lou hanna manned a gigantic crane that cleared the platform before launch.worked on the first shuttle in 1981... >> america's first space shuttle. >> and the last, 135 missions later. what did seeing the last shuttle launch mean to you? >> i felt anger. >> anger? >> oh, yeah. because this does not have to be the last launch. it doesn't have to end this way. i mean, it-- it just doesn't make any sense. it doesn't compute. and i guess i'm still in denial, because i'm thinking they're gonna call me back one day. "we got a launch coming up. we need your help." how can they do that? >> they did it to save $3 billion a year. at the kennedy space center, 7,000 workers lost their jobs. >> main gear touchdown. the space shuttle pulls into port for the last time. >> 50 years of liftoffs are becoming 8 months of layoffs. have a look around brevard county. it's shrinking. lots of people are moving away, taking businesses down with them. >> it was like, bam, gone. gone. gone. >> the work ethic that built the shuttle keeps chris milner fighting to hang on. >> how long did