Very nice. NASA does not do a very good job publicizing itself and it's accomplishments. Looking at the Saturn 5 rocket last week at the space center and realizing that this thing was 45 years old was pretty stunning. I wish I had seen the shuttle up close on the pad before the launch, but that wasn't going to happen then and will never happen again.
Hopefully NASA will get some cool stiff going with the money they aren't spending on the shuttle. Of course congress is working on taking everything away right now - see current state of funding for Webb telescope.
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Date: 2011-07-15 10:37 am (UTC)NASA does not do a very good job publicizing itself and it's accomplishments. Looking at the Saturn 5 rocket last week at the space center and realizing that this thing was 45 years old was pretty stunning. I wish I had seen the shuttle up close on the pad before the launch, but that wasn't going to happen then and will never happen again.
Hopefully NASA will get some cool stiff going with the money they aren't spending on the shuttle. Of course congress is working on taking everything away right now - see current state of funding for Webb telescope.