OT: Best of luck, Atlanta

[LoBaron]

Just have seen the launch of the final space shuttle mission in history.

Even in success, a sad day for NASA, although I hope there soon will be a new shuttle pioneering space travel.

Good luck Atlanta, and safe return to Earth!

[DOCUP]

Yea kinda sad. My bro sent me some pictures of it on the pad. He would send me pics of most of the launches. Also got a 10 min montage video of the shuttles, only watched about a min of it. Its impressive I seen one launch and one that didn't launch (it was canceled as the boosters were ignited). If my memory serves me the only one ever.

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[DuckofTindalos]

Erm, it's called AtlanTIS.

[USSAmerica]

It's Atlantis.  [;)]

[USSAmerica]

Curses!  Foiled again!  [:D]

[Canoerebel]

I thought he was referring to the Atlanta Braves baseball team.  Good luck to them, too!

[oldman45]

I thought it was about the Atlanta school system

[Mark VII]

I thought he was commiting the CLAA ATLANTA to some surface action.

[USSAmerica]

ORIGINAL: Canoerebel

I thought he was referring to the Atlanta Braves baseball team.  Good luck to them, too!

Thrashers. [:(]

[warspite1]

What is going to happen to the other shuttles now the program has finished, you know Endeava and Discovera?

[Cribtop]

Manned spaceflight in the USA is pretty much kaput. Makes me very sad, especially because lots of folks at Johnson Space Center in Houston are losing their jobs.

[LoBaron]

So then I got it all wrong?

What about Columbus, Enterprezel and Chillenga?



Ok, I admit, its all your fault devs that when Atlant** comes to mind I immediately think of a CL... [:(]

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: LoBaron

What about Columbus, Enterprezel and Chillenga?

Warspite1

I forgot about Enterprise, but I didn't mention two of those for obvious reasons.....

EDIT. Sorry LoBaron, didn't mean that to sound snotty.

[LoBaron]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: LoBaron

What about Columbus, Enterprezel and Chillenga?

Warspite1

I forgot about Enterprise, but I didn't mention two of those for obvious reasons.....

EDIT. Sorry LoBaron, didn't mean that to sound snotty.

I did not think you sounded snotty. No apology needed. [:)]

I will not edit the thread title, it was an emotional typo overshadowed by the end of the shuttle program.

Still remember when they covered the launch of Challenger live on Austrian radio in 86.
It was one of my most vivid memories when I was young. Was quite off the track for a couple of days.

[Panther Bait]

I was in high school in New Hampshire during the Challenger disaster (the teacher on board taught at a school about an hour away) and I remember that day vividly.

We watched the NASA feed of the launch at work today, and I had a chill run through me when they said "Go at throttle up" today

[warspite1]

There was an excellent program on TV the other day all about why Challenger fell out of the sky. It expanded upon the original O-ring problem and questioned why, if the O-rings failed - Challenger did not blow up on the launch pad. How did she get so far - and, tantalisingly, could she have made it into space?

Turns out some "slag" inside the rocket did the job of the failed O-ring, sealing the gases inside. It seems that Challenger was just seconds from safety, when the slag was dislodged during throttle up and...well we know the rest [:(]

Really interesting - if ultimately sad - program.

[LoBaron]

Richard P. Feynman was involved in the investigations around the Challenger incident and wrote a book on it.

Don´t remember the title though I have it somewhere in my library. Very interesting read.

[Omat]

ORIGINAL: LoBaron



What about Columbus, Enterprezel and Chillenga?

Hello

I think the Enterprezel was destroyed in the Genesis-System. I belive she was scuttled ...

Omat

[reg113]

Sunk, not shcuttled [:D]

[Panther Bait]

There were also reports of higher than usual wind shear just before the burnthrough started. Some speculated that the joslting from the wind shear might have contributed to loosening the slag seal as well.