Shuttle Discovery Liftoff Titusville, Florida 15 March 2009

[DaLittle Kitty]

Run time: 06:03 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlSvwxnjh1k   Posted on YouTube: March 20, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: March 25, 2009 By DU Member: DaLittle Kitty Views on DU: 679

 
John Russell with good friend and former space shuttle program SRB (Solid Rocket Booster) program master planner James Clarke film the ascent into space of the Discovery Orbiter from prime viewing location along U.S. 1 in Titusville, Florida U.S.A.

[parasim]

1. Awesome video.

I was fortunate enough to watch it from the beach about 20 miles south of there. Very cool.

[iamthebandfanman]

2. wow.

was that the last shuttle launch?
i know they are going to stop launching shuttles sometime , just dont know when...

if not i really need to find a way to get down there to see it.

[DaLittle Kitty]

4. Not the Last But Only A Few Left!

We Have wasted the past 30 years by politicizing the space program. If this were Star Trek All We Would Have is the vehicle to get from earth to the Enterprise... Pretty poor effort when we could be so much further along.

Perhaps renewed competition from the Chinese will spur America tward greater achievement and adventure in the new frontier?

[tomm2thumbs]

3. when you see something like that...

...makes you wish you could go back in time and launch one in Rome and watch 'em think the Gods-themselves had flown over their heads!