The footage of the return of ENDEAVOR was awesome. Just amazing!

[Captain Hilts]

Welcome back!

[shireen]

1. wheel stop!

whenever i watch a launch and touchdown, i smile so hard that my face hurts. It's very emotional. I love the space program so much! It represents one of the most wonderful things that humanity has achieved.

[Captain Hilts]

2. The photography of the approach was so amazing I got moist-eyed. nt

[Captain Hilts]

3. And I agree with you about the space program...

[peekaloo]

4. Whoa. I thought the neighbor was blasting his car stereo again.

multiple booms on this one!

[Captain Hilts]

7. That's what folks are saying...my brother's in Ft. Myers. I wonder if he heard/felt anything.nt

[Warpy]

17. My folks lived on the island 14 miles south of the Cape

and said there were always 2 sonic booms when it would come in. The first boom would knock all the pictures on the wall cockeyed and the second boom would straighten them out.

I saw one launch when I was visiting. I was never there for the return.

[Vickers]

12. Seriously! The last time I felt my house rock like that was a few years

ago and some guy about a mile away was making illegal fireworks in his backyard shed, and all of a sudden :nuke:

I'm in Palm Beach county, btw.

[peekaloo]

16. central Fl. here between Tampa/Orlando.

:hi:

[Liberal_in_LA]

5. Link please

[Captain Hilts]

9. there is NASA.gov OR www.spaceflightnow.com

[pipi_k]

6. We always try to watch these things go up

as well as come down.

Each time one launches, I get goose bumps and teary-eyed. I wonder what people who never lived to see the space shuttle/space station program would think of it. People who never got to see the Space Age itself. If I could resurrect some person from 200 years ago, what would he think of our world now...

Anyway, Mr Pip and I saw the landing, and he said it was amazing, and I said that all of what we think is so amazing now will be as outdated and laughable to a future generation as the 8-track tape is to us...

:)

[Captain Hilts]

10. The amazing thing is the shuttle is early 70s technology and 'glides like a brick'. nt

[givemebackmycountry]

8. Usually, I hear the boom-BOOMS since I'm in Orlando, this time I didn't.

They must have taken a different approach angle this time around.

[Captain Hilts]

13. Then I guess my brother didn't feel it.Did you see the footage of the underside during the approach?

Really neat!

[peekaloo]

15. I'm about 50 miles to your west/southwest and there were about

5 booms that got my attention.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

11. yes it was, except for all the graphics that the cable channels

clutter the screen with and their chatter.

my comcast dumped the nasa channel.

[Captain Hilts]

14. I didn't know comcast did that! I loved the regular footage of activity inside the space station..

it was like watching a fishtank with floating humans.

I'm sure having it on lowered my blood pressure!