Shuttle lands safely at California air base

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Shuttle Endeavour lands at California air base
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/11/30/space.shuttle/index.html?eref=edition_technology

Flight controllers prefer landings at Kennedy Space Center because of cost and schedule. NASA has estimated it costs about $1.7 million to bring a shuttle home to Kennedy Space Center from California.

The mission went according to plan, despite a minor interruption on the first spacewalk when a grease gun in Stefanyshyn-Piper tool's bag leaked, coating everything inside with a film of lubricant. While she was trying to clean it up, the bag -- with $100,000 in tools -- floated away.

look at all the money they're spending.

 

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The coolest part about the shuttle landing in California is that we hear a loud-ass sonic boom when the shuttle enters the atmosphere. It shakes all the windows in my house