Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Photo for the Day - May 17, 2011

* Photo for the Day *
Endeavour's Final Flight
Space Shuttle Endeavour roars into orbit from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A as the vehicle embarks on its 25th and final spaceflight, the STS-134 mission. Commander Mark Kelly leads the six-person astronaut crew. Liftoff on May 16th occurred on time at 7:56am CDT.
Image credit: NASA
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Repost:
As published in the Shreveport Times
* Letter to the Editor *
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I guess by now everyone knows that this will be the final Mission/Space Flight ever for Space Shuttle Endeavour.
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Sadly... this will leave us with just one more flight, ever... for the Space Shuttle Program and then... that’s it!
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Manned Space Flight will END, as we know it, after the upcoming STS-135 Mission later this year. And YES... it is all going to end with the HELP of President Obama and the likes of other non visionaries like he.
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My heart truly breaks from the thought that we have let our Space Program go down the tubes and without any kind of outcry from the American people. NONE!
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In a nutshell... sad days are ahead my friends if our future goals for Manned Space Flight do not change at the top and rapidly SOON!
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For now, I would like everyone reading this to look around them, right now... and see all the things we have and know today all because our Space Program was pushing the limits, at all ends of Manned Space Flight.
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This pushing the limits of Manned Space Flight... is ending, for good, this year.
GOOD JOB OBAMA!
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With that said...  Safe Flight to the Crew of Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-134...
And God Speed to NASA in getting them all up there and back... safe and sound.

by AubreyJ.........
Aubrey J. Fawcett
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(Here it is on the Shreveport Times website)
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