Two NASA Space Shuttles on Two Launch Pads for Final Time

[laxwolf]

If your computer doesn't have a 1080p hdmi hook-up, don't watch in 1080p.

[SuperDave619]

So... USA's giving up the Space Race? Well, they can say goodbye to new and innovation discoveries because they'll be discovered by the Russians. They're embarking upon nuclear space rockets. Maybe they knew they wouldn't beat the people who were the first in space....

[saints093]

I think it's a bad thing to retire the Space Shuttle, NASA should keep one of the remaining 3 in flight readiness in case something happened on the International Space Station, that way, they could send a crew of astronauts on the Shuttle up to the ISS and bring back the crew on the ISS.

[dustinmolieri]

I always thought it would be an awesome way to retire the shuttle by leaving one permanently docked on the International Space Station. I'm sure there's good reasons for not doing that... but seeing as the Shuttle was a key element in its construction, wouldn't it be a good way to retire at least one shuttle? A great big hood ornament on the ISS? :)

[Assassin7456]

why is the sts 130 the last space shuttle to launch? what else are they going to send up to space?

[sideslide23]

and in 8 years for the Orion mission to the moon one of the shuttle will be sitting on the launch pad for a rescue mission if its necessary.

[predatortheme]

i hope nasa is smart enough to keep the space shuttles(even if they dont fly again in september) that they keep the 3 space shuttles lleft and dont put them into museum, so they got old but working shuttles if something goes wrong on future missions, they can use the old ones as a rescue ship (or they take 1 shuttle of the 3) remove the payload room add seats and make public space flights to orbit and back for money :D

[Nomoreidsleft]

@predatortheme Do you think that the shuttles are like the beat up car sitting in your driveway? You don't just let them sit around and expect them to still be operational. You have to spend millions of dollars just to keep them maintained. Each mission costs billions of dollars.

[predatortheme]

@Nomoreidsleft

Your right. I didnt think about that 1 year ago... but billions for each mission is a bit to " too much" we talk about millions at maintaining. not billions

[PhantomDrums917]

@predatortheme I was thinking the same thing. Why can't they keep at least one on property for emergencies until the new ships come out?

[duncanedwards036]

@PhantomDrums917 It's about money. No matter if its one shuttle or all three you still have thousands of people on the payroll to support them. Then there's the enormous facilities, parts, training, etc. that all costs billions to maintain. The idea was to stop flying shuttles and spend that money on the follow on program called Constellation. Now there is also no follow on program. The United States, as a nation, may be out of manned space. It will be up to private business to carry on.

[mitchdmac109]

wtf i wasted my time watching this stupid shit

[djrive]

why is it always a pain in the ass to watch HD videos on youtube, even when you have fast internet

[airboyd]

I really don't know. It was uploaded as 1080P60. I'm thinking about uploading again at 720P and skipping the "upgrade"

[batemapa]

@djrive since google bought youtube it's been in the shitter, everything is slow

[sideslide23]

@djrive if you used HD don't use the high 1080 because you lag out of control I think that you need a faster PC for the HD maybe.

[djrive]

@sideslide23 I can stream 1080 on any other website just fine, ever since Google took over youtube, youtube has been slow and hasn't played videos as smoothly as it used to. I've talked with several other people and they all noticed the same thing.

[airboyd]

I can't explain the jitter. It's almost like they change the frame rate in the conversion. What I really don't get is that if it was uploaded as a 1080 MP4 and they stream it as a 1080 MP4 why would YT re-convert it? The original video runs fine full screen on my laptop...

[horizonflyer9]

the shuttle program's being canceled?! when the hell did this happen??? i thought they were just testing new ways of space travel... not replacing the shuttle!

[hellcat29er]

It's been in the news for the past few years. We're going back to rockets...and those won't be available for a few years yet. The Russians will be our gateway to space now.

[Weirdo10o4]

The Shuttle has always been a disaster.

[MyTransformers123]

helicopter in the backround?

[golds079]

where

[MyTransformers123]

sound...

[eleanorroosevelt1]

they should bring a bunch of marijuana and booze with them and fly away to live on jupiter

[Train538]

Yeah like anyone would do that but would be very interesting how it would turn out even though marijuana is completly illegal in the U.S.

[dukee155]

@eleanorroosevelt1 the marry will have so much gravity behind it that it will weight 100 ibs

[jakers11]

pretty awesome. and to be a troll second!

[DudrickStudios]

first? first!