....Stand beside her, and guide her....
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That was pretty cool.
I used to see the Shuttle launches from my house in Orlando. I went outside at t+1' here in Tampa just now, but didn't see a trail or plume.
But that was pretty cool nonetheless.
I remember watching some of the Apollo and shuttle program launches, and this Falcon 9/Crew Dragon launch was just as thrilling. I am so impressed by the first-stage of the Falcon 9 landing on the recovery platform/ship.
I am too young for Apollo. But I watched a bunch of Space Shuttle launches as a kid, including the explosion of Challenger on launch in 8th grade, and Columbia's re entry problem in my 5th year of law enforcement.
And I did tear up during today's launch, but I am told the pollen counts here are high.
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I was surprised at the emotion I felt while watching the liftoff.
Second only to watching a classmate lift off in the shuttle back in 2010. (Night launch. In person. Wow.)
Combination of American pride, the success of capitalism... and just plain ’Murica!
The Challenger explosion is one of my first memories of tv. I wasn’t quite 4 years old and Mrs Green, who ran an in home daycare sat us all down to watch the space shuttle with a teacher on it to launch...
I also had grandparents who lived in Decatur, Al and every summer they would take me and my brother up to the Space and Rocket center in Huntsville. I loved that place and need to go back as an adult, it’s been way too long.