Cypress Sun Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 The Space Shuttle Discovery is set to launch at 4:50pm EST today if all goes well. This will be the 2nd to last launch for the shuttle program. It should be visible to any one in Florida within 150 - 200 mile radius of the Cape. Just thought I'd let ya'll know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 We are witnessing the end of an era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narrow Gauge, SASS #31,593 Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 I believe you mean the last flight of Shuttle Discovery. -- Narrow Gauge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted February 24, 2011 Author Share Posted February 24, 2011 I believe you mean the last flight of Shuttle Discovery. -- Narrow Gauge Quite correct, thanks........don't know why I was thinking about the Columbia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Here's a cool link about the Discovery: Discovery The remaining orbiters are Atlantis and Endeavor, with Challenger and Columbia having been destroyed. The 6th shuttle Enterprise, was their non-powered prototype used for glide tests. I think that's at the Smithsonian. Seems I read somewhere there may be one more flight after this one? Or is it an orbiter that will be held in reserve for awhile for contingencies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Hey Slim, That link brought back a lot of great memories. I worked at the Downey and Palmdale plants and was intimately involved with it's design and assembly. I was in charge of building the Aft Fuselage of all the shuttles. A wonderful piece of engineering and skilled manufacturing. Too bad there are ending the progam way early. This hardware still has a lot of useful life left. Budget constraints are the only reason for the programs termination. Our former program President is pushing for NASA to lease the hardware to a civilian run program and continue the Shuttles life of support for the Space Station and other orbital work. I worked on the Apollo right out of college and spent 40 in the aerospace industry...a great, exciting career Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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