The last flight of the Space Shuttle
(Sept 21st) Today in the skies above San Francisco flew a specially fitted 747 with Endeavor, the last Space Shuttle, on her back. This will be the last time we'll ever see this beautiful and amazing man made machine fly through our skies.
I witnessed the end of an era today, and the closing of an important chapter in man's quest for adventure in space. History happened.
I salute NASA and the fine work they still do on behalf of America and the world. Bravo!
Added: Sep-22-2012 Occurred On: Sep-22-2012
By: USA1
In: Other News, Science and Technology
Tags: NASA, Endeavor, Space Shuttle, history, USA
Location: San Francisco, California, United States (load item map)
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By: USA1
In: Other News, Science and Technology
Tags: NASA, Endeavor, Space Shuttle, history, USA
Location: San Francisco, California, United States (load item map)
Marked as: approved
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@DirtyUncleBerty Bwahaha!
Posted Sep-22-2012 ByIthinkthat1 (1240.60) 
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Is it legal to take pictures of bridges anymore? (Semi-kidding.)
Posted Sep-22-2012 Bybeer foot (92.90) beer foot View Channel Send Message
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Dito.
I grew up with the space shuttle program and was hooked very young, I was always fascinated and daydreamed about it as a boy. Seeing these last tributes makes it feel like a real loss.
Goodbye and thankyou Endeavor.
Posted Sep-22-2012 Bybs2502 (275.30) 
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Yeah I've got a scrapbook somewhere I made of all newspaper cuttings about Columbia when I was 11 years old. Definitely the end of an amazing era. I think most people misunderstand the amount of effort that goes into these programs, and what their contribution to science and space research means to all of us. NASA, bring on the Flux Capacitor. I know you're working on it.
Posted Sep-22-2012 ByTeslagraaf (375.50) 
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Farewell Endeavor. ;_;
Onto the next I guess?
Posted Sep-22-2012 Bylucidx1 (942.20) 
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Shuttle launches are always spectacular which i've always liked watching.Just a shame this is its last ever flight.
I know funding has been cut,but have NASA got anything similar planned for the future?
Posted Sep-22-2012 ByZeb (631.60) 
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@Zeb Who knows? Remember when Bush said we were going to send a man to Mars?
Posted Sep-22-2012 ByIthinkthat1 (1240.60) 
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@DirtyUncleBerty
Definetly nothing to sneeze at given the distance,but i meant manned flights!
Posted Sep-22-2012 ByZeb (631.60) 
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Hopefully that will happen in my lifetime.Love the whole space exploration thing.
Posted Sep-22-2012 ByZeb (631.60) 
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Great photo!
Posted Sep-23-2012 ByAnotherBrick (99.50) 
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Beautiful pic.
Posted Sep-22-2012 ByIthinkthat1 (1240.60) 
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Mad!
Posted Sep-22-2012 ByOILLPOND (43.80) 
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For you adrenaline junkies, the shuttle travelled a 5 miles per second. It was the ultimate ride.
Posted Sep-22-2012 ByIthinkthat1 (1240.60) 
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Seriously?
Posted Sep-22-2012 ByBthor420 (828.80) 
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@Bthor420 Yes
Posted Sep-22-2012 ByIthinkthat1 (1240.60) 
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Goddamn that's fast! I wonder what kind of g force that is?!
Posted Sep-22-2012 ByBthor420 (828.80) 
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@Bthor420 I'm sure that liftoff and reentry was brutal.
Posted Sep-22-2012 ByIthinkthat1 (1240.60) 
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So are we not going to space anymore? Or what's the deal with it being the last flight?
Posted Sep-22-2012 ByBthor420 (828.80) 
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i watched it fly over Santa Cruz
Posted Sep-22-2012 ByCaptainPORKhead (470.76) CaptainPORKhead View Channel Send Message
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I saw it as it passed over the Los Angeles area.
The bird has roosted.
So much for the promises of the 50's and 60's when space would the new frontier.
Posted Sep-22-2012 ByTradAngel (12.90) TradAngel View Channel Send Message
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i wish they did this on a weekend. i was stuck at work and only got to see it on TV later on.
Posted Sep-22-2012 ByApex174 (73.42) Apex174 View Channel Send Message
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It was pretty neat. I got to see it fly by the boatyard I work at after it passed Vandenburg on it's way to Malibu. The F-18's flying with really gave perspective to the scale of it all. They looked like flies next to it.
Posted Sep-22-2012 BySinglecoilsnap (615.50) 
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pretty cool
imagine u just came by passing the golden gate and you see this thing in the air thats just cool. the shuttles did good services. was a cool looking shuttle
Posted Sep-22-2012 ByDerek Dean (28.90) Derek Dean Send Message
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@Derek Dean nice avatar
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