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Old 07-17-2012, 10:27 PM
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High above the horizon... in the dark of space*


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=VBnkbeGLGk4



One though to J.Adams

The best book I have read on this story is this one from Thompson, one of the test pilot of the NASA (ex-Bell) . In this book you have the detailled retranscrition of radio com during the last tragic flight of Adams. A thrilling read when his plane departed at hypersonic flight during re-entry (I am in a spin... I am in a spin) - nothing he could hve done with such primary flight ctrls

~S

*far far away from our digressions...

EDIT: good source of info online : http://history.nasa.gov/SP-60/toc.html

EDIT bis: Milton Thompson at 16min25sec here :
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