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Controlled drop of megaton brick

In the spirt of the shuttle landing in about five minutes, here is a video of a previous shuttle landing. It's well done, and the technology still amazes me.

YouTube - Shuttle Landing
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Re: Controlled drop of megaton brick

Heard the big ol' double-boom a bit ago. Welcome home, Discovery.
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Re: Controlled drop of megaton brick

Indeed, have the say out of all the orbiters Discovery is most definitely my favorite.





Luckily the weather has been great in Florida, don't think they've had to land at Edward for a while now.

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