Discovery's Last Hoorah!

[ZetaNine]

Photos of Rollout


http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts133/100920rollout/

[Wayout]

Photos of Rollout


http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts133/100920rollout/

(Link is broke.)  OK, fixed.

[Melvin]

I wouldn't feel so bad about this if we had a new technology in the works. As it stands now though, our government has acted as if they are throwing in the towel on manned space flight. That is an awful shame. I'll be sad to see these old birds go, but it is time.

<S> Melvin

[ZetaNine]

I concur.  I'm stunned we have no real alternative in the pipeline. I'm old enough to remember the whole "Kennedy, new frontier" vibe...and for the first time in my life....that vibe is now officially extinguished. Not only sad as an American...but as a Floridian as well.  I can remember many quick trips with friends over the the cape to catch a night launch in my youth.

[68ZooM]

thanks for the link, great pics 

[lowZX14]

This is very, very sad for me as well.  I'm an 80's baby so I hit it right during what I think is the shuttle boom and remember so many trips while visiting my grandparents to see launches all throughout my youth and visiting the Cape tons of times.  We would get up early for those dawn launches and they would make that 45 or so minute drive with us sleeping just so we could see something that magical.  I don't have any youngins to share it with just yet but I was at least able to let my wife see a night launch while we were down a few years ago.

[Babalonian]

The shuttles have worked and operated long beyond any expectations we had for them when we first conceived them, it is time for them to respectfuly and gracefuly retire from their service.  It is very sad and disapointing though to see them go and leave open the gap in our nations pride that was actively reliable, progressive and inovative manned spaceflight.

[Shuffler]

There is still a lot of work going on. Just not manned flight work.


We do work for Nasa here in Texas.