The space shuttle Discovery on Pad 39A November 5, 2010 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Today will mark the last launch of Space Shuttle Discovery, which made its maiden voyage back in 1984. This starts the countdown to the end of the Space Shuttle program, with final launches of Endeavor and Atlantis scheduled. Was the Shuttle Program worth it? To answer that question is Peter Spotts, science reporter for The Christian Science Monitor.
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I think NASA should use "So long, Farewell" from "The Sound of Music" as the astronauts' wake-up call.
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