A few weeks ago, my wife and I decided to see the last take off of Discovery. We drove from Cape Coral, FL to Titusville, FL for this extremely eventful happening. It was definitely worth the trip. We arrived about 3 hours prior to the take off of Discovery and were fortunate in finding a parking spot in Titusville right off A1A right next to the water. It cost us $10.00 for parking and we had only a 1 ½ block walk to find a perfect spot on the water to view the take off. We were approximately 9 miles from the launch sight.
It is an incredible experience to watch our space program in action. Because this is the very last flight Discovery will ever make, it made it that much more important and exciting to see. We only have 2 more space flights prior to our government shutting down the space program as we know it.
I find it extremely distasteful and difficult to comprehend why our United States Government is dropping our space program and allowing the other countries to move ahead of us. It seems to me to be an extremely sad time in the history of our country that we are giving up such an important program and allowing other countries to move ahead of us. We, in fact, are going to pay other countries to shuttle our astronauts back and forth to the space station. It seems to me like we are going backwards in a very fast downward spiral. We are certainly having change in our government but none of this change appears to be progressive for the United States.
Back to the shuttle take off. The feeling and exhilaration of the ground shaking and the noise created by the incredible power of the space shuttle is something that everyone should see at least once. It makes you really feel great knowing that we were once the leader in the space program and at the same time it is extremely saddening to know that we are giving up.
One of the last two shuttles is supposed to be an evening blast off. My wife and I plan on making this trip because we have never seen one take off at night. To find out specific dates and times, check with NASA and follow your local and national news.
I highly recommend you take the time to see the next take off of the space shuttle.
Best regards,
Jerry Ruzicka, Broker
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