Categories: just-life
Date: 16 July 2009 22:21:07
I don't know what it is but ever since I was little I have been fascinated by space travel and those lucky few who have managed to leave this speck that we call home. Yesterday the space shuttle Endeavour lifted off from the Kennedy Space Centre, heading towards the International Space Station. I will admit to trying to watch the launches over the internet when I can (NASA streams them live) and I do plan to make a trip out to Florida to catch one of the launches live before NASA mothballs the shuttle in a years time.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DNljVcs6Dc[/youtube]
Forty years ago there was another space mission launched by NASA by the name of Apollo Eleven. This carried three men, two of whom were to become the first people to walk on the surface of the moon. The names of these three men are unforgettable. Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and The Other One*. These men went out without the promise of return. Without the promise of rescue. They went into the unknown and they returned.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGNryrsT7OI[/youtube]
* - Michael Collins