beautiful site, as well as a sad one

[Melvin]

Yep, I remember the first launch. It was quite a good feeling.

Watched Challenger and Columbia fail as well. Quite an awful feeling.

It was time for the program to end. However, the lack of foresight on the part of our elected leadership has left us in a rough predicament. Hitching a ride with a second rate program is pathetic and in no way American.

[oneway]

Yep, I remember the first launch. It was quite a good feeling.

Watched Challenger and Columbia fail as well. Quite an awful feeling.

It was time for the program to end. However, the lack of foresight on the part of our elected leadership has left us in a rough predicament. Hitching a ride with a second rate program is pathetic and in no way American.

Both the present and prior administrations ( Rep. & Dem) killed the shuttle but left no clear direction on the program.

That will change. Way too many smart people at NASA to let go to waste...

Crossing my fingers that the American Space Exploration V 3.0 (which is inevitable)...reaches very far in in its ambitions.

We are not going to sit back and do nothing...it is un-American

We are going to Mars

[Tyrannis]

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Guess ive been playing too much AH...cus i thought those 3 holes in the nose in the 3rd pic ment discovery had cannons there. 

I need to take a break from this game... 

[oneway]

They are thrusters