Like you, I get to be a space nerd
today!
Wait...you're NOT gonna be a space nerd
today? How can you NOT be a space nerd today? After all, if things
go according to schedule, for the first time in almost nine years
astronauts will be launching from American soil into orbit to visit
in the International Space Station.
Like I said—how can you NOT be a
space nerd today?
Actually, if you're not, don't worry
about it. You're in good company. Over 80% of Americans have no
idea at all that two NASA astronauts will be in a Space-X Crew Dragon
capsule and are scheduled for lift-off a little after 4. And while I
don't know this for sure, it wouldn't surprise me if a large majority
of that 80% didn't even know that there's an International Space
Station to which the astronauts will be traveling.
And that's a shame.
I know; I'm in the vast minority of
people when it comes to subjects like this. Most Americans couldn't
give a rat's butt about what's going to happen today. And in a way,
I can't blame them, especially with everything that's going on in the
world today. But this is something that's kind of special. For the
first time since July 2011, when Atlantis left the pad in Florida,
Americans—the people who landed on the moon first—are putting
humans in space. For the first time in almost a decade human
spaceflight resumes on this continent.
Shouldn't it be a bigger deal than it
is?
It's not, and that's life. In fact, it
wouldn't surprise me that the only way people might hear about what's
going on today would be if something were to go wrong. Hopefully,
that won't happen, and hopefully, 80% of Americans will go on with
their lives blissfully unaware.
Not me, though. I know exactly where I'll be starting at 4 today!
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