Growing up
in the 1960s NASA’s space program has always been fascinating to me. When I
look up at the stars, I wonder what it would be like to be up there and If there
other civilizations up there? Well NASA’s Shuttle Space program is over. Space Shuttle
Endeavor flew over California on September 21, 2011 for its final flight. It hitched
a ride on top of a 747 jet. It took off at 8:17 a.m. from Edwards Air Force
Base, located on the border of Kern County, Los Angeles County. Space Shuttle
Endeavor then soared over northern California cities of Sacramento, San
Francisco Burlingame, Mountain View, Atherton, East Palo Alto, Oakland,
Berkeley, Richmond, Fremont, Foster City, Los Altos, Menlo Park, Millbrae, Palo
Alto, San Mateo, Santa Clara, San Jose and Sunnyvale. There were
100 of thousands of people cheered the passing Space Shuttle Endeavor. People
even got emotional. George Kucera, 47 said, "That made me feel like a
little boy again,'' he watched with thousands near the Golden Gate bridge, "I
lost myself in a moment." Fifteen year old Alex Thanos of Redwood City
said, "It was incredible, an once-in-a-lifetime experience. It was
breathtaking." I saw it on TV and I started to get a little teary eyed.
This was history in the making, I am sad to see NASA’s Shuttle Space Program end. All good
things must come to an end.
LM
