Tonight 52 years flashed before my eyes.

Greetings once again all;

I wanted to stray off the main course here and take a moment to reflect. I was fortunate tonight to view the ISS (International Space Station) fly overhead not once but twice. As I watched with the amazement at the first sighting tonight I thought back to my childhood when I was 7 and together our family and neighbors stood outside and watched with utter disbelieve as we viewed flying over our heads the Russian satellite Sputnik.

To think we have come this far in a persons lifetime is to me a monumental feat. We went from not knowing how to launch a rocket with any great degree of success to putting up our own satellite, to landing men on the moon, to an orbiting space station that people live on.

So yes, when the ISS passed overhead I thought back to that time, looking up, to see a man-made object in outer space circling the Earth.

For those that are interested, below is the link so you can get the viewing times for your area this month to view the ISS

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/skywatch.cgi?country=United+States

I sincerely hope that everyone take a minute of of their night this month and look to the skies and think about what you are seeing and how we got there ..........

moondoggy

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