Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cwjcc!gatech!hubcap!ncrcae!PEDEV!ronk From: ronk@PEDEV.Columbia.NCR.COM (Ron Kraynick) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: shuttle landing anomaly Summary: nosegear hit Message-ID: <2668@PEDEV.Columbia.NCR.COM> Date: 18 Aug 89 16:38:34 GMT References: <4500@portia.Stanford.EDU> <57706@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Reply-To: ronk@PEDEV.Columbia.NCR.COM (Ron Kraynick) Distribution: usa Organization: NCR Corp., Engineering & Manufacturing - Columbia, SC Lines: 16 In article <57706@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Harold McMillanwrites: > >On the video of the landing I saw on the news that night, I did not notice >if the nose was high, but I thought that the nose wheel hit unusually hard. >Maybe they had a hard time getting the nose down and over-corrected. >Anybody else notice anything? >Hal McMillan | >mcmillan@cis.ohio-state.edu | "Open the pod bay doors, HAL". >CompuServe 72627,642 | Yes, I noticed this too. Usually the nose gear comes down rather slowly until about the last 10 feet. The nose did also appear to be a bit high upon the rear wheels touching. Maybe they got a little nervous. It's not everyday you land a shuttle. 8-) Ron