Hail to Thee, Columbia...
And the entire world watched as we did the impossible:
I remember the lows...
The shock. The horror. The absolute stunned and empty way I felt...
And again...
I grew up watching the show that proclaimed:
Space: The Final Frontier...
I believed it. I loved it. I wanted to ride that rocket into space...
And now:
After 30 years and 135 missions...
Let's light this fire one more time, Mike, and witness this great nation at its best," Atlantis commander Christopher Ferguson told launch director Mike Leinbach just before liftoff.
It's over.
In 12 days, maybe 13, the United States, the country that put a man on the moon and developed the shuttle programs is out of the business.
They're saying it will be at least three years, maybe even five before another American launch takes place.
That's no way to boldly go...
My heartfelt thanks to the men and women of NASA...
You gave me dreams I will cherish forever.
3 comments:
Great post!
Kailana -
Thanks. It's one of those things for me.
cjh
Ditto what Kailana said!
So, where were you when the Challenger blew up? I was at school. I walked into the students' lounge in the business administration building at Oklahoma State and everyone was sitting around the TV with their jaws open, stunned as they replayed the launch and wondered aloud if the shuttle was really gone.
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