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Universal Teachings For Everyday Living Page 2
and other reasons, it is strategically and remotely located
the road, we stopped and visited at the Saturn V Center,
Back at the Visitor Complex, we saw a 3-D IMAX pre-
sentation, “L5: First City in Space,” which depicted what it
might be like when humans start to live permanently in space
on an orbiting colony. On the grounds of the Visitor Com-
plex is a full-sized replica of the Shuttle Explorer. We went
inside to view the flight deck, cargo bay, and the mid-deck,
bathroom. We paid respects at a national monument where
the names of U.S. astronauts who have died in the line of
duty are carved into the black granite face of a large Space
reflected sunlight to pass through from behind. The result-
clouds in the sky.
All during our activities, the question was being asked,
actual count down started. Between 1:30 and 2:30 P.M.
buses were boarded and left for the Launch Viewing Site,
which was about five miles from Launch Pad 39B where
the Shuttle Atlantis would be launched with seven astro-
nauts aboard. The eleven-day mission was to install vari-
also affected by learning about the early history of NASA.
There were many failures and mistakes… and astronaut
vowed to become more earnest in carrying on the legacy
We all listened as the voice on the loudspeaker said things
us were thinking that the launch might be scrubbed; what
the window, we heard, “Shuttle Atlantis, you are cleared
for Countdown!” Everybody cheered; to start the count-
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