View Full Version : Endeavour's final mission
Charles Pegge
01-06-2011, 17:51
Slide Show:
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/photos/endeavour-s-journey-in-photos-1306925070-slideshow/;_ylt=AjOwfVWd9YFb4Bvx_SBL9T7ffMl_;_ylu=X3oDMTMycmd1cWlyBHBrZwNlNDU1OTJlYi1hNTI0LTNlNTktYTI5OS1lMGNlZDVjMTQ0ZGUEcG9zAzEEc2VjA2VuZF9zcwR2ZXIDOTc0MmU5M2UtOGM1My0xMWUwLWJkOTctNzhlN2QxZmExMzhh;_ylv=3
You can imagine how frustrated many of us Americans are that we will be without a space vehicle after having 30 years of such a neat vehicle. The next generation vehicle is a step back to the Gemini and Apollo era, boooooooo.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(spacecraft)
I can't believe they are going to cram 4 astronauts into a capsule again and have ocean landings...
John Spikowski
02-06-2011, 08:15
I think the unmaned robotic supply vehicles now being used is a cost savings and make a great dumpster after it has be used. It's time for other partners in the program to step up and take the mission forward from here.
John, our private space programs are about to start, it would have been nice to have one more national vehicle to push the envelope forward until the private companies can take over.
I would have loved to seen a craft that could take off flying, go to space and come back down. All the talk about such a vehicle in the 1980's has had me wanting to see one by now.
Robotic missions are awesome no doubt. But I like to see men out in the new frontier, it just seems like our destiny to push forward and beyond.