A wish....50...30...10..."Shuttle has landed!"

[Matt]

...the story behind...

Shuttle:    "Brighton Control, Shuttle one-five heavy. Direct from       
   ISS. 10 minutes to land. Request clearance."

BC:   "Good morning Shuttle 15. It´s 5.30 a.m. earthtime. You are       
   cleared to pad 4. Report altitude 900."

Shuttle:      "One-five to pad 4.

Shuttle:   "Brighton, one-five at 900."

BC:   "One-five, you are cleared to land. Traffic at marker west,
   watch starting medical glider from pad 1. Refueling and
   oxygen-service on request."    

Well, here comes the big one (my really huge vessel). Switching to outside view.
Yes, there it is - Brighton Beach, not very busy, like always. Pad 4 direct in
front...speed 35, descent 5...looks good. Zooming now to my ship´s
'undercarriage'...(inspired by a scene from the movie ALIEN when the ship is
approaching the planets surface and the landing-legs are hardly moving under
'stress' because of this really heavy and huge vessel...

Back to my Shuttle (outside view)...

:-) HAL: "...50...30...10.....retard...."

I want to see now my undercarriage how it is hardly working at the moment of
touch down.....but...what´s this??! Nothing! The vessel comes down like, hmm,
like "plop" finished! No, no, guys, that´s not the way I like it. There should
be a rumbling, a shaking, vibrations, movements... shortly: I want a let´s say
more 'fragile' undercarriage - which can collapse. And not at a sinkrate greater
than 10 m/sec! The tolerance shoul be REAL! Well, that´s my small wish.
However, I love this sim!

Matt