I’m a big fan of space flight – have been all my life. It seems we are launching rockets all the time and almost seems routine, almost. I don’t remember all that often but when I do, I try to watch whatever is being launched.
Today, it was a Delta 4 heavy lift rocket. VERY Cool!
I was at Cape Canaveral for two Space Shuttle launches and both were awesome! It is very sad that they are all done now. I sure hope people begin to realize the importance of these programs and we get serious about it again.
Occasionally someone asks me what we get from these efforts. Funny – open your eyes. There are a huge number of things that each of us use every day are a direct result of the space program. Things like plastics, computers, electronics, miniaturization of electronics, composites, and on and on the list goes. Obviously there are more subtle things like our understanding and monitoring of weather, earth science, etc…
Sorry, not meant to be a rant… I just wanted to point out what cool launch it was!
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