Reply to: Last shuttle has launched ...

[SimonMac]

Now it seems that after the last space flight all the US rockets will only be pointing at other humans

[Zippy]

A crowd of musicians about to arrive for a party couldn't be any worse than that lot.

All these dudes play with a well known orchestra and they're gonna play some of my tunes later in the year

This is a bit of a thank you get together.

Fingers crossed for no bum notes

[OwlHoot]

I'm happy if we (or rather the Yanks) can now concentrate on things further afield than near Earth orbit. ..

It's looking like the Hubble telescope replacement, the James Webb telescope, may be for the chop too.

[Cliphead]

CH - you never bloody learn do you, you flippin softie person

A crowd of musicians about to arrive for a party couldn't be any worse than that lot.

All these dudes play with a well known orchestra and they're gonna play some of my tunes later in the year

This is a bit of a thank you get together.

[Zippy]

Good idea, on a safe touchdown.

All welcome to trash my place

CH - you never bloody learn do you, you flippin softie person

[KentPhilip]

Why isn't Richard Branson offering to keep it running, like he did the Concorde?

[Cliphead]

We should have a farewell party or something.

Good idea, on a safe touchdown.

All welcome to trash my place

[Zippy]

... this makes me glum.

2/135 loss ratio, not bad for what was an experimental craft.

I'm sorry to see the shuttle go too (Experimental shuttle #1 was the Enterprise). We should have a farewell party or something.

[Cliphead]

NASA hasn't had a manned mission out of low Earth orbit since 1972. Not going to happen anytime soon

[sasguru]

One unmanned test flight but nobody died at least!

Well to be fair it would have been difficult for anyone to have died on a single unmanned test flight.

[stek]

Here's the Soviet version, as near to the Shuttle as the TU-144 was to Concorde. Was called 'Buran' - Russian for 'Blizzard'. One unmanned test flight but nobody died at least! Hangar catastrophe crushed it....

Aerospaceweb.org | Ask Us - Soviet Buran Space Shuttle

[TimberWolf]

I'm happy if we (or rather the Yanks) can now concentrate on things further afield than near Earth orbit. The Moon for instance. And carry on where Kennedy left off.

[DiscoStu]

He was eyeing up a parking space in Knightsbridge the other day. Hmm...

[sasguru]

He'd probably prefer to park it in an allotment in Hackney Marshes so he can claim to finally have a London pad.

[DiscoStu]

Maybe DimPrawn could buy one and keep it flying.