Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Space Shuttle Endeavour stops in Houston
Waving American flags and toys from the space shuttle, hundreds of people lined the streets and filled the airport Wednesday to see the space shuttle Endeavour touched on his way to Houston to be displayed permanently in California .
But for many, the experience was tinged with bitter-sweet, with an aftertaste of having been wrong about something they believe rightly should have been hers.
"I think this is the worst thing you can do, rotten to the end," said the 84-year-old Mary Weiss, clutching his walker just before Endeavour riding on the back of a jumbo jet, landed after a flight at low altitude over the Gulf Coast cities, New Orleans and downtown Houston and its airports.
Cité de l'Espace, in part made famous by Tom Hanks when he uttered the phrase "Houston, we have a problem" in the movie "Apollo 13", long linked their fate to a mixture of oil and NASA . train astronauts in humidity, mosquitoes plagued city. many years Home call after his retirement.'s Johnson Space Center and Galveston Bay adjacent museum hug.
However, the offer was rejected Houston for a shuttle after the fleet of the White House retired last summer to spend more time and money to reach destinations such as asteroids and Mars. Instead, Houston received a replica of that used to be displayed at the Kennedy Space Center.
"I think this is a very rotten, basically," said Scott Rush, 54, of Crystal Beach, Texas, proudly wearing a t-shirt proclaiming that he had attended the final shuttle launch Endeavour. "All we get is a toy. A major toy but a toy."
Delay Back-to-back in the shuttle flight was a day that was cut from the visit to Houston. But on Wednesday lifted a radiant sun and temperatures below normal, attracting hundreds of enthusiasts, many of whom had children or grandchildren along.
After landing, Endeavour rolled slowly past cheering crowds. It is a vicious circle and strutted like a model on the catwalk, offering viewers an opportunity to take photos respectful from a variety of angles.
But for many, the experience was tinged with bitter-sweet, with an aftertaste of having been wrong about something they believe rightly should have been hers.
"I think this is the worst thing you can do, rotten to the end," said the 84-year-old Mary Weiss, clutching his walker just before Endeavour riding on the back of a jumbo jet, landed after a flight at low altitude over the Gulf Coast cities, New Orleans and downtown Houston and its airports.
Cité de l'Espace, in part made famous by Tom Hanks when he uttered the phrase "Houston, we have a problem" in the movie "Apollo 13", long linked their fate to a mixture of oil and NASA . train astronauts in humidity, mosquitoes plagued city. many years Home call after his retirement.'s Johnson Space Center and Galveston Bay adjacent museum hug.
However, the offer was rejected Houston for a shuttle after the fleet of the White House retired last summer to spend more time and money to reach destinations such as asteroids and Mars. Instead, Houston received a replica of that used to be displayed at the Kennedy Space Center.
"I think this is a very rotten, basically," said Scott Rush, 54, of Crystal Beach, Texas, proudly wearing a t-shirt proclaiming that he had attended the final shuttle launch Endeavour. "All we get is a toy. A major toy but a toy."
Delay Back-to-back in the shuttle flight was a day that was cut from the visit to Houston. But on Wednesday lifted a radiant sun and temperatures below normal, attracting hundreds of enthusiasts, many of whom had children or grandchildren along.
After landing, Endeavour rolled slowly past cheering crowds. It is a vicious circle and strutted like a model on the catwalk, offering viewers an opportunity to take photos respectful from a variety of angles.
Monday, September 17, 2012
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