Space . . . The Final Frontier

I've been wondering if there is much excitement over space travel anymore. This summer marks the 40th anniversary of man's landing on the moon. I was fortunate enough to witness the launch of that historic flight. It was a time of great excitement in the space program, but many of the people alive today missed out on America rising to the challenge of that monumental achievement.



Today, there is a much different feeling about it. I would guess that most people didn't even know that the space shuttle Discovery launched into space yesterday evening. I, myself, just happened to hear about it and decided to take Nan to the east coast of the state for a better view of the 7:43 PM lift-off.





We, along with many others parked along side of a highway not too far from the Kennedy Space Center. The sun set in the West. Then a star quickly shot out from the horizon to the East.






In a very few minutes it was well on it's way. The people watching around us broke into spontaneous applause. Pretty neat. Well worth the time it took us and a nice reminder that mankind is able to accomplish some pretty monumental tasks.