Just took this from the top of the office building about 30 minutes ago…
747 with Discovery up, escorted by a NASA T-38.
Sad, sad end to our space program. Discovery was the workhorse of the ‘fleet’. They were about 1000 feet up, inbound to the DCA fly by…
Final landing at IAD for roll-out to the Udvar- Hazy Museum at Dulles…
TO boldly go where no Muslim has gone before…..
Just think all that money we aren’t spending on the shuttle fleet, will help the Muslims feel better about themselves and perhaps persuade them to quit molesting their goats.
Got video of it as it came to land at IAD.
So jealous of those that got to see it.
Will not miss such opportunities when we go back into space – and we will.
Flew right by my office window 3 times this morning. Saw the landing. Very cool.
that’s a fantastic shot.
Cool.
Very cool. When I lived in Houston I saw it land at Ellington Field a couple of times. Awesome!
Cool fly-by!! I don’t have an office anymore.
Nice pic! I completely missed out.
Very cool pic and it is a sad end.
End of an era. But we needed to make the tough call and to spend that money in creating new green jobs to fight man made global warming.
(crying in my beer)
Thanks for the picture.
Gerry
Glorious, even in it’s final depressing end.
A once fantastic future…. now fading into Proxmireism.
Memories, ah, memories. The 747/Shuttle combo landed about two hundred yards from the horse stables at Ft Bliss, Texas in 1979. The shuttle was being flown to Florida for the first time. The crew parked the BIG rig about a hundred yards from us and we all just stood there smiling, man, we were smiling.
Matt- Yeah, right… sigh
Andy- Hope you’re gonna post it!
PH- Sorry, and yeah, I’ll be there with bells on when we go back!!!
Marty- That’s great!
Laura/Ed/Tim- Thanks!
DC- :-p
CTone- I’m sure some others will put up videos
Agirl/Gerry/.- Yep… sigh
Wow, definitely right time and right place … Nice pic
Julie- Yeah, but it was hell getting permission to be ON the roof… sigh
Oh, what a thrill!
And you are correct, what a shame the program ended.
This is what our country does best and it is what we need to continue to do.