Launch Pad 39B seen from LC39 Observation Gantry, Kennedy Space Centre.

Yesterday night we watched the first chapter of the From the Earth to the Moon series in the UK Sci-fi channel. It is the story of the Apollo space missions, told in its entirety. As we saw all the NASA stuff at the Air & Space Museum in Washington DC and then at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral - we even touched a piece of rock from the Moon!!!-, we are obviously interested in watching the series. After watching the first chapter I would say it is entertaining and fast-paced. All the Gemini missions flashed in the first one-hour chapter, what a dash! I hope that was just an introduction and that they will go slower with the Apollo missions. After all, that is the main topic of the series. And then, what a coincidence, I receive an 'all staff' email today informing us about a free public lecture by former NASA astronaut David Scott, on Wednesday 6th April 2005, 6pm. The lecture's summary says : "David Scott was the seventh man ever to walk on the moon and he will share his experience as an astronaut during the space race between US and the former Soviet Union". I have immediately booked two places for SD and I. We are meeting an astronaut in our own city!!


Ayer por la noche vimos el primer capitulo de la serie From the Earth to the Moon en el canal Sci-fi del Reino Unido. Es la historia de las misiones Apolo al espacio y a la Luna, contada al detalle. Despues de ver todos los artefactos de la NASA en el Air & Space Museum en Washington DC y en el Kennedy Space Center en Cabo Canaveral - hasta tocamos un pedazo de roca lunar, que emocion!!-, ahora estamos obviamente interesados en seguir esta serie. Despues de ver el primer episodio, mi opinion es que es la serie es entretenida y sigue un buen ritmo. Ayer liquidaron todas las misiones Gemini en una hora, que rapidez! Espero que fuera tan solo una rapida introduccion y que luego se explayen mucho mas con las misiones Apolo, ya que, al fin y al cabo, ese es el tema principal de la serie. Y entonces, vaya coincidencia! hoy recibo un email de los dirigidos a 'todo el personal' informando de una conferencia gratis, cuyo invitado principal es el ex-astronauta de la NASA David Scott, el miercoles 6 de Abril a las 6.00 de la tarde. El resumen de la conferencia dice asi :" David Scott, el septimo hombre que piso la Luna, compartira sus experiencias como astronauta durante la era de la carrera espacial entre los Estados Unidos y la Union Sovietica". Al momento he enviado un mail reservando dos plazas para SD y para mi. Vamos a conocer a un astronauta y sin movernos de casa!


The weather today:
Mostly Cloudy
10C
UV Index:0 Low
Wind: From the Southwest at 12 mph
Dew Point: 9°C
Humidity:92%
Visibility:3 miles
Barometer:1,002.4 mb