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11. True. I heard an interview on the radio

Reply to Ashgrey77 (Reply #10)

Tue Apr 17, 2012, 05:55 PM

Apr 2012

with a young mother talking about how her child was so excited about the Shuttle flyover and how she had decided she wanted to be an astronaut. The child's mother said she didn't know how to tell her daughter there were no more shuttles or planned manned spaceflights. She could only hope that by the time her daughter is in engineering school that we've recovered our desire and will to explore.

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Watch Space Shuttle Discovery Arrive in DC Area on April 17 [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2012 OP

They moved lots of stuff OUT of the Air and Space Museum, I think. elleng Apr 2012 #1

Udvar-Hazy is not a remote facility bpj62 Apr 2012 #2

Sounds like fun! eom Kolesar Apr 2012 #3

I'm your neighbor-watched Discovery from Rt. 28 overpass-amazing! Neurotica Apr 2012 #6

If you can go mbuch64 Apr 2012 #4

Just watched on tv here in the UK dipsydoodle Apr 2012 #5

watched it from the roof of my office downtown onenote Apr 2012 #7

Me too. mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2012 #8

What fun! blaze Apr 2012 #12

I would have loved to have seen the flyover firsthand, RebelOne Apr 2012 #9

Sorry, but this is not good. Ashgrey77 Apr 2012 #10

True. I heard an interview on the radio onenote Apr 2012 #11