Space travel makes me tear up.

[azurelunatic]

China has an astronaut now.

Thanks to kimberlyonline for the link.


Mama used to read me the cool books from National Geographic. There was one great one about going to the moon. On the back was the path that the astronauts took, and where everything went and dropped off, with little arrows. I sat and traced that path with my finger more times than I can count. It was in the cabin, on the orange couch.

When I was six or seven, I was at Grandma's house. I remember I was on vacation, spending two weeks there. I loved the tangerine tree, and GrandfatherSir had quail.

One day, all the grown-ups were watching TV. I came in, and there was a funny-shaped cloud on the screen and everyone was crying. Mama or FatherSir said that they were trying to prove that it was safe for everyone, and there had been a teacher in there.

Science fiction has been a certainty for me, not really speculation. Science fiction is dreaming where we'll go next, not something fantastical that can never happen. I've resigned myself that my heart probably won't stand for takeoff by the time I have relatives to visit on the moon.

Comments

[aussie-nyc.livejournal.com]

Remember that Russian astronauts were called Cosmonauts instead? I want to call this one a Celestinaut.

[thedarkside.livejournal.com]

(http://www.livejournal.com/users/darkside/712.html?thread=712#t712)

[azurelunatic]

Hi. :)

I'd be willing to trade you an LJ code or two for your abandoned account darkside.