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Fare thee well, Discovery
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 2:30 pm
by War Wagon
The old girl looks none the worse for wear after her final voyage.
Re: Fare thee well, Discovery
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 5:48 pm
by War Wagon
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.
Re: Fare thee well, Discovery
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 5:58 pm
by indyfrisco
War Wagon wrote:What, no love for the old battle axe?
We coulda used ya, Discovery. RIP. We are.
Sin,
Re: Fare thee well, Discovery
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 6:21 pm
by Goober McTuber
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,
Re: Fare thee well, Discovery
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 6:57 pm
by War Wagon
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.
Re: Fare thee well, Discovery
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 7:02 pm
by Goober McTuber
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.
Re: Fare thee well, Discovery
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 7:03 pm
by MgoBlue-LightSpecial
Goober McTuber wrote:Hey, don't forget about us.
Or us.
Sin,
Re: Fare thee well, Discovery
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 7:27 pm
by MuchoBulls
RACK it!!
Would love to hear this in concert
Re: Fare thee well, Discovery
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:56 pm
by R-Jack
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.
Re: Fare thee well, Discovery
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:02 pm
by Imus
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.
Re: Fare thee well, Discovery
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:12 pm
by War Wagon
Are all shuttle crews made up of the same demographic?
It looks like a requirement.
4 white dudes, 1 black dude, and 2 women.
Re: Fare thee well, Discovery
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 10:25 pm
by R-Jack
War Wagon wrote:1 black dude,
Well, if they make a movie about them, someone has to die first.