It was 30 years ago yesterday

[Racket_Man]

that the very first space shuttle (appropreiately named Enterprise thanks to about 200,000 hard core Star Trek Fans) was first test flown.

http://www.asylum.com/2010/08/12/sta...e-august-12%2F

[Bright_Star]

It's a shame though that the Enterprise never flew in space. That was used for test flights.