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Endeavour launch to attract a VIP crowd
Topic Started: Apr 27 2011, 01:52 PM (57 Views)
Copper
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I had lunch today with a guy headed down to watch the launch - with a VIP ticket. Only one more chance.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-shuttle-launch-20110428,0,379562.story

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Endeavour launch to attract a VIP crowd

The Obamas, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and dozens of members of Congress are expected to attend the liftoff planned for Friday.

By Mark K. Matthews

April 27, 2011, 2:19 p.m.
Reporting from Washington— Days before Friday's planned launch of space shuttle Endeavour, officials at Kennedy Space Center in Florida are bracing for monster crowds and the logistical nightmares expected to accompany a presidential visit to watch the second-to-last flight of the shuttle fleet.

Chief among their concerns — other than a safe flight — is the arrival of President Obama, his wife, Michelle, and their daughters, Malia and Sasha. The Obamas are expected to be joined by wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), whose husband, Mark Kelly, is commander of the Endeavour mission.

"Endeavour countdown has officially begun. Good luck to #STS-134 crew!" was one message sent Tuesday from Giffords' Twitter feed.

Her staff told the Associated Press that Giffords — recovering in a Houston rehab center after being shot in Tucson by a would-be assassin in January — traveled to Florida on Wednesday. She'll be joined by an estimated 40 members of Congress and an additional 250 staff members, many of whom want to see a launch before the shuttle era ends.

Officials are expecting a sell-out crowd Friday. With the shuttle program winding down, demand to watch a launch has increased dramatically. The Discovery launch in 1998 was attended by then-President Clinton, the last time a sitting president was present at a launch.


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George K
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Sad. The era of US-led manned space exploration ends. Now we'll have to buy tickets from the Chinese, Russians and Japanese.

That may be, in the long run, cheaper ("If it flies, floats...."), but still sad. As someone who remembers going into his back yard to watch Sputnik fly overhead, and as someone who sneaked making drawings of the Redstone rocket in math class, I feel a sense of loss.
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Who will show up for the last ever space shuttle launch?
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