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[jinglingxl]

they look so beautyful together

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[AlphaIVT]

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[Imaginer]

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Whats new about it?

 

[jinglingxl]

New is not the point here

 

[AlphaIVT]

lol airplane porno

 

[fluxquantum]

i have seen that before. that's how they used to transfer the shuttle to and from vandenburg air force base. i believe they called that a "piggy back" ride. i think the space shuttle had a launch from vandenburg air force base, california back in the early eighties. now i think it's just at cape canaveral, florida.

 

[Yzzim]

hahah, I don't know why but I found that amusing

 

[jinglingxl]

piggy back ride didn't know nasa good at naming things too... haha

 

[fluxquantum]

LMAO, jinglingxl

 

[JellyBaby]

The shuttle has heavy, anti-heat ceramic tile covering all its underbelly. It wouldn't feel anything.

 

[maleficent]

I hadn't seen this before. So is from the 80's? Or are they still using it now?

 

[urbantechie]

<< lol airplane porno >>



Sick minded fool....

 

[Farbio]

the piggy back ride is not used anymore. when the space shuttle program was started, there wasn't a landing strip long enough at cape canaveral to land the shuttle, so they went to cali. that and the fact that weather in cali was more predictable had them use that strip. about 7 years ago, they expanded the strip at canaveral and started using it occassionally to see how it works. they found it was much more cost effective to take off and land in one place (imagine that!) and so they have been doing it pretty much since then

 

[jorken]

Is that a picture from today? I know they made the shuttle land out in california today due to bad weather in florida and thats about the only way to get the shuttle back to florida.

 

[OS]

<< the piggy back ride is not used anymore. >>



It'd be nice if you people knew what you were talking about.

&quot;Although shuttle landings at Edwards were common in the early years of the program, NASA makes every effort to land in Florida to avoid the time and expense of flying shuttles across the country on the back of a modified 747 jumbo jet.&quot;

&quot;. . .forced it to aim for a landing at California's Edwards Air Force Base, in the Mojave Desert.

The shuttle landed at 3:33 p.m. EST Tuesday.&quot;



linky

 

[maleficent]

OuterSquare -
thanks! interesting

 

[Wedesdo]

yea, ususally the shuttle lands at florida, but when the weather's bad there, the shuttle has to land in california, where it never rains

 

[Bignate603]

there are actually alternate landing spots all over the world, some emergency spots that aren't quite long enough have nets at the end of the run way... However, NASA never has had to use one of these, they've always been able to use the longer ones in the states.