An old friend who introduced M and I to one another called up from Dallas and suggested we meet at NASA for her Spring Break with her kids. It was fun to see them and fun to see the history of the space program. Most of which has happened in my lifetime. The museum really gives a full but digestible history of it all. I suppose it really will be a relic soon.
It will be a memory preserved here since it is currently being dismantled and we are 'selling' off our status to be pioneers in an effort to save money. Instead, we will be sidelined in the great research that engineers and mathematicians in this country have pursued with passion for years. It is a shame in my general opinion.
I will never forget the day that Challenger exploded. My Political Science teacher and his friend/teacher next door combined our classes into one that day to view the launch. We just stared when the shuttle seemed to silently split in two. This orange suit is the new one following that disaster..the blue is the previous one. The new one has more survival features as well as a heavier material. (gross over generalization of the differences) Anyway, it still just bothers me in general that this exploration is being stopped. My boys will read about this as history instead...again, what a shame.
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