Discovery Launch

Well, it just happened. It was on all of the 'national news' stations in the US (CNN, FOX News, etc.).

I'm sure you can find highlights soon on those stations' websites.
 
i missed it, but i'm watching the recap and the coverage of it on CNN right now.

space travel has always been an interest of mine. i had planned on being an astronaut, but now my eyesight keeps me from doing that. ever since i met John Glenn (a close personal friend of my father's) when i was younger i just always wanted to be like him. he is one of my heroes. when Glenn went back in space in 98 i was there to watch it live and my father and i had hats made by a friend of ours who does embroidery that said "Godspeed John Glenn". thinking back on it we wish we had made more hats and sold them. i used to know everything there was to know about space travel from the Mercury 7 days to the present. i've retained a lot of it, but at my high point, if someone gave me a certain time into the flight i could tell you EXACTLY what was going on and how fast the shuttle was traveling and where it was. i still remember the day that Columbia exploded. i know exactly where i was and what i was doing, and i knew that it had to have been a problem from takeoff. i wasn't born when Challenger exploded but i know everything about that day, and Ronald Reagan's speech following the disaster was one of the greatest speeches ever made, and it was very emotional.

anyway, back on subject, i'll be following Discovery everyday now.
 
You weren't born when Challenger exploded? You could've kept that to yourself. :)

I've followed the space shuttle program from the get-go, including doing a semester-long project on it in the fourth grade. At that time, it was just Columbia with the other shuttles still under construction. Challenger happened when I was in the eighth grade -- a friend of mine told me about it between classes and I thought he was just being a jerk. Still wish he was.

Godspeed, Discovery.
 
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My dad has a place in Cape Canaveral, and he keeps saying I should go down there when a launch happens. It's not THAT far of a drive, but the problem is, it's not something you can really make plans for. They get postponed way too much.
 
Ever since we landed on the moon for the first time, my interest has waned. I still feel excited on launches, but it's a faint echo of that exciting time.
 
I love space travel and am so glad the shuttle went up with no issues, I really hope the return trip goes just as well for the crew's sake and the future of the program. I just wish the powers that be would give Nassa a decent budget. Trillions for the art of haggling with neighbors and pennies for our future! God's speed Discovery.
 
and when I see things like this, I say: I wanna be the first man on the Mars, or at least, I want to travel there :)
 
I also dreamed of being an astronaut and when I was very young used to tell everyone I was going to be the first man on Mars. I guess that is still an open possibility, but also am unable to be an astronaut due to my eyesight (plus I'm too old to enter the program, I'm sure).

I remember the Challenger tragedy, I was in 8th grade taking my Earth Science final. I remember a knock on the classroom door, then an office aide whispering into the teacher's ear. A few moments later, with tears streaming down his face he told us the sad news.

We finished the final and then when my mom picked me up I had her stop at the first store we passed with TVs and I watched the explosion over and over and over and couldn't believe it was real.
 
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