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Offline Wildcat1

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beautiful site, as well as a sad one
« on: July 21, 2011, 05:05:37 AM »
Space shuttle Atlantis touched down perfectly at KSC this morning.

A moving way to retire a craft which has "fired the imagination of a generation" for over 30 years. I'm not ashamed to admit I have a lump in my throat after watching this landing.

Makes you wonder what's next. We must keep exploring.
 
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Re: beautiful site, as well as a sad one
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2011, 08:00:34 AM »
 :salute To all involved in the program.
You know you're  :old: when you remember the 1st
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Offline katanaso

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Re: beautiful site, as well as a sad one
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2011, 08:18:09 AM »
Speaking of Kennedy, did any old AWers keep tabs on Rocketman (cpid RM)?  Wasn't he working there?  His website in the mid 90's was rocketman.org, but that changed at some point.
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Re: beautiful site, as well as a sad one
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2011, 08:25:48 AM »
I remember the first launch , i was at school , they stopped lessons so we could watch the launch . I cant help feeling that stopping the shuttle program is a mistake .
<S> to those whe flew and worked on them, most certainly did fire the imagination of a generation , did for me anyway
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Re: beautiful site, as well as a sad one
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2011, 08:34:29 AM »
 :salute end of an era
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Re: beautiful site, as well as a sad one
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2011, 03:07:09 PM »
I really liked the space shuttle, It was kinda sad to see the end of the program. Although, I'm sad to see it go, I'm really happy with these new rockets that they will be sending up. The rockets are much safer than the shuttle and in the end it's the safety of the crew that matters.

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Offline rogwar

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Re: beautiful site, as well as a sad one
« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2011, 03:54:38 PM »
Shuttle program was at the end. Too bad nothing to replace it for years.
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Re: beautiful site, as well as a sad one
« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2011, 03:56:18 PM »
Quote from: expat on July 21, 2011, 08:25:48 AM
I remember the first launch , i was at school , they stopped lessons so we could watch the launch . I cant help feeling that stopping the shuttle program is a mistake .
<S> to those whe flew and worked on them, most certainly did fire the imagination of a generation , did for me anyway


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Offline oneway

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Re: beautiful site, as well as a sad one
« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2011, 04:35:41 PM »
Quote from: expat on July 21, 2011, 08:25:48 AM
I remember the first launch , i was at school , they stopped lessons so we could watch the launch . I cant help feeling that stopping the shuttle program is a mistake .
<S> to those whe flew and worked on them, most certainly did fire the imagination of a generation , did for me anyway

Not so sure.

The Shuttle did lots of great stuff we know about and tons of stuff we will never know about (military missions) but I think its time to move forward and start setting our sights on Mars.

If commercial carriers are ready willing and able to step up and service the ISS and satellite placement demand at a cheaper cost I say that's a good a thing. The private sector can do everything the shuttle did.

We need to go back to the Moon then to Mars, and the Shuttle is not the tool to accomplish that mission.

The commies are going to be on the moon in about 20 years...we should beat them to it again, and when they finally land on the moon...we have Americans walking on Mars to take the wind out the commie trumpet blaring

Mars and beyond...

America leads the way...

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Re: beautiful site, as well as a sad one
« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2011, 04:48:08 PM »
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humans aren't done with space...  :aok
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Re: beautiful site, as well as a sad one
« Reply #10 on: July 21, 2011, 04:53:17 PM »
Quote from: expat on July 21, 2011, 08:25:48 AM
I remember the first launch , i was at school , they stopped lessons so we could watch the launch . I cant help feeling that stopping the shuttle program is a mistake .
<S> to those whe flew and worked on them, most certainly did fire the imagination of a generation , did for me anyway

I was at work and we all stopped and turned on a TV someone had brought in and watched.

How long till the next American rocket with people on board flies?

How did we get ourselves into such a position?

Buying rides from Russia! So sad.
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Re: beautiful site, as well as a sad one
« Reply #11 on: July 21, 2011, 06:02:25 PM »
Oneway, the Russians are our friends now :)

I agree tho, an American first walked on the moon, an American should be first to walk on mars.
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Re: beautiful site, as well as a sad one
« Reply #12 on: July 21, 2011, 06:14:31 PM »
I think I'm more sad that we have no way to get people into space as a country than I am that the shuttle program ended.. The shuttle was amazing, but the Saturn V was epic.. Huge bummer :(
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Re: beautiful site, as well as a sad one
« Reply #13 on: July 21, 2011, 06:16:48 PM »
Quote from: Wildcat1 on July 21, 2011, 06:02:25 PM
Oneway, the Russians are our friends now :)

I agree tho, an American first walked on the moon, an American should be first to walk on mars.

I am talking about the Chicoms...the plodding dragon

Russia is the Mafia with sovereign status...tactically important but strategically insignificant unless they whip up Nationalism again

Look at the bright side though...in order for China to get to the moon...they are going to have to sell their crappy wears in monumental amounts across the globe to finance it...which makes them less and less Commie...the double edge sword cuts both ways

Lets go back to the moon before they even get there the first time (50 years after we first showed up)...and when they finally do get there...lets be walking in the red sands of Mars

We should be at their landing zone on the Moon when they show up to welcome them; and let them patch/link to our guys on Mars the same day:

NASA: "Welcome to the Moon, and to commemorate you historic achievement of being the SECOND country to come here, we have a hot link to Mars and our Astronauts doing research there. Let us celebrate this moment together."

Chicoms: "<silence>"

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Re: beautiful site, as well as a sad one
« Reply #14 on: July 21, 2011, 06:59:35 PM »
This thread needs some pictures:







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