How sad the Space Shuttle program has now come to a close after 30 years.
In my younger years I had a poster of one of the Shuttles sat on it's launch pad over my bed (next to the life size one of Kate Bush, naturally); like many I used to dream about space exploration and the brave new era it promised. Not quite the fully reusable craft to make Han Solo envious but still an incredible vehicle. I guess now I can add to my list of unfulfilled ambitions: to fly Concorde, to see in person the Space Shuttle take-off and ... oh maybe I'll cover those in another posting...
At least the crew completed their mission and returned home safely. Truly historic.
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