25 Years of the Space Shuttle

Silas Marner Power-User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: In my house, at the loom. Posts: 215 Good Answers: 3	25 Years of the Space Shuttle 04/17/2006 12:53 PM
	It's a little too late to celebrate, but April 12th was the 25th anniversary of the 1st US Space Shuttle launch. When the Space Shuttle Columbia, STS-1, was launched on April 12, 1981, it was a live test flight according to commander John Young and his pilot Robert Crippen. Don't miss the video of Crippen & Young discussing the first flight. In the 25 years since the launch, the STS (Space Transportation System) program has had many setbacks and tragedies, but it is interesting to hear of the Shuttle program spoken of with optimism as well as trepidation. __________________ The yoke a man creates for himself by wrong-doing will breed hate in the kindliest nature . . .
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Steve Melito Guru Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 3464 Good Answers: 32	#1 Public Interest 04/17/2006 4:41 PM
	The public interest that surrounded that first launch was phenomenonal. Manned spaceflight generates lots of interest - until, of course, the missions become "routine".
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