Astronaut Economics

{ Posted on Mar 30 2009 by Minyanville }
On Saturday afternoon the STS-119 Discovery arrived home at Kennedy Space Center just an hour’s drive from Orlando. I’ve lived in Florida for almost 11 years now and the thrill of having the space program in your backyard never disappears. Just after 3 p.m. my windows shook as the shuttle passed over central Florida; I clearly heard the sonic boom. After a successful 13-day mission to deliver solar panels to the International Space Station the STS-119 had travelled approximately 5.3 million miles. Travelling at 2.5 times the speed of sound as it hurtled back to Earth seemed like an ...

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