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re: Picture of a space shuttle leaving Earth, taken by NASA
Posted on 4/8/16 at 11:21 am to TIGERSandFROGS
Posted on 4/8/16 at 11:21 am to TIGERSandFROGS
I anticipate he will be back. If this guy is as old as he says he is, he is trying to prove a point to who he assumes is a bunch of early 20s entitled embocils that live in our parents basements and get all of our "entry level" information off of google.
Posted on 4/8/16 at 11:28 am to dukke v
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They would not launch with that much cloud cover.
Why not?
Posted on 4/8/16 at 1:23 pm to Goldrush25
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Why not?
We were not allowed to fly through anvil clouds (prominent in central FL during much of the year) because they contain ice (and I think rockets flying in certain atmospheric conditions can facilitate lightning strikes as well).
For other cloud types we could fly through. However, cloud cover may become a concern for visibility at the landing site in RTLS (return-to-launch-site) scenarios. The runway at KSC was about 5-7 miles (my best guess) from LC39B. Point being that weather that was ok to launch in may not have been ok to land in.
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