The Atlantis has landed at the Kennedy Space Center, 42 years to the day after the Eagle module of the Apollo 11 mission touched down on the surface of the moon.
Returning to Earth’s terra firma just before dawn in Florida, Atlantis’ final mission was also the 135th and the last of the space shuttle program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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I have a feeling that it'll be a long time before we can once again put a man in space as a country, if ever. By the time we're ready to commit, the commercial market will probably have taken over and any government attempt will be superfluous.
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Don't forget Liberty Bell 7 (the second Mercury suborbital flight) also took place on this day back in 1961. The flight was piloted by Gus Grissom who would be the first Mercury 7 astronaut to lose his life. Much happened on this date in space history so I guess it is only appropriate that US program should end on this day. I, for one, am sad.
Now that we can no longer shoot rockets into space, can we shoot Republicans and Teabaggers instead?
That would lend a whole new meaning to 'space junk'. Be fun ta watch the flames shoot out their ass on liftoff, though.
I can see how this is going to go in future - only the rich will be able to migrate off-planet when Earth becomes unlivable.
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