Last Shuttle Mission Becoming Like Senior Year in High School

Dude, this is the last time we'll crap our pants.

So everyone has heard that last Friday's lunch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis is the last manned space flight for NASA.  And today is the last space walk for NASA.  I am as choked up about this as anyone.  One of my first memories is of a space shuttle.  Sure, it was my birthday and the Challenger disaster, but I get the nostalgia.

But has anyone else started to feel like this is NASA's last day of high school.  "This is the last time we'll launch.  This is the last time we'll space walk.  Aw, man, this is the last time we'll have lunch in space!  Dude, we should totally meet back here in 10 years!"

Hit the jump for a video of the launch.