This is a fantastic shot of the Space Shuttle Discovery launching into orbit last night.
Someday I'd love to see this in person.
link: Night Lights: Shuttle Discovery Rockets Toward Space Station
"I've always told people, 'If you see a day launch, you gotta come back and see a night launch,'" Stephanie Stilson, Discovery’s vehicle flow manager, told SPACE.com. "It's a completely different perspective. One minute it's pitch dark, next minute you can turn around and see the people in the crowd that you couldn't see before when you're standing outside watching it."
link: Night Lights: Shuttle Discovery Rockets Toward Space Station
"I've always told people, 'If you see a day launch, you gotta come back and see a night launch,'" Stephanie Stilson, Discovery’s vehicle flow manager, told SPACE.com. "It's a completely different perspective. One minute it's pitch dark, next minute you can turn around and see the people in the crowd that you couldn't see before when you're standing outside watching it."
We visited the Kennedy Space Center last spring and toured the area NASA uses for launching the shuttles. I cannot tell you how incredible it makes you feel to watch that shuttle take off and know exactly where they are taking off from. Not because you are good at geography, but because you've been there. The fact that my kids can view momentus events like this one and have that kind of perspective is one of the great joys of my life! When we toured the KSC, my son had the opportunity to speak with one of the Engineers; now he fully expects to work for NASA as an engineer after college. And it is completely attainable for him! Not because he's smart, although he is; but because he has seen, firsthand, what it will take to get there and now he knows he can do it. How exciting for him!
Take every chance you are offered to expose your kids to the cool stuff this world has to offer. Something they experience may motivate them to pursue an excellent, energizing future!
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