# Last Space Shuttle Flight

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-space-shuttle-flight/588397>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [July 9, 2011, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-space-shuttle-flight/588397 "2011-07-09T10:22:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-space-shuttle-flight/588397/61 "2011-07-12T03:42:59Z")

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> [@humanafterall](#):
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> And the government basically crushed the dreams of millions of American children. That means that kids can’t say “When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut!”, anymore, because there are no astronauts, and if shit doesn’t get straightened out pretty soon, there won’t be any more astronauts, ever, for infinity.

At least a kid can still say, “I want to be a pirate!” and [have some hope of living the dream!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatbeard)🙂

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