A Sad Goodbye

Just before dawn this morning the space shuttle Atlantis landed marking the end of the 30 year old space shuttle program. Here's the video of the final landing:

I still remember the first launch like it was yesterday. It's really sad to see this program disappear given it's iconic stature in American culture. Hopefully the next program will be more exciting than the space shuttle program was, but I really don't think it will be.