April 28, 201214 yr THE US space shuttle Enterprise bowed out yesterday on America's biggest stage - a flyover of the Statue of Liberty and Manhattan's skyscrapers. It was headed for a museum in New York at the end of an era in American space travel. Crowds along the Hudson cheered as the shuttle, piggybacking on a modified Boeing 747, passed three times over New York harbour. "I think it's one of the coolest things I've ever seen. I'm almost speechless," said Leuinda Field, 37, a teacher who brought her three-year-old son to see the historic moment. Read more: http://www.news.com.au/technology/sci-tech/this-is-the-final-voyage-of-the-uss-enterprise/story-fn5fsgyc-1226341354177#ixzz1tKuIdrdF http://www.news.com....c-1226341354177
April 28, 201214 yr I liked what one of the commentators on one of the news channels said Paraphrasing here "I"ve had people ask me is this safe, could the Shuttle fall off? I explain to them it uses the same mounting system as it does when launched into space, if it isn't falling off that, it isn't falling off a 747" ASUS ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING / i9-9900k @ 4.7 all cores w/ NOCTUA NH-D15S / 2080ti / 32GB G.Skill 3200 RIPJAWS / 1TB Evo SSD / 500GB Evo SSD / 2x 3TB HDD / CORSAIR CRYSTAL 570X / IPSG 850W 80+ PLATINUM / Dual 4k Monitors
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