Comments | caffienekitty: NEWS: And now for something completely different.

caffienekitty

NEWS: And now for something completely different.

Jul 21, 2011 22:57

The last flight of the Space Shuttle program landed safely today, so I wanted to link you all something.

A video tribute to the Space Shuttle program including footage from every flight, and at least one appearance by every single person who flew in a Shuttle.

( ...and the rest of this is me blithering about my childhood and fangirling space stuff. )

sometimes reality is kind of nifty, blithering, i need better tags, news, nasa

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bugeyedmonster July 22 2011, 06:29:41 UTC

Did you hear about the big crowd that was there in Florida for Atlantis' return home? I kept thinking, if I had the time/money, I would have been there too. I grew up hearing about NASA all the time, and I'm a big sci-fi fan, and so is my dad.

I'm sure you've seen that picture shot of Earth that was taken by the astronauts on the first moon landing. There was a short on PBS where they were interviewing folks who remember seeing that for the first time. I hadn't realized the impression it made at the time. (I've grown up with it and haven't thought anything of it.)

Anyway... end of an era, for sure.

But I'm sure NASA's got some cooler things coming.

caffienekitty July 23 2011, 01:16:28 UTC

I don't doubt there was a huge crowd. History does that when people know it's coming.

I wasn't alive when the picture of the Earth came out, but I can see why it made a big impression. From up there, you can see it's not a bunch of different countries, it's all one world. Provided perspective.

bugeyedmonster July 23 2011, 07:23:27 UTC

There was also a repeated comment about how *small* the Earth looked. People apparently didn't realize how small (and fragile?) the Earth appears.

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caffienekitty July 23 2011, 01:25:28 UTC

My memory is a bit foggy, but it was a struggle to get it. I only knew about it because I read the manual myself. In the late 70's most Brownie leaders weren't terribly interested in promoting it because it wasn't related to cooking, cleaning, raising a family or answering the phone in a pleasant manner. Even at eight I knew that was crap.