Shuttle discovery was the focal point of our day around here. Now all of Brevard County can breathe easier.
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh....the shuttle went up.
It launched 10 minutes ago on the 4th of July.
My husband and I watched first from the T.V then we ran outside looking up at the sky.
What a sight.
Blue sky, a skinny trial of white puffy clouds, up, up, up, glimmer of flickering light, dogs barking, Judy crying...ahhhhhhhhh
Thank the gods and the fairies of the universe it made it.
There was a one in 50 chance of catastrophic failure.
In the past out of aprox. 125 launches there were two catastrophic failures.
My husband works for the space center, the entire area thrives on Kennedy Space Center.
If there was a problem, the space center would close.
Geezzzzzzzzzzz....what an awful thought.
Eeeeeeeeeee-gaud.
Not only 7 people would be Ker-stuck put the whole area would turn into a ghost town.
Fortunately it was a go!
Ha!
3,700 miles per hour to start and then as much as 17,000 miles per hour towards the end of the launch.
This was big.
A big deal.
The T.V. showed a Nasa scientist, rubbing his chin watching the lift-off from the international space station.
You could see him floating, his full body,from the bottom of his foot coverings to the top of his shinny head. He was waiting in his regular overalls suspended with zero gravity watching the lift-off from up in space.
He will have company on Thursday.
I can't imagine that much patience. He's been up there already for 97 days...hahahaha
All is well.
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh