Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20110516:13:05:00
Force of gravity. i weighed about 500 pounds at that point. if you're 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 that's a startling sight against the backdrop of space and in the last two minutes of the ascent, you double your speed, so it's incredible how you see this machine hurled into the space like the fastest fas ball, going to mach20 times the speed of sound and it's an incredible race to orbit, it's one of the greatest physical thri...
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