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Time Lapse of Endeavour's Final Ride

Posted by Soulskill on from the pretty-pictures dept.

New submitter tippen writes "A year after space shuttle Endeavour reached its final resting place at the California Science Center, photographers have released a fascinating time lapse video of the shuttle's final ride from Kennedy Space Center to LAX, then through 12 miles of city streets to the museum. Sad to see the end of an era."

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  1. I'm not sad, not at all. by hottoh · · Score: 1, Insightful

    On the whole the shuttle was a boondoggle. It is best that the program is over.

    Yeah it had some advantages, but overall it did not deliver what it was promised to deliver. The reasons are many, the reasons have made it to /. many times over the course of the existence of /. (the shuttle predates /. by a year or two ;-) )

  2. Re:End of an era by 0123456 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    We've thrown vast amounts of money at the Third World, and it's still the Third World.

  3. Re:Whee. by JeanCroix · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Space is a medium, not a destination. Imagine discovering the new world in 1492, then spending the next two hundred years hugging the European coast. That's what we did with the shuttle.