (why they say they didn't risk Florida)

then why don't the wait until daylight before doing it? It still looked quite dark on the TV pictures I just saw.

[SoCalDem]

15. They had only 2 chances at re-entry and the times were in darkness

or they would have had to wait another day..

[Connie_Corleone]

17. I think they have to enter the earth's atmosphere at the right time.

It's a small window of opportunity.

[NoPasaran]

11. Whew!

[theHandpuppet]

12. Great news!

And nice to see John Glenn doing some commentary.

[terrya]

13. Oh, man! Thank you!

I'll bet they were popping the champagne corks in Houston and Florida. :-)

[RebelOne]

14. Fabulous landing.

I don't want to hear any more jokes about women drivers.

[wakeme2008]

16. but she missed Florida by 3000 miles

and you call that good :evilgrin:

[SoCalDem]

18. and her "blinker" is still on

:evilgrin:

[wakeme2008]

23. lol I had to turn it off when

they say she was clear for ammonia activation... :rofl:

[HamdenRice]

26. LOL Too stubborn to pull out the map, eh? nt

[wakeme2008]

29. And she keep talking all the time on her

phone thingy..... :evilgrin:

[Mutley]

19. Wonderful news!

[Plaid Adder]

20. Whew!

You know, there were moments when I thought, "They're delaying this landing because they know it's gonna blow up." I'm so glad it hasn't.

Yay,

The Plaid Adder

[SoCalDem]

21. I had the same feeling.. delaying the inevitable

Thank goodness it did not happen again

[kestrel91316]

22. Goddam terrorist explosion woke me out of a sound sleep at 5:10 AM

and set off a bunch of car alarms. I turned on the radio to find out who had been nuked and all they could talk about was the goddam shuttle, nothing about any explosion anywhere.

Oh. Nevermind.

(I guess the first of the two sonic booms happened before my brain woke up, lol)

[SoCalDem]

28. I must be too far away.. Didn't hear either one

:)

[HamdenRice]

24. Conspiracy theory: Man, they sure can make those 12" models look real!

C'mon, you don't think they actually went into space, doya? That was a little 12" Star Trek model they filmed. You don't think they really went to the moon, doya???

[SoCalDem]

25. grrrrrr

shame on you :P

[jim3775]

30. Conspiracy Theroy:The shuttle launch is a cover for creating a tsunami

The shuttle dropped 50000 iranian nukes (that are set to explode when rove is indicted) into the ocean as it was landing.

Tom Flocco told me this so it must be true.

[zoids]

34. LOL!!!! n/t

[jim3775]

27. What did I tell everybody all along?

THAT IT WOULD GO JUST FINE!

Im sorry, but I need to gloat.

[SoCalDem]

31. I bow to your prescient powers

[mogster]

32. Applause!

Well done, and welcome back. I followed the events live in 2003 (who didn't), and that was a devastating moment.

Good stuff, and with a female pilot too :toast: