Discovery coming home to florida

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lady cop
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how beautiful is this! :) APAug. 19: Space Shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a NASA 747, takes off from Edwards Air Force Base.
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Clint
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Looking at that picture makes my jaw drop.

I remember running outside when I was a kid just to see an airplane fly over.

About 17 years ago I was at an Airport Manager's Association Conference. We had a Boing representative there who was telling us the 747 could almost handle a 1,000,000 lb payload and they were working on ways to increase it.

Where do we go from here?
Schooling results in matriculation. Education is a process that changes the learner.
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Clint i have no doubt you would really enjoy the National Air and Space Museum in D.C. Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Homepage...it's fabulous!
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it looks like a penguin that fell and can't get up! LOL (sorry Scrat, i couldn't help myself)
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