Menemeth
07-13-2010, 03:41 PM
According to the current schedule, Discovery will be decommissioned this year (2010). Discovery will be the second to last space shuttle to fly when it is launched on the STS-133 mission (STS-133 ISS assembly flight ULF5 is the next planned mission of the Space Shuttle Program. The mission, currently scheduled for launch 1 November 2010, will be to the International Space Station. The mission will transport the Pressurized Multipurpose Module and the fourth ExPRESS Logistics Carrier to the ISS. The mission will be the 39th and final flight of Discovery and the 133rd and penultimate flight of the Space Shuttle program, which began on 12 April 1981).
NASA has offered Discovery to the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum for public display and preservation as part of the national collection after the orbiter has been retired. But in the virtual world, i've decided that it should go to the Portuguese people (Lajes AB, ICAO: LPLA) due to the fact that their airfield was an alternative landing site for the NASA Space Shuttle orbiter and also now plays as the number one diversion airport for medical or mechanical emergency diversion situations for any kind of airplanes. An annually average of 50 diversions of any type use Lajes AB as a mid Atlantic safe haven.
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CLICK HERE FOR THE REST OF THE STORY! (http://cid-47b729b9dd59ca0f.photos.live.com/play.aspx/NASA?ref=1)
WARNING!: View at your own risk & have your popcorn ready! Perhaps coffee too!
NASA has offered Discovery to the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum for public display and preservation as part of the national collection after the orbiter has been retired. But in the virtual world, i've decided that it should go to the Portuguese people (Lajes AB, ICAO: LPLA) due to the fact that their airfield was an alternative landing site for the NASA Space Shuttle orbiter and also now plays as the number one diversion airport for medical or mechanical emergency diversion situations for any kind of airplanes. An annually average of 50 diversions of any type use Lajes AB as a mid Atlantic safe haven.
http://i934.photobucket.com/albums/ad184/BigMac9820/1-8.jpg
http://i934.photobucket.com/albums/ad184/BigMac9820/2-8.jpg
http://i934.photobucket.com/albums/ad184/BigMac9820/3-8.jpg
http://i934.photobucket.com/albums/ad184/BigMac9820/4-8.jpg
http://i934.photobucket.com/albums/ad184/BigMac9820/5-8.jpg
http://i934.photobucket.com/albums/ad184/BigMac9820/6-8.jpg
http://i934.photobucket.com/albums/ad184/BigMac9820/7-8.jpg
http://i934.photobucket.com/albums/ad184/BigMac9820/9-8.jpg
http://i934.photobucket.com/albums/ad184/BigMac9820/8-8.jpg
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m219/Chu_Lee/checkitout.gif
CLICK HERE FOR THE REST OF THE STORY! (http://cid-47b729b9dd59ca0f.photos.live.com/play.aspx/NASA?ref=1)
WARNING!: View at your own risk & have your popcorn ready! Perhaps coffee too!