De-orbit burn commenced. No stopping now...Atlantis is coming home.
Here’s hoping we’ll return one day to The Black.
Another reason to get rid of Obama in 2012. The symbolism of the US retreat from space cannot be overestimated. This is a great day for Obama who believes the world will be a better place with the US brought down to the level of the rest of the world. The Russians won the space race, after all. The private sector may get a limited LEO program up, but Obama will probably cripple that as well. The Won's deep space program to visit an asteroid is just vaporware that means nothing and is cover for the diversion of what's left of NASA to more important things like weather/global climate change scam, Muslim outreach, and programs to send $$ to favored sources.
There is an actual launch center in Alaska believe it or not.
Privately owned I believe.
When Sarah Palin becomes POTUS I wonder if she will revive the American space dream?
God only knows a Moslem POTUS won’t, they get all ticked off about orbits and orientation towards Mecca and stuff like that.