REENTRY / EMERGENCY LANDING    ______________________________________

 

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"Cassiopeia" on final approach, belly down, ready to make atmospheric reentry.

 

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Air friction starts to heat the belly of the spacecraft.

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Engulfed in an envelope of dense air superheated by the friction generated by the spacecraft's
hypersonic velocities, the "Cassiopeia" falls past us and farther into the Earth's atmosphere.

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Here we see some of the engine detail as the spacecraft continues falling.

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Falling.

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Falling.

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COMPUTER VOICE (soft female): “10…..9…..8…..7…..6….”

Amid the roar of engines, the "Cassiopeia" tries to correct its downward spiral.

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The view shakes, distorts, and swirls violently as the "Cassiopeia" makes course corrections.

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All the displays are shaking violently in the turbulence that the spacecraft is experiencing.
Multiple alarms and warnings are heard.

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COMPUTER VOICE (soft female):  “EMERGENCY LANDING PROCEDURE INITIATED.”

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COMPUTER VOICE (soft female):  “….4….3….2….1….IMPACT”

The "Cassiopeia" rapidly descends over mountainous / desert terrain until
an automated countdown reaches zero.  Impact and slide-out.  The screen goes white.

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