Blast Off!

Finish this sentence, “10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1…”

Did you say, “Blast Off!” My wife and I both do. But, I suspect that our children won’t, because they will not grow up in an era heavily influenced by space shuttle launches.

I am an advocate for space exploration, but not necessarily manned space exploration. Still, this made me a little sad or nostalgic or it just made me feel old.

*If you start the countdown at 3, I invariably whisper “Contact” at the end.

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Author: Josh Witten

http://www.thefinchandpea.com

3 thoughts on “Blast Off!”

  1. I grew up in the era when a black and white tv was wheeled into the classroom for the Apollo missions, now it seems as though any news from NASA barely makes the papers!

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