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How to Land the Space Shuttle... from Space

Bret · talk · Watch on YouTube

Space exploration & spaceflightAviation & aerospace engineering

What it is

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 recommends it

HN recommends it as an entertaining, technical illustration of how hard the Shuttle's one-shot dead-stick landing was.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “I highly, highly recommend this entertaining and technical presentation by Bret Copeland”

    Entertaining technical talk on landing the Shuttle from orbit.

    mholt, 2017-03 · Strong recommendation · in “The Space-Glider (2000)”

  2. “Here's a cool video of landing the shuttle in real time.”

    Real-time Shuttle landing with HUD and audio from 13:40.

    grecy, 2023-02 · Recommendation · in “A Cold War mystery: Why did Jimmy Carter save the space shuttle?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: space shuttle, reentry, aviation, orbital mechanics, nasa

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