In pre-dawn darkness, with appropriately dramatic lighting, U.S. space shuttle Atlantis made its 33rd and final landing this morning at Kennedy Space Center. The landing marked the end of America’s space shuttle program. Thank you, NASA. It’s been the ride of a lifetime. Continue reading NASA space shuttles fly into history
Space shuttle Atlantis, the last of the U.S. space shuttles, is currently in orbit on its last mission. There will be no more manned space missions launching from the U.S. in the foreseeable future, although Pres. Obama has predicted we’ll be landing on an asteroid by 2025 and Mars by the 2030s. And while the … Continue reading Atlantis marks end of an era; future vague
I suppose one day President Obama might seem like a genius — if the U.S. space program succeeds in landing men on Mars in the 2030s. If we still have a space program then. In the meantime, I’d much prefer he didn’t mess with NASA. Not with NASA’s plans, or projects, or jobs, or budget … Continue reading Putting a price on dreams
