tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36768584.post6000361707524331128..comments2024-03-03T18:49:34.382-05:00Comments on Omics! Omics!: Journey to AtlantisKeith Robisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04765318239070312590noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36768584.post-28597817236343334692010-05-19T09:47:25.370-04:002010-05-19T09:47:25.370-04:00I am jealous! I've never seen a launch live, a...I am jealous! I've never seen a launch live, and I've been a fan since the first Mercury flights (that'll date me). I watched every U.S. manned launch on TV through the Gemini and Apollo series, but sometime during the shuttle era it became ... commonplace ... and my interest waned. And now we're down to two. I'd still love to see a launch, though.Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02968872267548865219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36768584.post-67089701563569266092010-05-19T08:55:05.328-04:002010-05-19T08:55:05.328-04:00Yup. Mrs. Kurtz bursting into Mr. Schmidt's C...Yup. Mrs. Kurtz bursting into Mr. Schmidt's Chemistry class & none of us understanding what she said at first. I had really hoped for a snow day so I could watch it live.<br /><br />Columbia: On I-93 around Roosevelt Circle, about where the first view of Boston jumps out. I knew far too quickly what loss of radio contact meant.Keith Robisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04765318239070312590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36768584.post-85938387203377628422010-05-18T22:50:48.941-04:002010-05-18T22:50:48.941-04:00I am really, really glad you guys got to see a lau...I am really, really glad you guys got to see a launch in person. As gripping as even a televised launch is, the intensity, the risk and the sheer force are all brought into dramatic focus in person. My mother tells the story of how we watched the moon landing together on tv in the summer of '69 - I in all my 5 month-old glory! I remember televised moonwalks, launches and landings, and I also remember where I was when the Challenger (Chemistry class right after lunch) and Columbia (painting the youth group meeting room at our church in San Diego) were lost, and my despair over the loss of life.<br /><br />Part of me still cannot believe that this shuttle program is coming to an end. I feel fortunate to have seen one launch up close - from a public road about 3 miles away and across a body of water from the launch pad - in 1995. (We lived in Orlando and got to see every launch and landing - and the telltale double-sonic-boom - for six months.) Watching the sound wave roll across the water toward us and then being hit by the sound was breathtaking! We sadly missed the February launch, for which we had tickets, when it got scrubbed for a day and we could not stay in Orlando another day. I tried without success to get tickets for last week. We will definitely go to see one (or both) of the final two launches this fall, tickets or no tickets, since we live only 4 hours away and will not be constrained by a public school schedule. (I also plan to borrow a friend's good camera to take pictures, as our just won't cut it for the occasion!) If you care to join us, you can always crash here in Georgia on your way down and/or back home!Alishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15440321462245923625noreply@blogger.com