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• Im getting read to watch the splash down!

• I've seen your photos on Flickr Jeff. Did you travel there just to see the launch? That's cool and I'm jealous :-)

• +John Getchel Yes, I burned some frequent flier miles I've been saving forever, and brought +Lori Hibbett along as well. I've been interested in space all my life, and watched the STS-1 space shuttle Columbia landing and obtained a press pass for a front row seat to watch STS-4.

  Now that the launch was successful, we're going to snorkel with manatees (hopefully) tomorrow.

• Missed it +Doug Thompson driving across Florida today (enjoying the toll booths every couple of miles).

• Awesome! Have fun! Cant wait to see more photos.

• I have quite a few +John Getchel, plus live video and time-lapse. Here's a DSLR shot from the launch: https://plus.google.com/107459220492917008623/posts/Ui322PE8N7z

  I've put one over on Flickr as well: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffreysullivan/

• +Jeff Sullivan They really didn't have great images of the splashdown......I had expected to see a bit more like the Apollo missions. The web feed was really wonky as well but luckily I was at home and was able to watch on my TV. I missed the launch though.....just too early in the morning! I'm extremely jealous you and +Lori Hibbett got to see it live!

• No se pierden nada del otro mundo, estos lanzamientos espaciales deberian ser una verguenza para la humanidad......¿preguntensen porque?

• +hermogenes enriquez There is no shame in gaining knowledge about our planet and producing technological advancements which benefit humanity. Every year NASA publishes in their Spinoffs publication a list of new technologies companies have brought into the commercial market that year, based on work done at NASA: http://spinoff.nasa.gov

  Here are some of the Spinoffs from the new Orion and Space Launch System so far: http://spinoff.nasa.gov/pdf/Orion%20and%20SLS%20flyer.pdf

  There are a lot of experiments which an be conducted in space that we cannot perform on earth. From space we can also learn a lot more about the planet we live on: http://science.nasa.gov/earth-science/

  The OCO-2 Orbiting Carbon Observatory launched in July, for example, is measuring sources of CO2 emissions around the world. No doubt it helped encourage China to sign the recent emissions agreement with the United States.

  So much of what NASA does benefits humanity. It is unfortunate that more people do not fully understand the value of its work, for everyone living on the planet.