lcstorc
Well-Known Member
Well, it is time to say goodbye. Today shortly before noon is the final launch of the Space Shuttle program. It is the shuttle Atlantis the only Orbiter in the fleet that has not yet been retired.
It's been a great but sometimes heart-wrenching era, but like all good things is coming to an end.
With no new vehicle even on the drawing board it will be at least several years before the US is again able to send humans into space and then it will be on a privately owned vehicle. We will now be relying on the Russian Souyez program to launch our astronauts to the Space Station.
Godspeed Atlantis.
It's been a great but sometimes heart-wrenching era, but like all good things is coming to an end.
With no new vehicle even on the drawing board it will be at least several years before the US is again able to send humans into space and then it will be on a privately owned vehicle. We will now be relying on the Russian Souyez program to launch our astronauts to the Space Station.
Godspeed Atlantis.