Discovery's final space launch

Check out the final launch of the space shuttle Discovery, it also marks the end to the NASA space shuttle program.

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[deltaalpha21074]

@thenewpunkrockkid Well you are half right no need for shuttle anymore ..but what would you think if I told you that technology they keep secret yes supre secret is the KEY ahhh how screwed up do you think a human body would be if Astronauts flew all the way to Mars? Bad very Bad...so what is needed is that ultimate Energy the one they have since 1947. I agree Space is sooo important for everything..THE KEY is at S4 .

[thenewpunkrockkid]

@deltaalpha21074 (continued) Satellites are launched by their own rockets; and they can be worked on by astronauts using the traditional capsule. We don't necessarily need a shuttle to fix a few components on a satellite.

IMO, the budget for supporting war and the budget for NASA should be swapped. Screw wars, if we can find a planet suitable for our life, we can leave Earth and live on it ourselves. Wars are useless, barbaric and a waste of life. Space exploration is what we should invest in.

[thenewpunkrockkid]

@deltaalpha21074 NASA isn't ending, just the shuttle program. The function of the shuttle program was to help build the ISS. It's hard to carry entire sections of a huge space station in a capsule, which is why they designed this reusable aircraft. Now that the U.S. portions of the ISS are completed, we no longer need the shuttles until we eventually build bases on the moon and Mars. But, since Obama cut the Constellation program and severely cut NASA's budget, it will take longer than expected.

[deltaalpha21074]

Why? Why? is this ending???? NOBODY said why? I do not understand why probably because the JACK Asses who run the MONETARY SYSTEM happy they have all the Spy Sattelites and communication sattelites and who knows what other secret satellites to control human population ...I wonder what will happen if they /fail yeah!! those sattelites in Outerspace?? Who will FIX THEM??

[6of6]

@GodlessInfinity Exactly! The life forms, including ourselves, that exist are relative newcomers or have genetically adapted to the ever changing conditions on this planet. Fossils reveal that we have diverged & adapted so far. It is a compelling strategy to harness our idiot savant-like technological prowess to extend & expand our feeding grounds. That pursuit should not come at the detriment of the rest of the life forms. Techno band aids are resource intensive compared to genetic adaptation.

[GodlessInfinity]

@6of6 Exactly, if we go extinct no one will miss us, it will be as if we never existed. If we don't keep advancing technologically then one thing is certain, we will stagnate and we will find ourselves unable to solve pressing problems when they arise. Anyone who considers that an acceptable alternative to progressing technologically and expanding out into space may as well join an Amish community because they represent a dead end for humanity.

[6of6]

@pampasg OR... when will this planet get it through its thick skull that these programs are supposed to be for self serving capitalistic asses and not the betterment of mankind. Joking of course, but I cannot name one current enterprise that spends so much for the betterment of mankind.

[6of6]

@GodlessInfinity Meh. The galaxy won't miss if we become extinct. There have been several mass extinction events on this planet and 'it keeps on ticking.' There are ruins in South America that are older than anyone cares to admit, lest they be shunned by academia. My point is that we do have a nice thing going on here, but we are expendable and sooner or later another incredible "sentient" form will take our place.

[tetefather]

@GodlessInfinity I couldn't agree with u more. But I believe that all the NASA missions are only a worldwide Truman show and that they have already visited planets not even in our solar system, with their secret space program that we know more and more of, everyday.

[GodlessInfinity]

@ChristopherJManess Fair enough, some bacteria are good for us.