William Shatner Wakes Up Crew for Final Discovery Mission

Posted by samzenpus on Monday March 7, 2011 @06:58AM from the discovery-cancelled dept.

The Space Shuttle Discovery left the International Space Station this morning for the last time. To commemorate the ship's accomplishments over 27 years of service, the crew was greeted to a morning wake-up message from Capt. Kirk. "Space, the final frontier," Shatner said in a prerecorded message. "These have been the voyages of the space shuttle Discovery. Her 30-year mission: to seek out new science, to build new outposts, to bring nations together on the final frontier, to boldly go and do what no spacecraft has done before."

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A has-been celebrates an ending. Sad. by Animats · 2011-03-07 07:31 · Score: -1, Troll

This is sad. A has-been celebrates the end of a major American presence in space.
But it's inevitable. Unless we get past chemical rockets, space flight isn't going to get cheaper.