nasa: The Final Shuttle Launch and Hopes for the Dream to Continue. - 07/08/11 06:00 AM
The Final Shuttle Launch was this morning and as I tried to catch a view from my balcony, I couldn't help but feel a touch of melancholy. 
Thirty Years of watching the shuttles rise into the sky like a giant lighted arrow... aiming for the stars.  Holding my breath until I heard the calm words from the voice of NASA ... a successful launch.. all systems go.
And, before that..watching Alan Shepard, the First American to go into space and then the following missions.  At one time, I'd bet every child in school and many adults could name the 7 … (14 comments)

 


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