Even the most diehard shuttle fan (myself included) can't help but feel proud of the subject of this picture. The past and the future. I was around for the birth of Apollo and the Shuttle and now Ares/Orion. It has allways been sad to see a passing like this, but also exciting. Congress and the administration will get their act together and Ares will be as fantastic as everything that has come before. God Speed Ares.