02-24-2011, 04:19 PM
this is poignant for me. i've been to many launches, my family (dad and uncle) were scientists, part of space program. my uncle lived there at the Cape, he was a rocket scientist. he's died and the area is dying now too with the space program shutting down. people are leaving, the economy is going to hell, businesses failing. it's going to be a ghost town.
CAPE CANAVERAL -- Nearly four months after it was supposed to launch, Space Shuttle Discovery is full of fuel; its six astronauts are strapped in; and all systems are clear for its final launch – marking the beginning of the end of the U.S. space-shuttle program – later this afternoon.
CAPE CANAVERAL -- Nearly four months after it was supposed to launch, Space Shuttle Discovery is full of fuel; its six astronauts are strapped in; and all systems are clear for its final launch – marking the beginning of the end of the U.S. space-shuttle program – later this afternoon.