devilof76
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12,000 mph. 
Final Shuttle Launch
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Saw one launch in person when I was 17. Family vacation to Florida and we got to see a night launch. One of the most impressive things I've ever seen as it went from midnight to 6am in seconds and back. We'll be back in space I do believe that.
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Kabukiman
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There was a collective F-bomb dropped throughout the office when that happened.
They worked out the problem quickly though!
devilof76
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Yeah, they fixed it in under 3 minutes. 
After I posted I said to myself that I must have misheard 12,000. When they said 15,000 I was blown away.
Last I heard was 15,000 mph. Simply amazing.
After I posted I said to myself that I must have misheard 12,000. When they said 15,000 I was blown away.
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I remember the first launch as well... way back when they actually painted the fuel tank white. 
While Seattle isn't getting an actual Shuttle we do get the training simulator that we can go inside (unlike the real shuttles) so that will be cool to see in a few years.
While Seattle isn't getting an actual Shuttle we do get the training simulator that we can go inside (unlike the real shuttles) so that will be cool to see in a few years.
VASith
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We've got one 15 minutes from my house (the Enterprise) and I've still yet to see it in person. Lazy lazy lazy.
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devilof76
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That's why I was doubting what I heard. The last speed I heard before 12,000 was 5500mph.
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What's funny is when I heard the 15,000 mph, it was just under 10 minutes since launch.
So 0 to 15,000 in 600 seconds.
FLOSI
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____ing sad.
For one thing, it was getting too expensive. It costs 1.45 billion a flight.
And here is who to blame:
This day of reckoning has been coming since 2004, a year after the Columbia tragedy, when President George W. Bush announced the retirement of the shuttle and put NASA on a course back to the moon. President Barack Obama canceled the back-to-the-moon program in favor of trips to an asteroid and Mars.
But NASA has yet to work out the details of how it intends to get there, and has not even settled on a spacecraft design.
devilof76
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At one time it was affordable. Can't imagine why it isn't anymore. 
Kabukiman
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At one time it was affordable. Can't imagine why it isn't anymore.
We desperately needed to cut that half a penny on the tax dollar so that bankers and wall street brokers who should have gone to jail could get a nice payday while the rest of us fend for ourselves.
It was a nice run, but it's about time China, Russia, et al. become the leaders, innovators, and explorers. America, apparently, isn't interested anymore.
devilof76
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Yup. Nothing like having well over half the economy in the pocket of Washington. But Russia and China (I heard India is on its way too) are learning and if they keep going in the direction they are (less government control of the economy) all the more power to them if they can make the next big step.
It will still be a sad day when the first flag on Mars is not ours.
It will still be a sad day when the first flag on Mars is not ours.
At one time it was affordable. Can't imagine why it isn't anymore.
From what I read, they couldn't make enough trips a year to make it pay for itself. Why, I have no idea.
It's with everything else in the government, they overpay these contractors for everything. And the companies they contract with are either owned by or friends with politicians.
We desperately needed to cut that half a penny on the tax dollar so that bankers and wall street brokers who should have gone to jail could get a nice payday while the rest of us fend for ourselves.
It was a nice run, but it's about time China, Russia, et al. become the leaders, innovators, and explorers. America, apparently, isn't interested anymore.
It wouldn't surprise me one bit if we don't sell our shuttles to China or one of those other countries.
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NASA budgetary facts...
The entire half century budget for NASA equals the current 2 year budget of the US military.
The Military spends as much in 23 days as NASA spends in a year, when there IS NO WAR ON.
The US bank bailout exceeded the half century lifetime budget of NASA
NASA costs americans half a penny on a tax dollar.
Courtesy of Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist, head of the American Museum of Natural History.
The entire half century budget for NASA equals the current 2 year budget of the US military.
The Military spends as much in 23 days as NASA spends in a year, when there IS NO WAR ON.
The US bank bailout exceeded the half century lifetime budget of NASA
NASA costs americans half a penny on a tax dollar.
Courtesy of Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist, head of the American Museum of Natural History.
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