Shuttle LaunchThe 2nd shuttle serves as the emergency rescue vehicle, and with no shuttles available any longer, NASA would need to rely on our friends from Russia to perform rescue missions in the unlikely event that the four astronauts would need to be rescued and returned to earth. Even so, the Russians would only be capable of rescuing one astronaut at a time, returning, and then performing the task again. So. Here’s to a safe, uneventful flight.At present, weather is threatening to delay the final launch of the shuttle, which is scheduled for Friday. There are reportedly 750,000 to 1 million people who are planning to crowd the Cape to enjoy the final launch. If it’s cloudy, it’ll be a fairly short visual display before the shuttle cruises into the clouds and beyond.
If NASA has to delay the launch beyond Sunday, they’ll have to scrap until mid-July, based on a scheduling conflict with an unmanned rocket scheduled for flight next week.Johnson, the assistant director at the Coca-Cola Space Science Center, is one of four people from the center attending the final launch of NASA’s shuttle Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center. Also attending the launch will be Mike Johnson, the coordinator of external programs; Lance Tankersley, director of the Omnisphere Theater; and Scott Norman, the director of education.
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