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A visitor from Brazil posted Wed July 19, 2006: Wow, it get this bad everytime it commes back to earth? I would need time to get the guts to go on this trip, great picture tho
A visitor from United States posted Mon July 10, 2006: Haha, I was going to say that it looked like a massive MD-88, but it on roids is a good description.
A visitor from United States posted Thu July 6, 2006: Whoah! Nice pic! Right now this bird's in space.
A visitor from United States posted Mon March 13, 2006: Very detailed shot. With all the launches that happen it's easy to forget that we're still dealing with rocket science. God bless NASA and the astronauts.
A visitor from Croatia posted Mon February 6, 2006: Crew for this thing... Crazy people... Sitting on top of 2000 tons of liquid oxygen and hydrogen, in a thing consisting of few million parts, all built by the lowest bidder. :-)
A visitor from Germany posted Thu December 1, 2005: Nice photo! but how many birds did the crew hit during landing?? the spaceshuttle really looks soo dirty !
A visitor from Mexico posted Sat September 3, 2005: Nice shot of this piece of junk (that seems at least). My admiration for the crew, they need much... Yes, that it!! Value
A visitor from United States posted Sat August 27, 2005: Nice. I never realized how "beat up" the shuttle is.
A visitor from United States posted Thu August 25, 2005: This is really a great photo. It shows the excellent work done by engineers, by technicians, by people in NASA, by astronauts and by the Discovery.
A visitor from Germany posted Wed August 24, 2005: Exellent rarely details shot. Thank you.
A visitor from Pakistan posted Wed August 24, 2005: Very impressive ... By the the looks of it requires a complete re-do of the fuselage.
A visitor from Jamaica posted Wed August 24, 2005: We can really see in detail how intense a space flight really is. there are not many photos of the shuttle this close up especially after a flight.
A visitor from United Kingdom posted Wed August 24, 2005: Great photo and Excellent flying by the Discovery Team
A visitor from Korea, Republic Of posted Wed August 24, 2005: B747-100?
A visitor from Canada posted Wed August 24, 2005: Great Pic. Lots of credit to the crew of Discovery. Amazing how much stress the fuselage can take.
A visitor from Canada posted Wed August 24, 2005: Excellent picture. It looks so fragile. I have great admiration for the crews. They are great HEROES. Oakville, Ontario.
A visitor from United Kingdom posted Wed August 24, 2005: Looks like it could do with a face lift to me. Great picture
A visitor from Germany posted Wed August 24, 2005: Many details, good quality, shows what happend to the spacecraft during reentry
A visitor from United Kingdom posted Wed August 24, 2005: One word...sweet!!
A visitor from Australia posted Wed August 24, 2005: Should be more of them. Photos I mean.Clear indication what the old Shuttle has to go through.
A visitor from Romania posted Wed August 24, 2005: Good detailed shot of shuttle ;)
A visitor from United States posted Wed August 24, 2005: I think this photo is outstanding!
A visitor from New Zealand posted Tue August 23, 2005: Don't look any worse for wear than any Piper Cherokee I've ever flown!
A visitor from United States posted Tue August 23, 2005: Good close up of the nose of the shuttle!
A visitor from United States posted Tue August 23, 2005: I like the sun shades in the windows...looks like the ones I use!
A visitor from United States posted Tue August 23, 2005: Amazing.....she goes thru pure hell returning from the Heavens...WoW!!!
A visitor from United States posted Tue August 23, 2005: Great close up! I have to say I would hesitate to get on a commercial airliner that looked that ragged.
A visitor from United States posted Tue August 23, 2005: Great close up! I have to say I would hesitate to get on a commercial airliner that looked that ragged.
A visitor from United Kingdom posted Tue August 23, 2005: Good shot shows a real perspective of the effects of re-entry
A visitor from Germany posted Tue August 23, 2005: What a great foto. The Spaceshuttle from ISS. Wenn is next flight?
A visitor from France posted Tue August 23, 2005: Who gave steroids to this Delta MD-88 ?
A visitor from Brazil posted Tue August 23, 2005: Absolutely impressive
A visitor from Malaysia posted Tue August 23, 2005: A very good shot! Can see a lot of signs that this machine has been through a lot. Clear enough the read some of the signs too. e.g. Cut here for emergency rescue
A visitor from Germany posted Tue August 23, 2005: Beautiful photograph with useful information for viewers. Well done!!
A visitor from United Kingdom posted Tue August 23, 2005: Nice shot and love the effects of muck and dirt from space.
A visitor from New Zealand posted Tue August 23, 2005: Great shot showing the detail of the "wear n' tear"!
A visitor from France posted Tue August 23, 2005: Wonderful photograph, very unusual shot with perfect quality. Congratulations !!
A visitor from Germany posted Tue August 23, 2005: Really excellent to see those details!
A visitor from Switzerland posted Tue August 23, 2005: Exelent details shot
A visitor from United States posted Tue August 23, 2005: I love the way the heat from re-entry is illustrated in the closeip shot of the tiles.
A visitor from Germany posted Tue August 23, 2005: Wonderful shot! For a similar angle in space you can visit the NASA website. Go to return to flight, photo gallery, top 35 images, page 3 and have a look. It will make this photo here more exciting.
A visitor from United States posted Tue August 23, 2005: WOW..this is an awesome shot!!
A visitor from United Kingdom posted Tue August 23, 2005: It looks like a load of roof tiling coupled with some scrap metal all nailed together, very interesting picture thank-you.
A visitor from France posted Tue August 23, 2005: Whaouuu so great shot
A visitor from United Kingdom posted Mon August 22, 2005: What a photo show such great detail
A visitor from - posted Mon August 22, 2005: Nice detail.
A visitor from United States posted Mon August 22, 2005: Great visualization of the interface between aero and thermodynamics...! What a ride boost and reentry must be...!
A visitor from United States posted Mon August 22, 2005: Clearly displaying the re-entry wear on Shuttle Discovery, this is a supreme photo. So close.
A visitor from Netherlands posted Mon August 22, 2005: Exelent details shot
A visitor from India posted Mon August 22, 2005: Discovery looks like a well worn sneaker...the body of the craft looks softer than the hard aluminum body of the 747.
A visitor from Germany posted Mon August 22, 2005: Nice details
A visitor from United States posted Mon August 22, 2005: This is actually very creative, I think. Shooting the Shuttle from the same angle that many of us shoot airliners, as most people would not to such zoom-ins of such a special bird. Great detail. Great photo. :)
A visitor from United States posted Mon August 22, 2005: Very rarely do you ever see a close up picture of the shuttle right after its use. It is awesome to see what happens to the craft durring one of its trips. It shows a lot of detail and is quite a nice shot.
A visitor from Brazil posted Mon August 22, 2005: The picture shows great details of the effects of the reentry!

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