Post #596609 by TikiTomD on Fri, Jul 8, 2011 9:15 AM

Liftoff occurred at 1129 EDT (0829 PDT) this morning... so begins the final voyage of Atlantis. This was also the closing launch of the Space Shuttle program, a bittersweet moment. NASA’s manned spaceflight plans are a bit murky from here...

Legends by Bill Roper

Once upon a time,
You could hear the Saturn’s roar
As it rose upon its fiery tail to space.
And once upon a time, the men that we sent out
Landed in a strange and alien place...

Once upon a time, they tore the gantries down
And the rockets flew no longer to the Moon.
And once upon a time,
We swore that we’d return,
But it doesn’t look like we’ll be back there soon.

**And as the Moon shines down
On the shattered launching ground,
I remember Apollo,
Who flew the chariot of the Sun.

And I wonder of the legends they will tell
A thousand years from now.**

-Tom