Endeavour. Her final launch (Video by NASA)

[airboatr]

Some spectacular camera angles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO7ZBp4H ... ata_player

[John]

blimey! And to think that will only happen once ever again, it hardly seems possible.

Kind regards

John

[DaveB]

Stirring stuff. Made me feel proud to be American! Oh.. hang on, I'm not Nice footage anyway

Cheers Joe

ATB
DaveB

[Paul K]

Don't worry Dave...you're still a good ol' boy.

[airboatr]

He sure is Paul.

Cheers Dave

[nigelb]

I just found the time to watch - spectacular! Joe, thanks for posting.

Nigel²

[FlyTexas]

A wonderful tribute to one of the last Shuttle flights. In the livingroom of my flat proudly hangs a framed photo of Columbia's first launch as well as an envelope flown aboard Challenger on STS-8. It broke my heart to see the Challenger accident on TV, as well as watching Columbia destroyed as she flew overhead above my (then) house in Texas. I guess mankinds advancements don't come without some sort of price to be paid. *sigh* Onward to Mars!

Brian

[Paul K]

Its a good video...but...why do we constantly have to be bombarded with dramatic music, dramatic computer graphics, dramatic camera angles ? Its not just this video, it seems to be prevalent in documentaries in general these days. Yes, we KNOW its impressive; we actually ARE capable of thinking for ourselves. We don't need to be constantly battered with reminders. There is a maxim in creative writing that says ' Show, don't tell' - something they might have adhered to in making this video.

Impressive shuttle, less than stellar film making.

[Garry Russell]

The very reason I stopped it early on Paul

[simondix]

I watched the film all the way through. Very good and only marred by the constant repetition of various shots. Yes watching Challenger and Columbia meet their end was heartbreaking. I think that for any sort of exploration pushing the frontiers of knowledge and science there is a price to pay. How many maritime and aviation pioneers lost their lives. Space exploration has had surprisingly few.

As to the Challenger disaster many people think Reagan was a bit of a buffoon, but I think he made the finest speech of his presidency when that happened.