Atlantis takes off for it’s final mission, July 8th, 2011. This will end 30 years of Shuttle flight, that began with space shuttle Columbia. The 4 man crew wraps the program with a 12 day mission. Bringing supplies and spare parts, they’ll also work on a robotic refueling experiment. Future US missions on the International Space Station will require a lift from our Russian friends via Soyuz. Local Florida residents and businesses will feel the pain of no shuttle. Certainly not the end for NASA. A multitude of current missions are at hand. And maybe, just maybe, a future shuttle.