Jun 30 2009
Looking Farther (38) – Terrestrial Exploration
The count-down has begun. Tomorrow afternoon I am going to strap myself to a chair bolted to the aluminum housing of a jet-powered space craft. The thing will climb to over 5 miles into the atmosphere. Above the clouds. And I will come down in a different spot on planet Earth. Cool!
I never get tired of flying. And exploring this planet. Okay, I don’t nearly get the bragging rights I would if I were to fly to the moon. But who cares about bragging rights? And, frankly, where I’m going the food is much better.
[photo thanks to NASA]
