Friday night the Space Shuttle took off from Cape Canaveral after being delayed for several days.
Such an adventure to witness something so significant. As a primary school student, a trip to the Melbourne Museum is vividly remembered where we were shown a model of the shuttle. What crazy futuristic stuff it was. The teacher told us that it would fly in our lifetimes. It was all too much and to be honest I didn't believe it could happen.Now those things are always coming and going from Kennedy Space Centre, how fast things can happen, it quite takes one's breath away.
It was a midnight take off and from our house in Tampa we could see the brightly illuminated vessel tearing up into the night sky and off into Space. It is astounding to watch the bright little orb that is the shuttle, knowing that inside a group of people are on their way to having a very surprising adventure indeed.
With a pair of binoculars I was able to get an incredible view of the shuttle, and the fuel burning behind it. No pictures, it was 12 midnight after all, and I had scampered out the front in my nightie and fluffy slippers for the sight. The neighbours were all out too. Wish I had thought to put on a robe first. Ohhh dear..
