Adam Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 (edited) The Endeavor flying over Los Angeles today, my video: http://www.youtube.c...eature=youtu.be Edited September 21, 2012 by Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeBop Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 I saw the Enterprise being wheeled into the hanger at JFK a few months ago. Pretty cool. (I don't do YouTube, but I'm sure your video is pretty cool too.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 There were a hundred or so of us on the roof at work, where it looped around Universal, giving us a great view, but my wife reports that it flew directly over our house, startling her enough to drop her camera. The kids were pulled out of their classrooms to watch it fly overhead at their school as well. Really neat to see much of the city come to a standstill so that everyone could see this, making it a wonderfully communal experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 (edited) The SS flew over Tucson yesterday Edited September 21, 2012 by Soulstation1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Saw it today near the Bay Bridge with several thousand of my closest friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alocispepraluger102 Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 sadly, we have reached the time where manned exploration is unnecessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Nah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AfricaBrass Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 My late grandpa, in the last part of his career, worked on the first two space shuttles. I remember, when staying with my grandparents as a boy, seeing the Enterprise being driven through the town he lived in. It was so cool! It's very bittersweet for me to see the shuttle program end. It's the end of an era. It's hard to believe that 43 years after Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, we have no manned space program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie87 Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 sadly, we have reached the time where manned exploration is unnecessary. Disagree. Endeavor flew over Houston on Wednesday, my brother in law took this photo from his office downtown: ...and it flew over the Capitol Bldg in Austin yesterday as well: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted September 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 A national tour is good. I remember going as a boy to the original unveiling (or one of them) of the first test Space Shuttle Enterprise at Edwards Air Force Base, I think in the late 1970s. Full circle. But the shuttles had more flights in them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 I don't know how sad it is. There have been a number of spectacular robotic missions over the last decade or two. Not the least of which have been trips to Saturn, various Mars rovers, and the Hubble. ...and it flew over the Capitol Bldg in Austin yesterday as well: Nice! Right over Congress St! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 The robotic missions are practical, necessary, and relatively cheap, but they lack the emotional and spiritual gravitas of a human mission. It's as if Hillary operated a drone to the top of Everest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ayers Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 sadly, we have reached the time where manned exploration is unnecessary. And yet - there are so many people who could be launched into space to the immeasurable benefit of the rest of us... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 The robotic missions are practical, necessary, and relatively cheap, but they lack the emotional and spiritual gravitas of a human mission. It's as if Hillary operated a drone to the top of Everest. I don't know your age, but I remember a distinct lack of emotional and spiritual gravitas to moon landings after the first 2-3. I think the biggest news was when Alan Shepard launched a golf ball in one of the later missions [yawn]. Hard to get too sentimental over the Shuttles, actually. 'Cargo ships' typically don't leave a lot of romantic memories. Having said all that, I did enjoy today's flyover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 One of my acquaintances took this photo in Los Angeles, quite striking I thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 I don't know your age, but I remember a distinct lack of emotional and spiritual gravitas to moon landings after the first 2-3. I think the biggest news was when Alan Shepard launched a golf ball in one of the later missions [yawn]. Yeah, I was a space nut growing up, and my memories are mainly of frustration when people just quit caring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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