It was 25 years ago today...

croxis

On August 12, 1977, the space shuttle Enterprise has its first test flight.

article here :http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/ov101_020812.html

Sanfam

YAY. Sadly, it's not a proper shuttle.

Captain,Simmonds

They should have named one that went into space Enterpise.

Then theres the Russian one aswell

Biggles

I reckon having the first one named Enterprise is the best way, but it is a pity it never went to space.

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Entil'Zha

[quote]Originally posted by Biggles:
[b]I reckon having the first one named Enterprise is the best way, but it is a pity it never went to space.

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It is funny tho, that when the shuttle was wheeled out of the hangar, they didn't play the Star Spangled Baner, Or God Bless America, no, they played the Theme to Star Trek, hahahaha

Rogue Trader

how fitting.

Biggles

Very. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]

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[url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Never eat anything bigger than your own head.[/url]
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AnlaShok

Here's some trivia for you: That shuttle was supposed to be named Columbia. The first spaceworthy one was supposed to be the Enterprise, but there was some confusion over which was which in the general population and a write in campaign caused the names to be switched.

D'oh!

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