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"...all these worlds..." is a blog by David Hitt. It covers space exploration, decent science fiction, humor (by its very nature), and whatever else I happen to find cool. (Formerly "You Must Fight The Bear")
Name: David Hitt About Me: Inspiring the next generation of explorers... See my complete profile
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:: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 ::
Today In History Five years ago, Space Senator John Glenn made his second spaceflight, aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. For some reason, it seems like much longer than that. I still remember watching the launch. I was working in Houston (er... the other one) at the time, and basically just went home in the middle of the day to watch it. It was the first launch I had watched in probably about 10 years, most likely the last one before that was the STS-26 RTF mission in 1988. I remember waiting impatiently for the launch--at that time, I had no understanding of the concept of built in holds in the clock. I just wanted them to quit stopping the countdown, and get that bird in the air. It was a beautiful launch though. Man, I can't wait for the next one.