Shortline Bus Posted July 8, 2011 Share #1 Posted July 8, 2011 Anyone intrestred in a histroric moment in US/World History as America is about to put a wrap to the landmark 30-year space shuttle program? The mission of "Atlantis" for what will end a remarkable period that changed mankind forever. It's suppose to take off today Friday July 8, 2011 but maybe delayed due to rain/thunderstorms. Here story below. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2011-07-07-space-shuttle-atlantis-weather_n.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quill Depot Posted July 8, 2011 Share #2 Posted July 8, 2011 I need to see it. Is it on TV. All channels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortline Bus Posted July 8, 2011 Author Share #3 Posted July 8, 2011 I need to see it. Is it on TV. All channels. Launch Time (weather permitting) is 1126pm today 7/8/11. I am sure all of the cable news stations i.e CNN, Fox News, MSNBC and also the major networks i.e ABC, NBC and CBS will also join at around 'close to lanuch time' at around 1120pm as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo M 201 Posted July 8, 2011 Share #4 Posted July 8, 2011 11:26am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRT Bronx Express Posted July 8, 2011 Share #5 Posted July 8, 2011 It's on now! (watching this on Spanish network Univision) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortline Bus Posted July 8, 2011 Author Share #6 Posted July 8, 2011 What the hell? There a delay at 31 seconds. However we have liftover for the last time.:tup: Say a prayer for the 4 crew members on this last landmark flight.:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R68 Subway Car Posted July 8, 2011 Share #7 Posted July 8, 2011 Got to see in time! It was incredible! The end of an great era and the beginning a new era of deep space exploration! God speed Atlantis! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EE Broadway Local Posted July 8, 2011 Share #8 Posted July 8, 2011 I saw it on KOLD TV CBS 13 this morning on The Early Show. Liftoff was approximately 8:27am Mountain Standard Time here in Tucson. My friend George came in to watch it with me. Farewell, Atlantis 1981-2011 and thanks for the memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted July 8, 2011 Share #9 Posted July 8, 2011 I don't understand the importance of this.... Someone fill me in.... Is this supposed to be the last rocket to ever leave US soil ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EE Broadway Local Posted July 8, 2011 Share #10 Posted July 8, 2011 It's the closing of a chapter in our space history, B35 via Church, like when the Apollo program ended in the early 1970's. Today was the final liftoff for a shuttle in the Atlants program after thirty years (of Atlantis). I don't think it will be the final spaceship, rocket, or shuttle to liftoff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R68 Subway Car Posted July 8, 2011 Share #11 Posted July 8, 2011 I saw it on KOLD TV CBS 13 this morning on The Early Show. Liftoff was approximately 8:27am Mountain Standard Time here in Tucson. My friend George came in to watch it with me. Farewell, Atlantis 1981-2011 and thanks for the memories. Actually, Atlantis started flying in 1985. It was Columbia that first flew in 1981, then Challenger in 1983, then Discovery in 1984, Atlantis in 1985, and then, to replace Challenger, Endeavour in 1992. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadcruiser1 Posted July 8, 2011 Share #12 Posted July 8, 2011 This is the last Space Shuttle Launch people will ever see live. From now on people can only see videos of it launching. As of now there is a proposal for a replacement rocket to the Space Shuttle, but it is only on the drawing board. For the next ten years we might have to rely on the Russians, and the private companies to send our astronauts to space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quill Depot Posted July 9, 2011 Share #13 Posted July 9, 2011 This is the last Space Shuttle Launch people will ever see live. From now on people can only see videos of it launching. As of now there is a proposal for a replacement rocket to the Space Shuttle, but it is only on the drawing board. For the next ten years we might have to rely on the Russians, and the private companies to send our astronauts to space. :cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry: I'm crying. :cry::cry::cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortline Bus Posted July 9, 2011 Author Share #14 Posted July 9, 2011 Personally while i support space exploring it should from here paid for by most of the globe. An agency like Nasa could still be the main managing group but funding from governments of the world and private business should pay for all future fundings. The US and most of the world in 2011 is still trying to recover from the worst global recession in decades and has much more important issues to address. And let billionaries like Bill Gates paid the bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
553 Bridgeton Posted July 9, 2011 Share #15 Posted July 9, 2011 .....I guess I should have stopped my bus and told all the passengers to take a bow for NASA. I really dont see anything special about this.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortline Bus Posted July 9, 2011 Author Share #16 Posted July 9, 2011 .....I guess I should have stopped my bus and told all the passengers to take a bow for NASA. I really dont see anything special about this.... It an age/generational thing. For most people aged 40 and up(especially 'baby boomers) this is a big deal. From 1969 (lance amstrong landing on the moon)1981 apollo and later space shuttle missions were huge news stories in the US and much of the world. Kind of like when apple releases a new i-phone product but bigger.:eek: This is sort an end of an era for many particuarly baby boomers who were into the new concept of space travel.As someone now in my late 30's age wise, i remember the first space launch in 1981 and it was a big deal. So for anyone born after 1975, this may not be a big deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
553 Bridgeton Posted July 9, 2011 Share #17 Posted July 9, 2011 If you say so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted July 9, 2011 Share #18 Posted July 9, 2011 Other than being pissed off that the US now has to rely on Russia and even China to send our astronauts to space, this final launch wasn't that big a deal to me. It's going to be reaired via clips anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortline Bus Posted July 9, 2011 Author Share #19 Posted July 9, 2011 Take a close look ladies and gentleman. Here clip from youtube of the last few moments before takeoff and first few minutes of start of the last space shuttle mission ever. Courstey of NBC News/MSNBC. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6M0vyPuSWw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67thAve Posted July 9, 2011 Share #20 Posted July 9, 2011 It's Neil, not Lance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilbluefoxie Posted July 9, 2011 Share #21 Posted July 9, 2011 Its a real shame they couldn't have kept this running, it created plenty of high paying tech jobs in Florida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortline Bus Posted July 9, 2011 Author Share #22 Posted July 9, 2011 It's Neil, not Lance. Woops sorry my bad. Another typing screw up. Anyhow a rare treat for you 'kiddies' since many of you were not alive in 1981. Here a youtube clip of the first ever space shuttle launch 'Columbia' from April '81 from NBC News. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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