after waiting over a month, the shuttle endeavour launched
successfully yesterday evening. (inspection of the shuttle during the
routine heat shield check will determine if the shuttle was damaged on
take off. i still consider it a success.) the shuttles are old but
not unusable and certainly not junk.
if you want to see junk launched, come to hoops tomorrow and watch me
shoot. you'll get your money's worth.
some good footage of the launch is posted on youtube by nasa right
here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DNljVcs6Dc.
