Space Shuttle Discovery: A Bittersweet Dose of Awe and Nostalgia
The video above presents an astounding view of Space Shuttle Discovery as she embarked on her final mission.
The shuttle program will soon recede into history because of competing funding priorities and the visionless policy choices of the Obama administration. We are left with a government dominated by special interest group politics and their shop-a-holic claims on the public purse, while projects with a true national purpose are abandoned.
Today is a time to celebrate the achievements of the shuttle, to remember the work and the sacrifice of those who wrote this memorable chapter in the American story, and to get on with the mission of procuring new leadership for our country!
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4 Responses to "Space Shuttle Discovery: A Bittersweet Dose of Awe and Nostalgia"
Talk about being in the right place at the right time…with a video device!
I would have been an astronaut. I love all aspects of space and the vastness of it.
I would have loved to be on that flight
…with Robert Bigelow of Budget Suites of America and founder of Bigelow Aerospace he was saying that if the United States doesn't start actively perusing returning to the moon for the purposes of mining and colonization — we may look up in the very near future and see that the moon is owned and inhabited by China.
While talking with NASA and other government officials about this possibility several approached him after his talk and said "I never considered that possibility, I'd always just assumed that the moon was ours."
That kind of "looking backward" and arrogant thinking is all to pervasive in our government.
We need to continue to explore and push the boundaries of space, it;s not just a matter of national pride but I believe it's hardwired into our DNA
I don't believe there really is a final frontier. As soon as we have identified and conquered whatever frontier lies before us, another one will present itself.
That having been said, space is a rather daunting frontier to consider tackling, let alone conquering. Given the remarkable benefits derived by all of humanity from the leadership the United States has shown in the exploration of just near Earth space, we should all be left stunned by the shortsightedness of the current administration in pulling the plug on NASA and turn yet another American institution into a social experiment.
It used to be that our space program was a beacon of a shining future and all that could be best and brightest among us. What symbols remain of American Exceptionalism, today? A spiffy blue/rainbow logo and meaningless promises of Hope and Change? Not really something I can hang my hat on.
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