William Shatner Says ‘Goodnight, Space Shuttle’

So this is kind of long and pretty dry in that NASA public relations kind of way, but it’s still Captain James T. Kirk telling the story of the U.S. spacecraft most directly inspired by Star Trek. The final space shuttle mission ever (by Atlantis) is scheduled for June 28th.

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  1. JOHN CAMPBELL says:
    April 21, 2011 at 2:49 pm

    I Was over come by several deep emotions watching the vidio. I was a young man with a family watching all of the Nasa acomplishments as they happened. marveling at the things never believed to be real, except on the TVscreen. Its been an amazing trip​.At that time we lived in Miami,and nites when a flight was blasting off, I looked north ‚and the sky lit up , very brite and then watch the streem of the exhast push the Shuttle up and out of sight Im proud to be an AMERICAN

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  2. OMEGATALON says:
    April 21, 2011 at 3:36 pm

    The US was short sighted with the space shuttle program as the US fleet of orbiter spacecraft should have been handled like the US Navy’s aircraft carriers where you would have 7–8 shuttles in operation as well as 1–2 shuttles in short upgrades and 1–2 in long major overhauls while construction of 1 new shuttle every couple of years. This would also allow the technology of the shuttles to improve over time like fighter jets as each block would be better and more efficient; then these improvements will be made to the rest of the fleet when it’s their turn for a major overhaul.

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  3. Dan says:
    April 22, 2011 at 5:08 am

    Way cool…great narration Bill! thanks!

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  4. Semper fi Ed says:
    May 24, 2011 at 4:05 am

    Why does this feel like “One Giant Leap BACKWARDS!”

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