I'm going to hate seeing the Shuttles retired in a few years, as they're the only American spacecraft I've ever seen launch. I have high hopes for the replacement system, especially since it's being built around the best parts of the Shuttle - the main liquid-fuel engines and those monster SRBs.
That was a defining day, to be sure. Our parents had JFK's assassination, we had Challenger. Somehow it makes sense, given Kennedy's commitment to space exploration.
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Date: 2006-01-29 02:55 pm (UTC)I'm going to hate seeing the Shuttles retired in a few years, as they're the only American spacecraft I've ever seen launch. I have high hopes for the replacement system, especially since it's being built around the best parts of the Shuttle - the main liquid-fuel engines and those monster SRBs.
That was a defining day, to be sure. Our parents had JFK's assassination, we had Challenger. Somehow it makes sense, given Kennedy's commitment to space exploration.