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PSA: Last shuttle launch tomorrow

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Lifer
Date: July 8
Mission: STS-135
Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle Atlantis
Launch Site: Kennedy Space Center - Launch Pad 39A
Launch Time: 11:26 a.m. EDT
Description: Space shuttle Atlantis will carry the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module to deliver supplies, logistics and spare parts to the International Space Station. Atlantis also will fly a system to investigate the potential for robotically refueling existing spacecraft and return a failed ammonia pump module.
 
Sorry OP but if the weather witch doctors are even close on their forecast for tomorrow then the launch will be 50/50 at best. It was cloudy all day today until about 1:30 when it just let go. Tomorrow may be worse ...
 
Lifted said:
Will my next paycheck be larger? We must be saving a fortune without these things.
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we could eliminate our entire space program and you might see $0.0275 extra in your tax refund.

Seriously, complaining about your taxes and the space program is like focusing on a single drop of water in all of lake erie.
 
sao123 said:
we could eliminate our entire space program and you might see $0.0275 extra in your tax refund.

Seriously, complaining about your taxes and the space program is like focusing on a single drop of water in all of lake erie.
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This. We need to shift a significant portion of our defense budget over to NASA during peacetime.
 
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