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Re: Discovery's Last Flight
Steve C #11392 03/07/11 04:51 PM
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Absolutely spectacular views.It is so strange to watch the ocean shoreline and then the earth as the boosters carry the shuttle away from the launch pad.For a second I felt a little sensation that I get looking over ledges,a little fear of heights. Thanks for posting. That was amazing.

Re: Discovery's Last Flight
Rod #11394 03/07/11 08:02 PM
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Wagga and Steve,

Thank you for posting the videos of Discovery's last flight. I really enjoyed watching them. I just checked out NASA TV's website and saw a message saying NASA really needs people's help (meaning donations). I would really hate to see space exploration end or the pace to slow because the economy is in such a mess. Knowing the USA is exploring space has been a part of my life as far back as I can remember...sometime in my grade school years. Our government has squandered too many tax dollars on unimportant things over the last 50 years and maybe longer. Funding NASA, I believe, is one of the highest and best uses for our tax dollars. I know we all have benefited from what scientists have learned from exploring space. I can't name all the new inventions or innovations that have come from space exploration but I know there have been many. Maybe some of you can list a few.


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Re: Discovery's Last Flight
Steve C #11399 03/08/11 08:55 AM
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Absolutely amazing -- couldn't stop watching it!
Thanks for posting the vid of the SRB camera views!!


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Re: Discovery's Last Flight
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Discovery will be coming home for the last time at 8:57 WZT today. Here.


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Re: Discovery's Last Flight
wagga #11417 03/09/11 08:05 AM
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Home safely!


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wagga #11418 03/09/11 08:07 AM
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Picture perfect landing. Beautiful... rest well Old Girl...

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SoCalGirl #11941 03/22/11 01:59 PM
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How about this!


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Re: Discovery's Last Flight
wagga #12011 03/24/11 03:46 AM
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More detail here at The Register.



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Re: Discovery's Last Flight
wagga #12040 03/24/11 05:57 PM
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That was great. Thanks Dave.

Endeavour's Last Flight
Rod #12335 04/02/11 02:48 PM
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Endeavour's last launch is coming up, it's planned for the 19th.

The commander's wife is planning to be there for the launch. Not really noteworthy, except that she is Gabby Giffords & she is making a remarkable recovery.

More detail here.


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Re: Endeavour's Last Flight
wagga #12342 04/02/11 05:08 PM
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I'll be traveling... hiking to the bottom of the Grand Canyon actually on that day... I usually watch the launch on TV (or internet)... sadly I won't be able to see this one...

However, I know that they were recently checking the shuttle and external tanks for hail damage from a storm that just passed through....

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SoCalGirl #12708 04/12/11 10:55 AM
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Today is the 30th anniversary of the first shuttle flight. Even bigger: It's the 50th anniversary of the first person in space. At the height of the Cold War, our adversaries launched a man into space and scared the hell out of the USA. Today, Americans love Yuri. Who would have predicted that in 1961? And who would have predicted that, 50 years later, you would need the Russians to take you to the Space Station?

Meanwhile, 100 years earlier, the Civil War started.

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AlanK #12719 04/12/11 02:45 PM
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On another note... the disbursement of the decommed fleet was announced...

--Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida gets Atlantis
--California Science Center in Los Angeles gets the Endeavour
--Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia gets the Discovery
--Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York gets the Enterprise

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SoCalGirl #12733 04/12/11 05:30 PM
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I wonder what will become of the shuttle training facility in Houston.


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Re: Endeavour's Last Flight
Mike Condron #12933 04/15/11 04:02 PM
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Last Endeavour flight delayed, now to be launched on April 29th.


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Re: Endeavour's Last Flight
wagga #13194 04/24/11 12:58 PM
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Great video of Discovery launch start to finish in high speed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=KZrFC988Thc

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Re: Endeavour's Last Flight
Rod #13197 04/24/11 04:31 PM
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That was so great, thanks, Rod.

Gabrielle should be there to witness her husband's Endeavour shuttle launch.


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Re: Endeavour's Last Flight
wagga #13242 04/25/11 05:11 PM
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Gabrielle has been cleared to attend the launch.


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Re: Endeavour's Last Flight
wagga #13243 04/25/11 05:14 PM
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Here is the NASA site for timing & other info.


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Re: Discovery's Last Flight
wagga #13276 04/26/11 04:32 AM
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Originally Posted By: wagga

More detail here at The Register.



the full First Orbig movie is here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKs6ikmrLgg&feature=player_embedded

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