Friday, September 5, 2014

APOD 1.2

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Space shuttles are amazing things. They were built at a time when computers had less intelligent processing systems than the ones found in smart phones today. They are entrusted to take astronauts from our world into a limitless frontier. They're one of our greatest technological achievements to date. Space shuttles don't kill, they don't entertain, they don't make life easier for us; they were built for us to be able to expand our horizons, to see things never possible before, they're a source of transportation to new discoveries and knowledge that was out of our grasp prior.

The space shuttle named "The Endeavor" alone made 5 different trips into space. From 1992 to 2011, this $196 billion space shuttle was in and out of our planet. It's a piece of history.


 
 

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