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Topic: Piece of last Apollo onboard last space shuttle?
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Fezman92
Member Posts: 1031
From: New Jersey, USA
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 12-24-2010 12:02 PM
   
Are there any plans to include anything from Apollo 17 with the STS-134/5 payload? You know the last shuttle mission carrying something from the last Apollo mission? |
Tykeanaut
Member Posts: 2212
From: Worcestershire, England, UK.
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 12-24-2010 12:07 PM
That's a very good idea. I wonder if they will run with it? |
J.L
Member Posts: 674
From: Bloomington, Illinois, USA
Registered: May 2005
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posted 12-24-2010 12:21 PM
Why? |
KSCartist
Member Posts: 2896
From: Titusville, FL USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 12-24-2010 12:49 PM
I understand why Fezman asked and JL's response. There really isn't any relationship between Apollo and Shuttle.I think it would be more appropriate if the last shuttle flight carried something from STS-1 and also MR-3 Freedom 7 to mark it's 50th anniversary. |
J.L
Member Posts: 674
From: Bloomington, Illinois, USA
Registered: May 2005
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posted 12-24-2010 01:33 PM
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Originally posted by KSCartist:
I think it would be more appropriate if the last shuttle flight carried something from STS-1 and also MR-3 Freedom 7 to mark it's 50th anniversary.
Tim... now that seems more appropriate. I like it. |
Tykeanaut
Member Posts: 2212
From: Worcestershire, England, UK.
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 12-25-2010 05:55 AM
Yep, good idea I hadn't thought of that one! |
Lou Chinal
Member Posts: 1306
From: Staten Island, NY
Registered: Jun 2007
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posted 12-27-2010 02:09 AM
How about the American Flag flown on Freedom 7? |
Cozmosis22
Member Posts: 968
From: Texas * Earth
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 06-05-2011 10:28 AM
quote:
Originally posted by J.L:
Why?
Because they both represent "the end of an era".Three years later, 1975, was the ASTP mission followed by a six year hiatus for US manned spaceflight. Guessing it could be another long drought before NASA sends a manned rocket into space? |
garyd2831
Member Posts: 640
From: Syracuse, New York, USA
Registered: Oct 2009
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posted 06-05-2011 05:54 PM
At least with the ending of Apollo with the ASTP, we had a plan in place and it was being worked. Now with the shuttle ending, we have no plan. Its almost like running into war with no idea on what to do after you topple the current gov't. If we are hoping for the commercialization of space in the near future, we are in deep trouble. |
Ken Havekotte
Member Posts: 2913
From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 06-05-2011 06:33 PM
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Originally posted by Lou Chinal:
How about the American Flag flown on Freedom 7?
The MR-3/Freedom 7 flown U.S. flag was flown again aboard STS-71/Atlantis in 1995 to commemorate NASA's 100th human spaceflight. The large American flag is permanently on public display inside the lobby of the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in Titusville, FL, as it was presented there by Alan Shepard and Hoot Gibson. |
mjanovec
Member Posts: 3811
From: Midwest, USA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 06-05-2011 08:05 PM
I would like to see a piece of Columbia and a piece of Challenger flown aboard STS-135, so something from those two pioneering orbiters gets one more chance to fly in space.That might be hard if all (or most) of Challenger is buried in a silo. But at least flying a piece of Columbia should be a real possibility. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-05-2011 08:09 PM
Would it lessen the impact if the pieces from Columbia and Challenger were from before the tragedy?(In one sense, Atlantis is already flying with a very large piece of Challenger. OV-099 donated its body flap to Atlantis for its maiden flight and its been flying with OV-104 ever since...) |
mjanovec
Member Posts: 3811
From: Midwest, USA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 06-05-2011 11:13 PM
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Originally posted by Robert Pearlman:
Would it lessen the impact if the pieces from Columbia and Challenger were from before the tragedy?
Not necessarily so. But I think it would be poignant if a piece of those orbiters that flew on those fateful missions could somehow complete their journey with STS-135. |
OV-105
Member Posts: 816
From: Ridgecrest, CA
Registered: Sep 2000
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posted 06-05-2011 11:23 PM
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Originally posted by Robert Pearlman:
OV-099 donated its body flap to Atlantis
So whose body flap was Challenger flying with on 61-A? Any reason why Atlantis got Challenger's body flap? |
tegwilym
Member Posts: 2331
From: Sturgeon Bay, WI
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 06-06-2011 01:20 AM
I still think they should give John Young a seat and bring him up for the ride.
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