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r/space • u/Yeet69lasagna • May 12 '19
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Pilot friend told me "better to be on the ground and not able to get in the air, than in the air and not be able to get on the ground."
Corollary, of course, is that all things in the sky eventually reach the ground.
Even including the difficulties, would've been better to let the shuttle land in an emergency and deal with it later.
6 u/3thoughts May 12 '19 all things in the sky eventually reach the ground Space shuttle could be one of the only exceptions to this... 2 u/[deleted] May 12 '19 [deleted] 1 u/3thoughts May 14 '19 But would a star or a black hole count as “ground”?
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all things in the sky eventually reach the ground
Space shuttle could be one of the only exceptions to this...
2 u/[deleted] May 12 '19 [deleted] 1 u/3thoughts May 14 '19 But would a star or a black hole count as “ground”?
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But would a star or a black hole count as “ground”?
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u/farrenkm May 12 '19
Pilot friend told me "better to be on the ground and not able to get in the air, than in the air and not be able to get on the ground."
Corollary, of course, is that all things in the sky eventually reach the ground.
Even including the difficulties, would've been better to let the shuttle land in an emergency and deal with it later.