Don't know how we could be an aviation site without talking about today's shuttle launch.
My thread title obviously only a joke, as I'm astounded, never having realized that the shuttle went so fast during ascent into orbit.
I watched it liftoff live on TV this morning with my father, both of us just watching is awe. I decided to watch it just to see it, but I was filled with excitement and nervousness as the countdown got lower and as she tore ass up into the heavens.
The obsession is the same as when we were little boys and we liked watching fire trucks and construction vehicles. The amazement of technology and heavy duty machinery pushing the limits. The same reason most of us like planes.
Today's launch was perhaps the most beautiful thing I've ever seen on TV besides the opening theme to Baywatch.
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