10-9-8......

I turned on the TV this afternoon to watch the SpaceX launch.  Two astronauts were going to blast off for the space station from US soil for the first time in many, many years.  I remember when such launches were a really big deal with day long media coverage.  Such excitement, and admittedly, an element of fear.  Sadly, or wisely, today's launch was postponed due to weather conditions.  They didn't want to launch into lightening,  Good decision.  I will tune in on Saturnday afternoon.  3:22pm on Saturday is the next possible launch window.  I'm not sure the thrill will be the same but I'm certainly looking forward to finding out.