Souleater835410 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@widajaja the parts are thrown back to earth so Nasa can reuse them :)

jel018 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

great video! nice ending aswell

predatortheme (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

sure you fool( try to survive 1200° and 20 000 miles per hour and 1.5g,

vuurwerkl (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

they just go smooth back to earth with parashutes

widajaja (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

thanks guys

mach25man (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The orange tank is a fuel tank for the orbiters main engines. Once the orbiter reaches orbit the tank is discarded and it burns up in the atmosphere. The white rockets are solid rocket boosters and are used just for the 1st 2 min. of flight. They parachute to the ocean where they are recovered, refurbished and re-used. Once the mission is over, the orbiter slows down and gravity brings it to the runway where it lands like an airplane.

BakuPL (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@widajaja Uhm, thos e rockets are just helpful when the shuttle starts, the fuel runs up fast so they are engaged after it's done. When shuttle is comming back, gravity does all the work so it doesn't need all those fancy rockets:D

widajaja (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

are the parts thrown into space? or do they come crashing down to the earth....this seems very risky like a 40% chance of dying

ruhroh999 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I don't think they get the other parts back. Its very very expensive, theres on like 2-3 shutles still around.

epiphonelespaul100 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

oh soz it is a good landing