A Sputnik baby remembers Challenger and looks to the future
source: http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2011/07/19/a-total-space-geek-remembers-challenger-and-look...
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It seems that Americans demonstrate their need for immediate gratification on virtually every subject. It wasn’t long before moon landings, and later shuttle launches, became routine. (On a recent trip to the Air and Space Museum at the Smithsonian, my young son was most unimpressed with the moon dust that clung to a space suit on display.) Americans were bored with space.
Until tragedy reminded us of the astonishing difficulty and heroism of space travel.
Until tragedy reminded us of the astonishing difficulty and heroism of space travel.
