I am a NASA and shuttle nut and have been following the shuttle program since the beginning. I have lost much sleep on STS-114 as the space shuttle program resumes after the tragic loss in 2003 of Columbia (I watched both the Columbia and Challenger disasters live, when they happened). Discovery touched down safely at 7:12AM (CST) this morning, after waving off the 4th attempt at Kennedy Space center in two days.
I'm going to guess that the next launch will be in November of this year.
YEAH!
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The talk during the mission about the possibility of having to rescue the Discovery astronauts was kinda scary. I hope NASA is already working on the Shuttle's successor. It might be a good time to just start from scratch. It'll give all those aeronautical engineers something to do.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment Ron! NASA is working on the successor to the shuttle called the Crew Exploration Vehicle. It won't work exactly like the shuttle, but will be used to transport crew and supplies to and from the earth, orbit and the moon.
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