Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20110516:13:05:00
Force of gravity. i weighed about 500 pounds at that point. if youre lucky and can squeeze a moment away from the control displays you can look out the rear cabin of your mirror and see the flickering exhaust flame wrapping up around the orbiter and external tank and thats a startling sight against the backdrop of space and in the last two minutes of the ascent, you double your speed, so its incredible how you see this machine hurled into the space like the fastest fas ball, going to mach20 time...
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