22 years ago today...
Jan. 28th, 2008 08:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bjornwildeIn my life I have seen:
The lunar landing and man's first step on the moon.
The Voyager Space Probes Launch and their exit from our solar system.
The launch and successful reentry of the Space Shuttle Enterprise.
The successful launches of four more shuttles, Columbia, Challenger, Discovery and Atlantis.
The Challenger's disintegration 73 seconds after launch.
My dreams and imagination has always been tied to space. With each monumental success of Nasa it grew and grew. When the Challenger blew up I felt not only the horror of the deaths of the 7 crew members but my dreams get tripped, kicked in the teeth and shredded.
I know each launch the astronauts know somewhere in themselves that this may be the last flight. Hell they are sitting on top of a giant missile. Such bravery I can not fathom. I offer honor to you who have died and those who continue to risk you lives to help bring us to the future.
Now don't get me wrong, the Hubble telescope, the international space station, the Space Shuttle Endeavour and the Mars Rovers Spirit and Opporttunity, have done a great job at reviving those dreams.
But still, this image still is so emotionally charged for me.
And just think, four more days until the fifth anniversary of the Columbia's disintegration on re-entry!
The lunar landing and man's first step on the moon.
The Voyager Space Probes Launch and their exit from our solar system.
The launch and successful reentry of the Space Shuttle Enterprise.
The successful launches of four more shuttles, Columbia, Challenger, Discovery and Atlantis.
The Challenger's disintegration 73 seconds after launch.
My dreams and imagination has always been tied to space. With each monumental success of Nasa it grew and grew. When the Challenger blew up I felt not only the horror of the deaths of the 7 crew members but my dreams get tripped, kicked in the teeth and shredded.
I know each launch the astronauts know somewhere in themselves that this may be the last flight. Hell they are sitting on top of a giant missile. Such bravery I can not fathom. I offer honor to you who have died and those who continue to risk you lives to help bring us to the future.
Now don't get me wrong, the Hubble telescope, the international space station, the Space Shuttle Endeavour and the Mars Rovers Spirit and Opporttunity, have done a great job at reviving those dreams.
But still, this image still is so emotionally charged for me.
And just think, four more days until the fifth anniversary of the Columbia's disintegration on re-entry!
