This Day in History

Diaphone Jim · 01-29-2019, 06:03 PM

On certain space shuttle flights (the "scientific" ones) the reentry orbit came right over my house.
On clear nights, they were impressive. Columbia came over in cloud cover, but we could hear the distinctive double sonic booms. If it had been clear, I think we would have seen the beginning of the break-up.
What always amazed me was that by the time I got back in bed after viewing them, they were already on the ground in Florida 3000 miles away. The ones that didn't blow up, that is.

For JFK, I was a senior in college working on my dirt bike.

01-29-2019, 06:03 PM	#1
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	On certain space shuttle flights (the "scientific" ones) the reentry orbit came right over my house. On clear nights, they were impressive. Columbia came over in cloud cover, but we could hear the distinctive double sonic booms. If it had been clear, I think we would have seen the beginning of the break-up. What always amazed me was that by the time I got back in bed after viewing them, they were already on the ground in Florida 3000 miles away. The ones that didn't blow up, that is. For JFK, I was a senior in college working on my dirt bike.

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