tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324974786160223899.post2010605817070396891..comments2024-01-24T02:03:55.282-08:00Comments on Voyages>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º>: Atlantis lands ending the New FrontierGeorgeConkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00232093284837291838noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324974786160223899.post-33553845574207449962011-07-21T19:00:32.607-07:002011-07-21T19:00:32.607-07:00It was a wonderful adventure. I covered two of th...It was a wonderful adventure. I covered two of the shuttle launches while I was with CBS - absolutely thrilling. The earth rumbled and rolled beneath my feet. The cloud from the rockets exhaust floated over us. At lift-off the shuttle seemed to move in slow-motion. Post-launch, we flew to Johnson Space Center to cover the flight and, one clear night, the flight path went right over Houston. We all went outside and, with the help of one of the earthbound astronauts, we picked out the light of the shuttle as it flew over. It supposedly dipped its wings to salute the folks at JSC but my eyes couldn't detect the movement. My friend Mark covered every space shot from 1968 on. He retired from CBS last November but on launch morning I got an e-mail from him. CBS kept him on contract to cover this last mission. So glad he could be there. The original space junkie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com