What would happen if corporations could sponsor the Space Shuttle like they do in Nascar you ask?

Not really funny, but a very cool picture of the NASA space Shuttle liftoff, still amazes me even though we have been doing this for a long time.

A very high resolution picture of a NASA Space Shuttle launch, very hi res picture, check out that smoke plume.

Space shuttle Atlantis blasts off from launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center July 8, 2011 in Cape Canaveral, FL. This lift off is the last in the 30-year-old shuttle program.

A great picture of the NASA Space Shuttle launching at night, go USA, can't wait for the next generation of space travel now that the shuttle fleet is retired.

A very cool picture of a NASA Space Shuttle launch at night, check out that fireball!