Last - Ever Space Shuttle SRB Test Firing by ATK & NASA - The Final Booster

[metubegirl69er]

i wounder if it gets good gas mileage

[TooMuchGass]

That was a big joint

[Ferrariman601]

Hmm, I wonder if we somehow lined up hundreds of these along the equator and fired them all at once, if we could change the speed of the Earth's rotation...

That one just popped into my head!

On a serious note, it's sad to see the shuttle program ending. It wouldn't be as bad if we knew what would come next, but it appears to me at least that we are at the end of American manned spaceflight.

[vicorly]

@Ferrariman601 WTF was Obama thinking?

[Ferrariman601]

@vicorly Obama obviously does not believe that America should be a leader in the world on any front; including science, technology, and exploration. What he has done to the space program is inexcusable. What an insult to all the people who worked on the Apollo missions for example, many of those pioneers are still alive! Now, instead of seeing a manned mission to Mars in their lifetime, they will live to see the manned space program end, only 40 years after we were landing on the moon. Disgrace.

[vicorly]

@Ferrariman601 I agree. I like Obama (can't stand Republicans),but this decision of his is utterly idiotic. I don't know why he canceled Orion / Ares.I think he was listening too much to Buzz Aldrin.

[proaudiohd]

@vicorly - It was years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget, to do something we have already done.

[CrazyScience]

AHA! I know what you trying to do - moving the mountains. LOL :-p

[spacearium]

I think the appropriate term is "bittersweet". There's going to be a lot of that this year, sadly.

[TimeLapseSteve]

Awesome, but sad to see as well.