Columbia: Launch and Re-entry from Pilot's View

Columbia: Launch and Re-entry from Pilot's View

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• NASA
• Columbia
• Launch
• Re-entry
• Pilot's
• View

[andyseaview]

it takes balls of steel to climb on a bomb and go into space

[quantumteknics]

cool noise at 2:09!

[starmanbridges]

I love the USA!

[Stanky2000]

K guys, remember where I parked.

[pauze3232]

why don't they ever show them going into space or coming back to earth without the camera cutting away. then coming back. Cause there full of shit, space cadets. lmao

[210482fmj]

that looks cool when there they all bounce together at 2:06

[aimhigh59]

@twinturbonissan300zx You have a misconception about scientist and the shuttle program. Scientist dont make decisions about the shuttle or work on or solve shuttle problems. Its all mgt. and engineers and technicians. Scientist work on science. They may fly expierments on shuttle or station but thats it. They are few and far between meaning you dont see many around the shuttle. Also Nasa owns the shuttle but non govt. contractors do all the work on it. Nasa just oversees the work.

[twinturbonissan300zx]

@aimhigh59 what at nasa or are you a scientist?

[aimhigh59]

@twinturbonissan300zx I've been in the business 25 yrs.

[twinturbonissan300zx]

@aimhigh59 Ok thanks for the reply aimhigh59. How do you know this, through general knowledge or do/have you worked for NASA or another space agency?

[aimhigh59]

@Truth666 Views from the cockpit are picked by the crews. There are only 2 places on the flightdeck where the cameras are allowed. The crew picks either window 9 (like this video) or the brow or dash board looking back at them. The window 4 view on launch is mandated by Nasa. The only mounted camera on landing is the pilots Hud. Any other views during landing is a camera held and moved around by the crew.

[aimhigh59]

@twinturbonissan300zx Video was reviewed after launch where damage was suspected. Re-entry was done because no damage was found. Shuttle could not get to station because it was in a different orbit. Next shuttle mission was not soon enough before Columbia ran out of fuel, O2, food, Co2 scrubbers etc. to stay in orbit. Also you dont launch the next mission without determining what happened to the previous one.