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The troubled Starliner successfully undocked from the ISS earlier today. It must now perform a deorbit burn in about 3 hours, then touchdown safely in New Mexico about 45 minutes after that. Many things could go wrong. A failed deorbit burn could leave it in orbit for years, or break it into thousands of flaming pieces, possibly falling onto populated areas. Its de-acceleration gear could fail and the craft could impact the ground at shattering speeds. | ||
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Alienator |
Voting for the only good option. SIG556 Classic P220 Carry SAS Gen 2 SAO SP2022 9mm German Triple Serial P938 SAS P365 FDE Psalm 118:24 "This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it" | |||
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I'm hoping it doesn't bounce - you know, "boeing, boeing". | |||
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 God bless America. | |||
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| Purveyor of Fine Avatars  |
Options 3 and 4 are pretty much the same, aren't they? ("Successfully" should be "safely.") "I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet raised to an alarming extent by Hollywood and Madison Avenue, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're old and weak!" - Calvin, "Calvin & Hobbes" | |||
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I’m betting it will start to tumble and burn up since the thruster system is hosed | |||
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How do you mean? A crash would be UNsuccessfully returning to earth with respect to the mission objective. I'm thinking they want it in one piece. | |||
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PopeDaddy |
It’ll come down. That’s the easy part. Successfully? Intact? I’m a gambler. I’ll vote yes. 0:01 | |||
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Washing machine whisperer |
To quote Spock "Fascinating". __________________________ Writing the next chapter that I've been looking forward to. | |||
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Touchdown is scheduled for 12:00 am Eastern. | |||
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Entry Interface (with the atmosphere) has commenced. Let's see if this bird can take the heat. About 2 minutes in, the generated plasma layer will cause a 4-1/2 minute communication blackout. | |||
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Drogue parachutes deployed. Main chutes out. Heat shield jettisoned. Air-bags deployed. Touchdown successful. | |||
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| Lawyers, Guns and Money  |
Perfect landing. "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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OK, who voted for "Burn-up on re-entry" after it already landed?  | |||
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Irksome Whirling Dervish |
Me. I was hoping the news was wrong. | |||
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Not a Boeing fan, eh? | |||
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