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Piggy Back Ride

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Posted in Images on December 29th, 2008 by egosumnemo | FavoriteLoadingAdd to favorites
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Space shuttle Endeavour, mounted atop its modified Boeing 747 carrier aircraft, flies over California\’s Mojave Desert on its way back to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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8 Responses to Piggy Back Ride

  1. the3g_ipwn (UID# 4568) Thumb up 0 Thumb down 0
    December 29, 2008 at 3:44 pm

    Wouldn’t it be way cheeper just to land in Florida?

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  2. rsixidor (UID# 950) Thumb up 0 Thumb down 0
    December 29, 2008 at 4:25 pm

    To land the shuttle in Florida? No. The fuel used in the shuttle is way more expensive (I’m assuming here, actually) and I can imagine they don’t want any problems with the super expensive shuttle in case of landing gear failure. In this case its got a nice big airplane to cushion it if that happens. Does my post make any sense? You decide.

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  4. reboot (UID# 436) Thumb up 0 Thumb down 0
    December 29, 2008 at 4:51 pm

    @the3g_ipwn: It is cheaper to land in Florida and they do it whenever that is possible. But Edwards Air Force Base is the primary backup landing site, since the weather is more predictable than Florida. Once the shuttle is landed, it can’t take off like a plane, so it has to be piggy-backed, as shown.

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  6. shipoopie (UID# 4838) Thumb up 0 Thumb down 0
    December 29, 2008 at 6:10 pm

    hey, there’s Jawbone canyon… Good times..
    localz only.

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  7. shipoopie (UID# 4838) Thumb up 0 Thumb down 0
    December 29, 2008 at 6:12 pm

    @reboot: I always thought it was because if it crash landed- only desert trash is killed..

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  8. reboot (UID# 436) Thumb up 0 Thumb down 0
    December 29, 2008 at 7:23 pm

    @Flappycunt: That’s why they prefer to land in Florida, so if it crashes only Florida trash is killed.
    j/k, Tiki ;)

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