Feco
Vital Squad Member
That was a sad day.The only time I've seen a shuttle launch (and I was a fair distance away) it blew up.
That was a sad day.The only time I've seen a shuttle launch (and I was a fair distance away) it blew up.
It’s a question worth asking.
The Saturn 5’s were hugely expensive to fly, and I think that was an issue.
I also think that NASA realised that to populate the moon, they needed to understand how to live in space, the ISS had helped that process hugely.
I’ve been very fortunate to see a couple of shuttle launches, an Atlas 5 and a couple of Falcon’s.
For all that watching Discovery land was breathtaking..it really was falling with style.
If you ever go to Florida, if you do nothing else, visit Kennedy Space Centre. It is fantastic.
Did they have the parsnip soup as a starter on each occasion chap?I've been fortunate enough to visit, and see three launches.
The Apollyo missions?I've been fortunate enough to visit, and see three launches.
Elon Musk says " Hold my beer".Cost and politics.
It’s extremely expensive to leave the orbit of Earth..
The main reason the USA went to the moon was to win the Space Race. Up to that point Russia was winning and Communism could not be seen to be that successful.
Once it was won it became harder to justify the cost.
The future of space exploration lies in the private sector, once it becomes profitable it will explode.
I’m in Port Aransas Texas this week, just up the coast from Boca Chica and saw Elons latest toy go upElon Musk says " Hold my beer".
and yet another “rapid unscheduled disassembly”I’m in Port Aransas Texas this week, just up the coast from Boca Chica and saw Elons latest toy go up