STS-135 The Final Space Shuttle Launch

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So less than 3 hours to go until the intial planned liftoff of STS-135. Just wondering how many people on here will be watching, since nearly every time I come onto VN I find someone doing a Bachelor of Aerospace Enginering, which is what I am hoping to do. The weather has given them a 30% chance of liftoff so we'll see if it actually goes or not. So who is watching tonight? Here is the link for video -> http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
countdown clock -> http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html

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T-36mins 27 seconds for anyone who is interested. Anyone?

[Thu Thu Train]

Yeah I'm watching. Can't miss the last shuttle launch

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My eyes are drooping, trying to say awake, I just dived from my sugar hit earlier, now crashing. Oh well, it'll be worth it when those booster rockets ignite

[JinXi]

been watching this whole day 

What do you guys think will happen to the popularity of space programs amongst the vast public after the Shuttle program shuts down?

Sadly I think its going to decline slightly since they'll be more focused on data collecting/ detailed science stuff

That is till the Mars program kicks it I guess Incase you guys dont know, the desired crew for the Mars mission is to be of our age group from what I've heard a couple of years back

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Do you think we will even make it to the Mars program or will the funding be cut before then. Preety much since we landed on the moon the funding has been declining ever since. Sad really, we need someone to give the americans some competition and make them care about it once again, to captivate the world again.

[Thu Thu Train]

Russia is still doing shuttle launches.

NASA is going to cooperate with them to get astronauts to/from the IST.

Obama was wrong to cut the constellation program.

WHY DOES AMERICA HATE SPACE?

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I'm guessing those of you who are watching will be doing this or know of it but you can track the shuttle in google earth now. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/shuttle_google_earth.html

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Russia is still doing shuttle launches.

NASA is going to cooperate with them to get astronauts to/from the IST.

Obama was wrong to cut the constellation program.

WHY DOES AMERICA HATE SPACE?

Russia isn't exaclty doing "shuttle" launches but rather sendind their souyz craft up, it is not a shuttle. The russians did build a shuttle but never actaully really used it for anything, then it was destroyed in a hangar collapse.

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A small glitch at t-30 seconds but a successful launch. What makes me sad now is that we will never see another shuttle launch again. 

Edit: sorry about the triple post