As a kid it was always a big deal when we sent intrepid astronauts into space. If it happened during school hours a TV was wheeled into the classroom so we could watch the launch or the splashdown.
On a beautiful July day in 1969 I was in the house sitting at apt attention watching the fuzzy image of man walking the moon.
I watched in shock as Challenger’s pieces arced across the sky.
Yesterday I watched brave souls strapped to a rocket once again, after nearly a lifetime, head into space.
This is a great thing. I cannot tell you why, but it is.
I may have find The Right Stuff and watch it again.
May God keep them safe.
5 comments:
Amen
Wolfe's book from which the movie was made is highly inaccurate in part.
Personnel at North American Rockwell especially were incensed.
Still, its a fun movie.
Amy and Beverly, who both worked at the Cape at that time, were said to have been the mermaids as depicted in the movie.
Friends of mine, both passed now, had a wild adventerous streak. I can absolutely see the two doing that.
In the movie, the astronauts and others bust out laughing. The true story is they laughed not because the astronaut joined them in the pool, but because they had recognized the women. Demure professionals on the job, but had let their hair down. Beverly had long very blonde hair.
That’s cool, Rick
Joe
Great big waste of money.
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