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Article #3715Re: Discovery you are 3,000 feet low...
From: oliver
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 19:08
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 19:08
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In article <1992Dec11.140908.4561@titan.ksc.nasa.gov>, hollis@titan.ksc.nasa.gov writes: > Greetings and Salutations: > > Question for the JSC guys... > > 1) I heard that this was SUPPOSED to be an autoland test? > This was to be the autoland test flight, but General Pearson cancelled it. The landing was flown by the crew. > 2) What was meant by the callouts (I may not have the terminology correct) at > the 90 degree hack "Discovery you are low on the 90 degree... Discovery you are > VERY low on the 90 degree 3,000 feet". They then closed the rudder speed > brake, and returned to centerline. This happened when the orbiter was only > 10,000 feet off the ground, and I would think a 3,000 ft error would be a tad > bit excessive.... > > Comments? > The crew showed great skill in recovering their lost altitude. This shows how important energy management was. If they were low on energy, the recovery wouldn't have been possible. -- Pat Oliver - Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Company at NASA JSC OLIVER@vf.jsc.nasa.gov All standard disclamers apply.
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Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!bcm!aio!vf.jsc.nasa.gov!oliver From: oliver@vf.jsc.nasa.gov Subject: Re: Discovery you are 3,000 feet low... Message-ID: <1992Dec15.130830.1@vf.jsc.nasa.gov> Lines: 30 Sender: news@aio.jsc.nasa.gov (USENET News System) Organization: NASA Johnson Space Center References: <1992Dec11.140908.4561@titan.ksc.nasa.gov> Date: 15 Dec 92 13:08:30 -0600