Discovery is down ok

They're down safely.

Phew.

Jim
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"There's no 'I' in team, but there is a 'me' if you jumble
the letters up a bit." - Dr. House.

Quite a spectacle it was too, presumably they used an infra-red camera
to show the shuttle against the dark sky or did it glow enough to be
picked up visually.
In one of the most crass pieces of journalism ever seen, CNN
interviewed the Columbia Mission Controller during final appoach, and
showed pictures of the break-up over Texas in the background.
There must have been shades of "Worlds at War" for people switching on
in the middle of all that!
Bill

Yep I saw that on CNN, it was Miles O'Brien was doing the interview. That
was poignant though, as if Columbia had not disintegrated in 2003, Miles had
been slated to be the next Journalist in space.

Glad the Shuttle is down now, but be interesting to see when and if it flies
again

Cheers

Andy


"Bill-in-Forres" wrote in message
oups.com...
Quite a spectacle it was too, presumably they used an infra-red camera
to show the shuttle against the dark sky or did it glow enough to be
picked up visually.
In one of the most crass pieces of journalism ever seen, CNN
interviewed the Columbia Mission Controller during final appoach, and
showed pictures of the break-up over Texas in the background.
There must have been shades of "Worlds at War" for people switching on
in the middle of all that!
Bill

"Bill-in-Forres" wrote in message
oups.com...
Quite a spectacle it was too, presumably they used an infra-red camera
to show the shuttle against the dark sky or did it glow enough to be
picked up visually.
In one of the most crass pieces of journalism ever seen, CNN
interviewed the Columbia Mission Controller during final appoach, and
showed pictures of the break-up over Texas in the background.
There must have been shades of "Worlds at War" for people switching on
in the middle of all that!
Bill


'twas an IR camera. they'd been using the same kit to show the shuttle
landing training vehicle earlier in the broadcast.