So its been 2 weeks since I watched Atlantis lift off, and we know know it returned safely to Earth on schedule. The trip was very much worth the extraordinary amount of effort it required, and I was very glad I invested in a good pair of binoculars before I went. There were a number of things you notice when present for the launch that aren't ( Read more... )

This morning at 0900 tickets for the launch of STS-129 went on sale. Unsurprisingly, the website lagged when I hit refresh at 09:00:00. By the time I got to Causeway ticket sales page at 09:01:26, the tickets I wanted had sold out. A call to the reservation center only met with busy signals, but it seems that actually buying a ticket to see the ( Read more... )

One of the things I've always wanted to do is see a space shuttle launch. Now there are only six missions left. Its difficult to see, because the launches are so prone to delay, that one can't just go to NASA for a day and realistically expect to see the ship go up. But this is kinda important to me. Manned spaceflight is going away for a while ( Read more... )