Thirty years after the space shuttle program began, the final space shuttle flight is slated to take place on July 8, NASA said Friday.
The Space Shuttle Atlantis will make the program's final voyage on a mission to deliver supplies and spare parts to the international space station, the agency said.
Chris Ferguson, a veteran of two shuttle missions, will command the flight, set to launch at 11:40 a.m., NASA said.
It's been 30 years, and still nobody has an aircraft that can take off on a runway (no rockets), and go straight into space. F-15s are nice toys.
I'm sore
wow. it's beautiful. Nasa will have the best service from this I believe.
I'm actually in Orlando then. I'm not sure if it's worth fighting the crowds to get to the launch though.
I love planets, they're like balls, meat balls.
Another end of an era. *Sigh*
Hmm, do they have an alternative vehicle in the works yet. I mean what exactly is the point of sending up supplies if we won't have a way to get there.
I once dated a NASA gay man. We were great until he went off orbit with another guy. What a cheat! I hate and love him. Yes I miss him sooooooOo much.
but why are they quitting? isn't there endless things to check out? what have they found that they haven't told us about? did they find something and realize there was nothing we could do about it and wait til they absolutely had to tell us? hmmm....
Imagine that, 30 years. Sure is a long time.
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Dude ! Jeff Frank ! Your totally right ! Something is up their sleeves ! I just know it !
I'm an April fool, but you can call me May.
Lack of funding. Who wants to pay for nasa when they can pay for new roads or more caution lights. :p