I am always amused when, after touchdown, passengers are thanked for having chosen to travel by X or Y airline.
The article includes a great graphic of the landing sequence and some useful explainers about the two hitches in the mission when a nitrogen thruster, intended to fire on touchdown to prevent the lander from bouncing off the surface, failed to respond to signals from earth and when the lander initially ricocheted off the comet.
Instead, every bird kept gazing forwards in exactly the same direction (due magnetic north or south), during all four phases of a landing: approaching with wings up; approaching with wings down to act as air-brakes; gearing (ornithologist-speak for popping out their landing gear, ie, their feet); and touchdown.
The Associated Press has a nice explanation of the issue:About 4 seconds before touchdown, the plane's pitch was about 2 degrees nose-up, the NTSB revealed.
The closer the team draws to its opponent's goal line, the closer its expected points get to six (the value of a touchdown).
Mr Edelman promptly launched a perfect throw for a 51-yard touchdown.
To liberals who wanted a single-payer system, and if not that, a public option, Mr Obama's legislative score was more a field goal than a touchdown.
The Steelers are favoured by about one touchdown...and Pennsylvania is a key swing state.(Photo credit: Reuters) .
Deadspin, a sports analysis website, has offered a few other reform proposals: instead of taking the extra-point kick from two yards from the end zone (the short distance explains the kick's near-perfect success rate), take it from wherever the touchdown was scored, or at least from the 20-25 yard line to add some suspense.
Punting is the "safe" choice: if you punt and your opponent scores a game-winning touchdown, your defence failed to stop them.
At touchdown, the nose should be pointed up at 3 to 5 degrees," Kelly said.We'll know more once the NTSB finishes analysing the aircraft's black boxes and completes its investigation.
