Shuttles meet nose-to-nose

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Space Shuttles Enterprise, left, and Discovery meet nose-to-nose at the beginning of a transfer ceremony at the Smithsonian's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, in Chantilly, Virginia April 19, 2012. Space shuttle Discovery, the first orbiter retired from NASA’s shuttle fleet, completed 39 missions, spent 365 days in space, orbited the Earth 5,830 times, and traveled 148,221,675 miles will take the place of Enterprise at the center to commemorate past achievements in space and to educate and inspire future generations of explorers at the center. REUTERS

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Bigfoot Saturday, 21 April 2012 10:54 AM

Armera is great and will be great.

Mifaz Saturday, 21 April 2012 11:05 AM

Exactly truth, Our big heads in SL only know to bully in public demonstrations. In the end these people drag us also to the declining where they move from great to greatest.

prageeth Saturday, 21 April 2012 11:33 AM

Yes,by the looks and talks of it!!- not by the conduct.
Pra

Roman Saturday, 21 April 2012 03:05 PM

like girl and boy kissing.

Fusion Saturday, 21 April 2012 05:32 PM

Russia, US & China have put men into space by themselves. India managed to send a small probe to the moon. EU, Japan, and many others have advance space programs. Sri Lanka is still daydreaming about Ravana's "Dandu Monara".

Criclover Sunday, 22 April 2012 02:49 AM

What wver the politics, these space missions are amazing.

Hello Sunday, 22 April 2012 04:10 AM

Guys think positive about the country rather than alway blaming.End of the day its our country.

observer Sunday, 22 April 2012 05:02 AM

So why don't you do something about it instead of complaining?

Fusion Sunday, 22 April 2012 11:43 AM

Do what? There is nothing left to do other than complain. We can't even get projects without massive bribes. Ever bothered looking at R&D budgets of the more advanced nations? The effort they put in to R&D? How they involve universities and other institutes as well as the private sector? How innovation are encouraged even at grass-root levels? And, don't forget SL suffers from serious brain-drain. Our best minds keep leaving the country.

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