A Perfect Landing

Live Streaming by Ustream.TVThe shuttle Discovery makes another amazing landing this morning. As the thought of what they have to do to get that bird out of the sky. It is essentially a brick with wings, unlike a plane they do not have a second chance if something goes wrong. If the landing gear does not deploy correctly can you imagine trying to land on one set of tires in a plane with no engines? Or what if the tires blew out? Wind shear cutting the runway?

I am glad the crew made it home. Congratulations Crew! A few more shuttle trips to go till the end of a space flight era arrives.