Fare thee well, Discovery

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 2:30 pm

The old girl looks none the worse for wear after her final voyage.

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 5:48 pm

What, no love for the old battle axe?

First flight
August 30, 1984 – September 5, 1984
Last flight
February 24, 2011 - March 9, 2011
Number of missions 39
Crews 246
Time spent in space 365 days, 12 hours, 53 minutes, 34 seconds
Number of orbits 5,830
Distance travelled 148,221,675 mi
Satellites deployed 31 (including Hubble Space Telescope)

Would that any of the junk we've pissed off gazillion$ on would have performed as marvelously.

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 5:58 pm

War Wagon wrote:What, no love for the old battle axe?

We coulda used ya, Discovery. RIP. We are.

Sin,

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 6:21 pm

IndyFrisco wrote:
War Wagon wrote:What, no love for the old battle axe?
We coulda used ya, Discovery. RIP. We are.

Sin,

Hey, don't forget about us.

Sin,

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 6:57 pm

Interestingly, Discovery was the "return to space" vehicle of choice after both the Challenger and Colombia disasters. They must've had a lot of faith in that bitch.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 7:02 pm

War Wagon wrote:Interestingly, Discovery was the "return to space" vehicle of choice after both the Challenger and Colombia disasters. They must've had a lot of faith in that bitch.

Or they were rolling the dice like they did with Columbia and Challenger.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Thu Mar 10, 2011 7:03 pm

Goober McTuber wrote:Hey, don't forget about us.

Or us.

Sin,

MuchoBulls · Post by **MuchoBulls** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 7:27 pm

Jsc810 wrote:

RACK it!!

Would love to hear this in concert

R-Jack · Post by **R-Jack** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:56 pm

Goober McTuber wrote:
IndyFrisco wrote:
War Wagon wrote:What, no love for the old battle axe?
We coulda used ya, Discovery. RIP. We are.

Sin,

Hey, don't forget about us.

Sin,

Needs
Another
Seven
Astronauts

Sin,
Me right before an epic ass-whipping from my father at age 11.

Imus · Post by **Imus** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:02 pm

Goober McTuber wrote:
IndyFrisco wrote:
War Wagon wrote:What, no love for the old battle axe?
We coulda used ya, Discovery. RIP. We are.

Sin,

Hey, don't forget about us.

Sin,

Sung to the tunes of

"Help me Coast Guard, Help Help me, Coast Guard..." (Old beach boys tune)

and

"Great Balls of Fire"

And yeah she had blue eyes. One blew east and one blew west.

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:12 pm

Are all shuttle crews made up of the same demographic?

It looks like a requirement.

4 white dudes, 1 black dude, and 2 women.

R-Jack · Post by **R-Jack** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 10:25 pm

War Wagon wrote:1 black dude,

Well, if they make a movie about them, someone has to die first.

T1B

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