Today (pending weather, technical what-have-you's and mechanical what-not's), marks the beginning of the end of the U.S. shuttle missions. Atlantis is set to liftoff shortly, and you can follow the action live at www.nasa.gov (or any respectable news station). I still remember watching Challenger in elementary school, and as an adult, Columbia, and the devastation of those liftoffs, with a combined total of 14 lives lost. Those disasters are two of the 130 total missions of the shuttle program thus far. I never wanted to be an astronaut myself. Just the thought of getting on a space suit, locking my head in to the helmet, and then being in a contained space for... weeks... more... mmmno thanks. I do think the anti-gravity would be cool, and if I weren't so claustrophobic, going to space would be, has got to be, pretty unbelievable.
The shuttles and the number of flights they have taken are as follows:
Columbia, 28; Challenger, 10; Discovery, 39; Atlantis, 32; and Endeavor, 39.
Do you think anyone on any of those crews had hair as nice as Capt. Kirk?
Hoping for a safe flight for the crew today!
Live long and prosper!
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