

Space shuttle Atlantis blasted off at 11:29 a.m.










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By lexluthermiester on 7/9/2011 2:11:16 AM , Rating: 2
The shuttle was a fantastic design well ahead of it's time. It's proved itself.

This is true to a point. The Shuttles were built use then current technologies in new ways. A few were created for the shuttle, but the design was based on decades old methodologies and technologies. Innovative, yes, but not really that far ahead. Now the Concorde was ahead of it's time and in some ways still is. But don't get me wrong, the shuttles are remarkable machines!

Some of us grew up watching it launch and dreamed of going to the stars ourselves, so stop trying to piss on the parade here and show some respect.

Totally with you on that one and yes we did! Like our parents before us with the Apollo missions, my heart was filled with a sense of national pride and my mind filled with awe the first time I watched[on TV sadly] the Columbia climb into the sky. Good times....

Maven, bluntly, shut it! As the man said, quit pissing on our collective parade.

