Re: Excellent descriptions and observations by shuttle pilot on reentry appearance, dangers



"Jim Oberg" <jameseoberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Excellent descriptions and observations by shuttle pilot on reentry
> appearance, dangers
>
> August 7, 2005 at 7:57 AM // Discovery's risky return
>
> http://www.startribune.com/stories/484/5546380.html
>
> Sharon Schmickle, Minneapolis Star Tribune
>
> Even if all goes well, the seven astronauts aboard the space
shuttle
> Discovery are in for a chaotic ride through a spectacular flip turn,
searing
> heat, bizarre atmospheric light and a violent exchange of energy as
they
> return to Earth on Monday.
>
>
>
Reads like the EX astronaut deserved to be retired. Yes it is dangerous
to land in the shuttle, Yes it can kill you.
Want an even deadlier ride. Try night time carrier landings on a dark
ship in a rough sea during wartime. Those guys do it all the time and
you don't see them getting all this press. Just press from the failed
landings.
The press is a JOKE. They are more like vultures than anything else. I
love the axiom they use that "Dirt/Violence sells" maybe if they put
some positive news in there once in a while they would find out that
they gain audience. Instead you hear these "Journalists" talking about
"Even IF things go right", or "Carey was reassured, he said, when the
Discovery's astronauts repaired some damage caused by breakaway foam
this past week." Which is something they DIDN'T do. They removed some
LOOSE gap fillers. The rest of the items were looked at with more
scrutiny than a picture of Pam Anderson in prison., and they declared it
safe because the science said so.

Reminds me of the actors/actresses who claim to be authorities on health
and welfare issues when more than half of them are high school dropouts
who have to study just to read a script that is in front of them.

Steve W.



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