Final Space Shuttle Launch: We have liftoff!

[ChexGuy331]

god dammit I missed another launch ffs

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[Shinji]

Watched the whole thing on stream. Lol at the launch stopping for 2 minutes for a camera failure.

[Qwepir]

Don't forget, in 2015 or something one of those shuttles are going to be on pluto

No.
One of our PROBES will perform a FLYBY of Pluto.

[fawkes..]

I clicked that link JUST as they were blasting off.
Awsome stuff :o

[masterockets]

No.
One of our PROBES will perform a FLYBY of Pluto.

oh
that sucks

[Qwepir]

oh
that sucks

No it doesn't, this will be the first ever flyby of Pluto, and the probe has already gathered some pictures of volcanic activity on Io.

[xxjpxx]

You can watch some replays of the launch from different camera views on the NASA website.

[fawkes..]

No it doesn't, this will be the first ever flyby of Pluto, and the probe has already gathered some pictures of volcanic activity on Io.

The probe will see aliens, i just know it!

[pocketrocket300]

Wait so the probe is going to flyby and then?  Does it come back or just fly into infinity?

[masterockets]

We will see if the aliens let us have it back

[Qwepir]

Wait so the probe is going to flyby and then?  Does it come back or just fly into infinity?

It keeps going into the Kuiper belt.

[fawkes..]

It keeps going into the Kuiper belt.

Then what?

[Qwepir]

It keeps going until we lose communications with it. That's what probes do, they don't come back. Hell, I'm pretty sure we're still getting data from Voyager.

[BobSevenSevens]

Oh cool CNN is doing a montage of every space shuttle launch.

[Doomonkey]

http://www.nasa.gov/about/whats_next.html

I've got science.nasa.gov bookmarked.