Witness: Practice key to risky, high-speed shuttle landing

Sunday, July 3, 2011 - 10:40 in Astronomy & Space

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - I have watched as space shuttles nosedive toward the runway more than 100 times, knowing that there are no engines available to carry them back into the sky if something goes wrong.

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