The 2nd unmanned Orbital Test Vehicle of The Boeing Company has arrived back to Earth after 469 days in orbit - this has been a fully automated flight... Now I wonder how a not fully automated flight of the Space Shuttle looked like, let's say into orbit...
"Have you got fire?"
"Click!"
"Booster ignition - and lift-off!"
"There is a swarm of birds in front of us... Correction to the left..."
"Pardon me?"
"To the left, Roger..."
"Are we heading to New Fundland?"
"Sorry, we pledged not to fly any more polar routes actually..."
"There is a storm cloud in front of us... Correction to the right..."
"Yes, but we are upside-down..."
"Right that is the direction of New Fundland, Roger..."
"O.k. Hey, ladies, next time we are going to a luna-park!"
"Ha-ha..."
"Atlantis, main engines throttle up!"
"Copied, main engines throttle up!"
"Man, we are fast..."
"1451 mph to be exact..."
"Ahm... We left 2 rockets behind..."
"That's only the boosters, Roger..."
"Now: ISS or Hubble?"
"ISS, ISS, ISS, Hubble, ISS, ISS, Hubble..."
"Atlantis, no return to KSC..."
"Copied, in case of engine failure: Saragosa..."
"Atlantis, you have got 3 good engines, go for the pitch!"
"What exactly is the protocoll, sir?"
"Press the yellow "Pitch" button, Roger..."
"Wow, it's beautiful... Who has got a comb?"
Best wishes, Joseph de la Mikula and Team
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