On April 29, 1990 at 6:51 a.m. PT Space Shuttle Discovery made a smooth landing at Edwards Air Force Base after successfully deploying the Hubble Space Telescope. #Hubble25
It did the job but it was far from an "awesome glider" (which was the statement I was replying to)
The shuttle is an incredible piece of kit but I don't think I've ever heard any of the pilots laud it's in-atmosphere performance... Flying brick is more often the comment.
Soooo... Strap two J79 engines on it and it'll be an F-4 Phantom?
Maybe I should have said "Awesome bit of kit, that was not a plane". And, as a flying brick, kudos to those who managed to get it down from space to a small strip of runway. I remember watching the first and the last touchdowns live, and many in between. Even on the back of a plane, it looked cool.
Very nice...... Originally shared by Kevin Fernandes Operation Gheun Taak - Race To Mumbai's First Lvl 8 Portal Dear Brethren, In our unending battle for domination and resisting the Shapers there comes a time when he have to set up some team goals and some personal goals, while those personal goals are for the betterment of oneself and proving his/her worthiness to the faction, its the team goals that define as the dominating presence in the world of Ingress..and I can proudly claim that our efforts and countless hours of sweat and blood (shout out to DartStrike) hasn't been spent in vain as today we have come together and created our very own Lvl 8 portal for Mumbai. Take a bow My Brethren cos today we have done what many doubted we would achieve and I agree we had our downfalls. our hour of doubts and our many regrets but it didn't slow us or break us and like the great Shivaji we have resisted the Enligthenment that the Shapers would bring to our great cities and as he ...
I sure hope she knows what she's walking into. #timezero is spilling over into the states and know this.....Resist resist resist. Originally shared by Klue S. Resistance Members, I know what I am getting into. I've seen what's on the other side, but this is beyond me and my well being. I'm doing this because it would be an immeasurable danger to all of us if if the corporations got their hands on the glyphs. I need your help in Portland, OR, USA on Sunday June 30. I know we'll prevail. Klue
Awesome glider!
ReplyDeleteDavid Bucknall actually, it was a shit glider with a 20 degree Glide slope.
ReplyDeleteThat's about the same as someone in a wingsuit
Is it still housed there?
ReplyDeleteAntony Jackson Try making a glider that heavy! It was the best of both worlds...
ReplyDeleteIt did the job but it was far from an "awesome glider" (which was the statement I was replying to)
ReplyDeleteThe shuttle is an incredible piece of kit but I don't think I've ever heard any of the pilots laud it's in-atmosphere performance... Flying brick is more often the comment.
Soooo... Strap two J79 engines on it and it'll be an F-4 Phantom?
Banter Maestro thanks! I'll have to check it out
ReplyDeleteMaybe I should have said "Awesome bit of kit, that was not a plane". And, as a flying brick, kudos to those who managed to get it down from space to a small strip of runway. I remember watching the first and the last touchdowns live, and many in between. Even on the back of a plane, it looked cool.
ReplyDeleteTalking of awesome kit.. #hubble