http://blogontheuniverse.org/2010/02/06/shuttle-endeavour-about-to-blast-off-on-its-second-to-last-mission-make-it-a-teachable-moment/ getting anyone emotional about science, helping parents and teachers make science an adventure Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:05:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://blogontheuniverse.org/2010/02/06/shuttle-endeavour-about-to-blast-off-on-its-second-to-last-mission-make-it-a-teachable-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-513 Sunje Sat, 22 May 2010 17:54:47 +0000 http://blogontheuniverse.org/?p=6731#comment-513 I will miss the shuttle program, I will be honest. I grew up with it and I have had the incredible honor to see one of the shuttles, Atlantis STS-132, up close and watch it lift off into orbit from only 3 miles away. I have experienced the pride and dedication of the people involved in the program. At the same time, I know they are already working on a new way to send people into space. As the NASA employees, I listened to, explained, the current shuttles are not capable to venture deeper into space or even to Mars. Knowing that the resources freed up by leaving it to private companies will be put into research, I have no doubt that NASA will be able to astonish us again by showing us what's possible. I will miss the shuttle program, I will be honest. I grew up with it and I have had the incredible honor to see one of the shuttles, Atlantis STS-132, up close and watch it lift off into orbit from only 3 miles away. I have experienced the pride and dedication of the people involved in the program.
At the same time, I know they are already working on a new way to send people into space. As the NASA employees, I listened to, explained, the current shuttles are not capable to venture deeper into space or even to Mars. Knowing that the resources freed up by leaving it to private companies will be put into research, I have no doubt that NASA will be able to astonish us again by showing us what’s possible.

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