Topic: Astronomy Pics

[sam]

well yes.. but not taken by the HST :p

[Clive]

 

[sam]

Not so much a picture:

One Last Time: The Shuttle “Belly Flip”

http://www.universetoday.com/87388/one-last-time-the-shuttle-belly-flip/

[Clive]

Yes, poetry in motion.  And we have all lived through this important era in space exploration.  I think I've lived through most eras.   

[sam]

the next era will be quantum

[Clive]

That will be very exciting. 

[Simon]

Are you planning to live through that one too? 

[sam]

He'd better - we need the bugger to keep posting here!

[Simon]

Very true! 

[Clive]

Are you planning to live through that one too? 

Naturally!  Or unnaturally.   

[sam]

http://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/eva-5-580x385.jpg

With space shuttle Atlantis docked to the space station for the STS-135 mission, the final EVA of the shuttle era took place on July 12, 2011. Here, Ron Garan is secured on a restraint on the space station remote manipulator system's robotic arm or Canadarm2, carrying a faulty pump module will be retuned to Earth by the shuttle. Credit: NASA

[Clive]

Bloody hell!