Discovery goes to stud

Discovery, one of the three orbiters in the shuttle fleet, will make its final flight on Thursday February 24th.

We really do take the shuttle launches for granted.

Discovery was the shuttle that launched the Hubble Telescope and for that reason alone it deserves a very nice farm to rest its weary composite. Obviously the Smithsonian has some fertile fillies running around that will ensure the Discovery of many relaxed years of pleasure.

The sexual references come easily because this might be the most powerful phallic symbol in the history of mankind.

The preparation and the tense moments and the wining and dining and then the eruption of power and the penetration of space.....followed by the various offspring such as The Space Station and multiple satellites doing who knows what for whom.

And then don't forget the smoke that follows the launch.

Google Earth probably owes its life to Discovery.

I've been told by people who have seen it in person that a shuttle launch is the most powerful man made thing they have ever witnessed.

We salute you Discovery....and we'll see you on the farm.

Michael Timothy McAlevey