12.6M views · Nov 6, 2016 · 17:49 · 2 HN recommenders · 4 mentions · discussed 2017–2023
Bret Copeland, in an astronaut costume, gives an energetic talk on how the Space Shuttle landed from orbit, including reentry and the unpowered glide. It includes real-time landing footage with HUD and audio.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN recommends it as an entertaining, technical illustration of how hard the Shuttle's one-shot dead-stick landing was.
“I highly, highly recommend this entertaining and technical presentation by Bret Copeland”HN comment, 2017
“I highly, highly recommend this entertaining and technical presentation by Bret Copeland”
Entertaining technical talk on landing the Shuttle from orbit.
On a related note, I highly, highly recommend this entertaining and technical presentation by Bret Copeland, How to Land the Space Shuttle... From Space: this video
“Here's a cool video of landing the shuttle in real time.”
Real-time Shuttle landing with HUD and audio from 13:40.
Here's a cool video of landing the shuttle in real time. The whole landing proceeds unnervingly fast! The actual landing HUD and audio starts at 13:40 this video
“One try, and down from 30,000 feet to ground in 3 minutes.”
Illustrates how difficult the Shuttle's unpowered landing was.
> I don't think the Shuttle landing was particularly problematic. They had a lot of control over the glideslope and lots and lots of runway to work with. I'm sure it's a lot more challenging than the sailplanes I fly, but I wouldn't have any major safety concerns flying on the Shuttle during landing. Well the shuttle is a big heavy glider with little wings. One try, and down from 30,000 feet to ground in 3 minutes. Not problematic, but very special. this video
“a video I came across last year about about landing the space shuttle and the complexities of it all”
Video on the complexities of landing the Shuttle.
Reminds me of a video I came across last year about about landing the space shuttle and the complexities of it all. this video
