47 years in space for the US

[wendymom]

Happy Birthday! It just means I'm still older than you but thats ok.

I too grew up watching the space race but I watched it from my backyard. My dad was an engineer for every launch from the first Geminis to the middle of the shuttle program. I was 12 or 13 before I realized that everyone didn't see rockets go off from the beach. Most everyone I knew was connected to Cape Kennedy in one way or another. We were never in school to watch, most of the east coast of Florida took the day off on launch days, went to the beach and cooked out so we could watch. The ground would rumble and the sound wave would knock you back a bit when the mighty Apollos took off. I miss it.

The shuttles are pretty but its not the same.

Ahhh memories.

[GaryVoshol]

When the Dragon Devils FLL team went to Houston for the World Festival, we went to Johnson Space Center. In a museum display there was a model of the Apollo rocket, and a capsule. We pointed out that was the only part that returned from space - that little tiny cone at the top of the model. They were amazed, because they only knew the space shuttle, where most of the parts came back down.

[lingomaniac88]

Hmm... 47... how appropriate for the Chief Delphi forums.