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#600
by
Rocket Science
on 21 Jul, 2011 12:03
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Welcome home my lovely…
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#601
by
SpaceAndrew25
on 21 Jul, 2011 12:10
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I went to bed early last night to see this and I am glad I got see this historic and special moment in American history and spaceflight history. God Speed Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour. You have served your country well.
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#602
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SpaceAndrew25
on 21 Jul, 2011 12:13
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I believe that NASA and space exploration WILL have a future. We will be back on the moon one day and we will be on Mars and Asteroids. Today is the beginning of a new era.
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#603
by
Hodapp
on 21 Jul, 2011 12:17
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Okay I feel old now!
I watched STS-1 with my family back in Houston...(18 yrs old then)
Now I watched the final landing this morning in St. Louis...
I'm sad now...another five or six gap again! Why can't politicians just leave well enough alone?!
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#604
by
mooora
on 21 Jul, 2011 12:19
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I want to say thank you Chris and Nasaspaceflight for the beatuful moments lived on these pages during the shuttle coverages..
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#605
by
Chris Bergin
on 21 Jul, 2011 12:19
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Going to get a nap, but will be back to post some thank yous to the team and the readership - along with some notes on the site's forward plan - which are actually positive.
The pressers will be recorded after all.
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#606
by
Hodapp
on 21 Jul, 2011 12:21
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Okay I'm done being sad!
Go MPCV (Orion)!
Godspeed NASA, Space X, Boeing, Sierra Nevada, Bigelow, Virgin Galactic, & all the others!
Go for the Moon (1st), asteroids (2nd), & then on to Mars!
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#607
by
psloss
on 21 Jul, 2011 12:22
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Saw some buses roll by...wonder if that's the beginning of the media...
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#608
by
MadameConcorde
on 21 Jul, 2011 12:24
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Twitter:
The White House
@whitehouse The White House
Glad to see Atlantis landed safely. Congrats to crew & all of @NASA. Excited about ushering in a bold new era of exploration in space.
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#609
by
John44
on 21 Jul, 2011 12:26
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#610
by
Rocket Rancher
on 21 Jul, 2011 12:26
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The end of another chapter. Looking forward to the next one.
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#611
by
padrat
on 21 Jul, 2011 12:26
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Don't really have much to say right now, I'm sure I'll post more some time. But for now I just want to say this....
I know today will be, and pretty much already is, a day of remembering, celebration(?), and bestowing thanks upon everyone who worked within the Shuttle Program. Well, for me, I would like to thank all of YOU, everyone who has posted well wishes, thanks, or just simply tuned in from time to time, for keeping the interest, hope, and spirit of the program, NASA, and this country alive. I know that these days faith in the future tends to be somewhat in question at times, especially faith in our leadership. But, even though I've made my thoughts and displeasure quite apparent many times, deep down I believe that we will do the right thing. Who knows how or when, but eventually, we will return to the heavens and beyond, both as a nation and as one planet. And it will be because someone kept the dream alive. All of you, technicians, space geeks, Shuttle huggers, commercial amazing peoples, hell, even skeptics, keep the faith and the dream will live on.
And we will return.......
Padrat
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#612
by
psloss
on 21 Jul, 2011 12:27
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#613
by
Ford Mustang
on 21 Jul, 2011 12:28
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NASASpaceFlight is represented at the SLF, in the big group just to the left or the orbiter's wing, and to the right of the Ford. That's the press. Larry Sullivan is out there for us, and I believe Chris Gebhardt is out there as well, getting photography and HD video (I believe), which will both be on L2.
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#614
by
Paul Adams
on 21 Jul, 2011 12:32
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Don't really have much to say right now, I'm sure I'll post more some time. But for now I just want to say this....
I know today will be, and pretty much already is, a day of remembering, celebration(?), and bestowing thanks upon everyone who worked within the Shuttle Program. Well, for me, I would like to thank all of YOU, everyone who has posted well wishes, thanks, or just simply tuned in from time to time, for keeping the interest, hope, and spirit of the program, NASA, and this country alive. I know that these days faith in the future tends to be somewhat in question at times, especially faith in our leadership. But, even though I've made my thoughts and displeasure quite apparent many times, deep down I believe that we will do the right thing. Who knows how or when, but eventually, we will return to the heavens and beyond, both as a nation and as one planet. And it will be because someone kept the dream alive. All of you, technicians, space geeks, Shuttle huggers, commercial amazing peoples, hell, even skeptics, keep the faith and the dream will live on.
And we will return.......
Padrat
Very nicely said!
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#615
by
aquanaut99
on 21 Jul, 2011 12:40
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Okay I'm done being sad!
Go MPCV (Orion)!
Godspeed NASA, Space X, Boeing, Sierra Nevada, Bigelow, Virgin Galactic, & all the others!
Go for the Moon (1st), asteroids (2nd), & then on to Mars!
Well said! Something will fly again! Even if it is "only" a CST-100 on an Atlas V, we will cheer it on when it does (and, much as it hurts to say it, a several-year gap will make it seem more incredible...)
In the meantime, all true spaceflight fans can still cheer on Soyuz (with our boys and girls on board, who'd have thought that 20 years ago), and even Shenzhou...
Finally, a great thanks to all of NASA for 30 years of wonderful images (too young to remember Apollo) and to all of you people here for your great work.
I, too, am sad today and I will miss Shuttle dearly. But the future will still come, and something good will still happen somewhere down the road. I'm sure of it.
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#616
by
Jorge
on 21 Jul, 2011 12:49
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Michael Coats, Phil Engelauf, Cathy Koerner, Michael Lopez-Alegria, several other Flight Directors...
Also saw Michael Grabois in there, so assume trainers are in there, too.
Yeah, we were upstairs in the sim control area and went down to join them.
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#617
by
Ronsmytheiii
on 21 Jul, 2011 12:55
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#618
by
MS6
on 21 Jul, 2011 13:17
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What a special flight day with the God Bless America wakeup song and everyone in mission control standing up. Personally I feel bad about the end of this awesome program, but that's nothing compared to everyone that needs to find a new job and sell a house. Best of luck to all of them!
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#619
by
psloss
on 21 Jul, 2011 13:47
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Watching the Entry Flight Control Team replay...live shot out on the runway...getting closer to tow...
