NASA's Final Space Shuttle Mission: STS-135
the last shuttle take off for NASA is tonight and i will be watching if i can stay awake lol
you will be able to watch on this site
NASA - Space Shuttle
NASA - NASA TV
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need boost...
Slayer of Stupid Threads
Atleast for a while. The US has no more money so they've practically withdrawn all funding from NASA.
Obviously Unsensible
yeah last one.
but what about mars.
and what happens if it doesnt go 100% right. because dont they need to bring people back from the space station?
how about we make the pedals out of sticky rubber and the shoes with steel spikes. at least my shins would like thatOriginally Posted by Jonesy484
need boost...
ha lol. well what a big fail, surely the US isn't the only country with space programs? If our government wasn't so pathetic maybe we could!
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what times it launching like 9pm??
Obviously Unsensible
do you really want the aussie government getting involved with space nath.
they would reinvent the spacecraft with no thought to the people who will be involved.
how about we make the pedals out of sticky rubber and the shoes with steel spikes. at least my shins would like that
Slayer of Stupid Threads
They will still have personel (albiet a reduced personel force), they just wont have the Space Shuttles. Russia still has an active Space program and they will be relying on Russia and the private sector (Virgin Galactica) to get the Americans to the space station.
Last edited by Grennan; 08-07-2011 at 08:37 PM.
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from what i have heard russia will be taking over, so stuff like the space station will be finished by them.
also the lift off will be about 1:30am as long as there is no delays, theres a countdown on that link i posted
"A life lived in fear is a life half lived"
space the final frontier, these are the voyages of american tax money, to boldly go where few care, and most dont even know about....
dont sweat the petty... pet the sweaty...
what an absolute waste of our cash that would be.
I wonder if Starscream is gonna shoot it as it leaves the atmosphere?
Donati..Whoa Green
Don't worry. The astronauts will be in the first stage booster just in case.
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Dr Karl was suggesting on the telecast that there was $130 returned to the wider community for every dollar spent on the space program. Even if it was something close to that, it would be worth doing but Australia couldn't afford to do it (alone) anyway. He was also saying by way of background that each launch cost $1 billion.
Now, it's cheaper, easier and less risky, if less inspiring, to send robots rather than people to explore places. Those robots are becoming increasingly autonomous too.
They would have died? Apparently the crew was 4 not the usual 7 because they don't have another Shuttle available to rescue them.
"A life lived in fear is a life half lived"
I watched the launch early this morning and I couldn't believe the extensive pre flight preparations that were going on to get this thing off the ground.
This was a great experience to watch which I won't forget in a hurry.
Donati..Whoa Green
I watched it too. Can you imagine being the astronauts and being all hyped up, adrenaline pumping, and at 31 seconds to go they called a countdown halt for a fault.
-Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
-Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian
-Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short Phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Ronald Reagan (1986)
How hard can it be?
The countdown is usually halted at in around the last 5 mins a few times, they always like to check things are ok. Gonna be weird now, no shuttles, no directive to go to the Moon or Mars. NASA's budget only allowing for the odd probe.
NASA's budget this year, all total is $19 billion. This includes all the science acadmey's, all the wages of every employee, every building, every car, all their probes, research and around 3-4 shuttle launches per year.
America spends around $500 billion each year on the military, the war on Terror cost more than $9 trillion to the US economy. It would only cost around $3 billion to keep the shuttles going, little bit more to build a new one. They could also have a universal health care system for a little bit more. *facepalm*
Either way, glad I saw the final launch of Atlantis, was very cool
The New Ride - The Class 2 Shuttle Craft (VE)
I'll be he comes to get you, some shopping trolley kind of thing, that gets you where your going nice and slow... Well off you go that's fine, the pleasure's all mine.
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