Comments on: [Pics] Awe-Inspiring Photos of the Last Flight of Space Shuttle Discovery

By: wasatchpowder

wasatchpowder — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:02:00 +0000

Exactly. The Constellation “shuttle program.” 60 minutes did a segment on this. Killed 7000 jobs and the town of Titusville.

By: Todd Bayliss

Todd Bayliss — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:59:00 +0000

Obama didn’t actually kill the shuttle program — it was scheduled for mandatory retirement in 2010. He did, however, kill funding for the Constellation program in 2011 because of its considerable costs.

By: Ralph Hightower

Ralph Hightower — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:06:00 +0000

The Smithsonian created a Flickr Group for people to post their photos of Discovery to: http://www.flickr.com/groups/spaceshuttlediscovery/

I’ll miss the Space Shuttle fleet also; although I understand the reasons why with two Space Shuttle accidents. They will be missed.

I was able to check off a bucket list item when I saw Atlantis launch from the NASA Causeway and see her land at the Shuttle Landing Facility as part of a NASA Tweetup. I wish I had a DSLR for the pre dawn landing; Kodak BW400CN pushed to 1600 was too slow or I should’ve ordered TMax 3200 and paid for next day delivery.

Sorry wasatchpowder, President Bush, not Obama, was the one who ordered the retirement of the Space Shuttle fleet from the Columbia Accident Investigation Board instead of recertifying the fleet, which involved stripping them to the airframe for inspections. Bush also wanted the Constellation Space Program to replace the Space Shuttle, but never gave it adequate funding or lobbied Congress for funding.

By: Daniil Sosonkin

Daniil Sosonkin — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:52:00 +0000

All of these are fantastic shots! I find it hard to believe such huge “monstrosity” can be transported over the air and yet the roads are so bad.

By: Gary Boal

Gary Boal — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:29:00 +0000

Sweet

By: Jason Lee

Jason Lee — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:22:00 +0000

end of an era… thank you for posting these

By: Mike_Kelley

Mike_Kelley — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:36:00 +0000

Nice!!

By: Fabrice Rodriguez

Fabrice Rodriguez — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:09:00 +0000

Fantastic shots. Yesterday I was on the roof of my company’s building facing the runway at Dulles Airport. You can see some pics here: http://smu.gs/HQf9dU

By: wasatchpowder

wasatchpowder — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 04:31:00 +0000

I found it ironic the shuttle did a flyover of the house of the guy that shutdown the shuttle program.

By: Aurora Lampson

Aurora Lampson — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 04:07:00 +0000

Wow! Awesome shots. I am such a space junkie.