Which is the best Space Shuttle?

[YNM]

Discovery - one of the crew seems to be a jerk (STS 51-A, I mean, whose satellites you sell ?), but other than that, it had more flights compared to others and it's the first to go into HST's orbit. Retired first but of course that's due to the no. of flights.

[jwenting]

they were all clunkers.

[ZooNamedGames]

they were all clunkers.

But they did a job, and did it well.

[Javster]

Personal favourite is Atlantis, I'm not sure why, but it was the only launch I was really aware of (STS-135), before that I knew they were a thing, but I heard little about launches.

Side note: it really annoys me how way more people (I was going to write "most people" but that's sadly not true) know about Challenger than Columbia. Both were equally tragic accidents, but not that many people know about Columbia. Maybe it was because of the timing (launch vs re-entry), loads of people saw Challenger but few saw Columbia?

Edited July 10, 2014 by Javster
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[ZooNamedGames]

Personal favourite is Atlantis, I'm not sure why, but it was the only launch I was really aware of (STS-135), before that I knew they were a thing, but I heard little about launches

Just like me. I knew of the shuttles and how and why they did what did. I watched some launch sometimes too. Didn't care for them much at the time...

Now that I a NASA geek, I'd pay 500 bucks to watch a launch if I could. WHY AM I ALWAYS LATE TO THE COOL STUFF?

Jk. I'm ok true story tho.

[Mr Shifty]

Just like me. I knew of the shuttles and how and why they did what did. I watched some launch sometimes too. Didn't care for them much at the time...

Now that I a NASA geek, I'd pay 500 bucks to watch a launch if I could. WHY AM I ALWAYS LATE TO THE COOL STUFF?

Jk. I'm ok true story tho.

Watched a night-time launch from Disney World once. It was pretty epic, even from 70 miles away. I really wish now that we'd skipped DW and driven closer to KSC to watch.

[cpast]

Just like me. I knew of the shuttles and how and why they did what did. I watched some launch sometimes too. Didn't care for them much at the time...

Now that I a NASA geek, I'd pay 500 bucks to watch a launch if I could. WHY AM I ALWAYS LATE TO THE COOL STUFF?

Jk. I'm ok true story tho.

I almost got to go to a launch - I was in Florida for other things the few days before, and this was actually a launch for which I'd met two of the astronauts at Goddard, and seen some of the preparation stuff (STS-125). I *really* regret not going - I had a school culminating end-of-year trip I had to get to, which was nice and all, but...seriously, going would have been so great, and if it weren't for the frequent number of scrubbed launches, I probably would have stayed (I did at least get to see Discovery flying around DC on the way to the Smithsonian, so I at least got to see a shuttle in the air, but still).

Edited July 11, 2014 by cpast

[ZooNamedGames]

Watched a night-time launch from Disney World once. It was pretty epic, even from 70 miles away. I really wish now that we'd skipped DW and driven closer to KSC to watch.

I've seen them from 100 miles away. They LIGHT up the sky.... I just would love to image what a S5 would've looked like from home now .

This is one reason why the Apollo 18's "secret launch" thing is bull, you can see a launch.... Especially a S5 launch, from key west. The southern most tip of Florida if your lucky.... So what is secret about a rocket launch? Honestly?

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I almost got to go to a launch - I was in Florida for other things the few days before, and this was actually a launch for which I'd met two of the astronauts at Goddard, and seen some of the preparation stuff (STS-125). I *really* regret not going - I had a school culminating end-of-year trip I had to get to, which was nice and all, but...seriously, going would have been so great, and if it weren't for the frequent number of scrubbed launches, I probably would have stayed (I did at least get to see Discovery flying around DC on the way to the Smithsonian, so I at least got to see a shuttle in the air, but still).

All I got is sonic booms and watching them go up, because I didn't care. *sigh*. If only I found ksp sooner. I could've... If I had GOOGLED IT.