Shuttle Launch

The Space Shuttle Discovery's sunset launch last night at 7:43 pm from the Kennedy Space Center across the Indian River from Titusville was the last night launch and one of the best in spite of a haze on the horizon. You could see the two boosters separate from the shuttle clearly above the Indian River. The Sunset cast a bright red-yellow glow on the exhaust trail above the river. It was one of the best- a real blast.

The Kennedy Space Center brought the world television,cell phone,GPS, aand weather satellites to name a few. unfortunately the US government does not value these important economic contributions so 3,000 skilled workers willl be let go in 2010 not to mention local employees. The Space Coast economy will be decimated. In these perilous times, that's adding pain to misery. We need a stimulus plan by the US Government for the Space Coast. We are a one company county. I say start asap producing solar panels at KSC for every house in Florida. We don't need research into Global Warming. We need action. Put the KSC workers to work on something needed by our society while the Kennedy Space Revamps for future space travel to the Moon and beyond. They've got the technological ability. use it. Or do you want to outsource it to Russia like the future Space Shuttle blast offs.