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Gorgeous!!!!!!!!!
I've always wanted to take flight aboard the NASA Space Shuttle!!!!!!!!!!!
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You are so lucky! I wish I could've gotten to see the Shuttle like that.
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Same here, I found this picture and wanted to post it so here we are.
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Ah, I see.
I did feel a bit of sadness when NASA announced the retirement of the Shuttle. I wonder what they'll have to replace it.
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I have heard of them developing a new capsule-esque craft (like Apollo or Gemini), but would be reusable like the Shuttles.
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The Orion Capsule yes and then of course there's the SPACE X Dragon Capsule
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Orion is what it's called. Ah. I hope it works out.
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I believe they will give it a test flight next year.
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They tested the Aries design that the Shmuck in Chief Obama cancelled. It was designed for Orion
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I hear they plan to use the Space Launch System for Orion. It came from the Ares rockets.
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Yup I think once the Shmuck is out hopefully they can continue with what they already had.
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William Proxmire was a senator from Wisconsin from 1957 to 1989. He was heavily against the idea of space colonization, calling it "a nutty fantasy", which got him the enmity of a lot of space advocates.
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Aah yeah I don't think he will get in.
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I was just making a comparison. Proxmire's become a verb for unfairly obstructing scientific research for political gain.
Besides, Proxmire's been dead since 2005.
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Indeed. I think space exploration is important, as it allows for innovation. A lot of things we use today came from NASA research, like Velcro.
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Agreed or Tang but those are tiny developments.
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