tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3004974476643738026.post4737963866525694613..comments2024-03-27T00:14:01.220-07:00Comments on Wendelin's Blog: Saluting The ShuttleWendelin Van Draanenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02534698736990684819noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3004974476643738026.post-23821459407560623182012-09-28T12:49:49.174-07:002012-09-28T12:49:49.174-07:00I went to the meeting and survived. For a creativ...I went to the meeting and survived. For a creative writing group, there were a lot of nonfiction writers there (including the facilitator). There was also a picture book writer -- talk about a tough market to break into! And a retired English teacher with very original imagery and turns of phrase. Given that it only meets once every other month, the level of critique was... well, as expected. But still, it will give me motivation to have something to share next meeting, and I can build my contacts in the local writing community, and maybe find a few people to form my own critiquing group eventually.Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743674350647517445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3004974476643738026.post-73126782853931685562012-09-25T17:02:53.218-07:002012-09-25T17:02:53.218-07:00Good luck Jessica!=) they won't permanently ba...Good luck Jessica!=) they won't permanently ban you, thats only if you get a little crazy near the children section ;) <br />It sounds like fun actually =) my school did something kinda like that, only it wasn't a group.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14003202367772537211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3004974476643738026.post-10899107538291804722012-09-25T14:27:30.982-07:002012-09-25T14:27:30.982-07:00Gabrielle, it was pretty cool, especially the Apol...Gabrielle, it <i>was</i> pretty cool, especially the Apollo exhibit. The rockets to get them to the moon were HUGE. We only got to see the museum/memorial part of things (the shuttle was so far away, you needed binoculars to see it), but there was a Q&A with an astronaut (I can't remember whom). I asked him what kinds of science experiments he worked on in space (the answer: mostly physiology, seeing how the body degrades under low gravity and what are the best ways to prevent that from happening, which involve hours and hours of exercise every day). My mom embarrassingly asked how they use the bathroom! (You'll have to look that answer up yourself.)<br /><br />I have several friends from Houston, and several of their friends' parents were astronauts. One friend even worked at NASA, and she got to do some of the special behind-the-scene tours, even going inside the shuttle flight simulator (though they didn't let her "fly" it). She wasn't allowed to take pictures for security reasons. It's unfair that Houston didn't get one of the shuttles after all that city has put into the shuttle program.<br /><br />On a completely unrelated note, I'm going to my library's creative writing group for the first time tonight, and I'm terrified! I just called asking whether I had to bring something to share and find out more info about how the group works, but the lady who answered the phone didn't seem to know and acted like I was weird for asking. So, I'm going to go and not bring anything (I'm nervous enough just going!). Hopefully they won't permanently ban me; it's the only meeting in the whole county and it's only once every 2 months.Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743674350647517445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3004974476643738026.post-83715930156574797352012-09-25T04:04:18.890-07:002012-09-25T04:04:18.890-07:00Jessica that's sooo cool!! I would love to go ...Jessica that's sooo cool!! I would love to go to a space center!!! Gabriellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02471660304961348918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3004974476643738026.post-65321350807207332372012-09-24T19:43:19.032-07:002012-09-24T19:43:19.032-07:00Just to clarify, except when I saw Endeavour in th...Just to clarify, except when I saw Endeavour in the sky the two times, everything else I watched "live" was on TV. :)<br /><br />I've been to the Kennedy Space Center once, and the shuttle (forget which one) was on the launch pad, but it wasn't going to launch that week (I think it launched 3 or 4 weeks later).Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743674350647517445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3004974476643738026.post-18982946724038468762012-09-24T18:32:24.554-07:002012-09-24T18:32:24.554-07:00That is so cool that you got to see it. I really w...That is so cool that you got to see it. I really wanted to and it was only an hour away, but It was a school day so I had to go. Drats! <br /><br />And Jessica that is so cool that you got to experience all of that. I would love to go to space. Kyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11837543024870687967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3004974476643738026.post-80531398722440658752012-09-24T18:06:38.649-07:002012-09-24T18:06:38.649-07:00out is supposed to be Our
out is supposed to be Our<br />Isabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11278217370979146102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3004974476643738026.post-23256570882797336082012-09-24T18:05:51.085-07:002012-09-24T18:05:51.085-07:00by the to and coudn,t they are supposed to be the ...by the to and coudn,t they are supposed to be the too and couldn't.............SEE?!?!?!?!<br />Isabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11278217370979146102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3004974476643738026.post-8891508083360738082012-09-24T18:04:43.460-07:002012-09-24T18:04:43.460-07:00too and couldn't
I can tell that if I try bein...too and couldn't<br />I can tell that if I try being an editor I will be a very very bad editor<br />Isabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11278217370979146102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3004974476643738026.post-56708052684505255122012-09-24T18:03:15.215-07:002012-09-24T18:03:15.215-07:00It was supposed to pass our school to sadly i coul...It was supposed to pass our school to sadly i could,t see it :( But....Out principle took the pics and showed them to us:) they were nice :DIsabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11278217370979146102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3004974476643738026.post-46351527647036318072012-09-24T16:03:39.453-07:002012-09-24T16:03:39.453-07:00Nobody mentioned anything like that, i wud never h...Nobody mentioned anything like that, i wud never had none=( <br />But im glad i do know =)<br />And Kylie, I listened to that song and my eyes started stinging=( especially at that part, come on baby we're gonna fly away from here Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14003202367772537211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3004974476643738026.post-76861500872493766372012-09-24T08:29:53.821-07:002012-09-24T08:29:53.821-07:00I grew up in the 80's, so the shuttles hold a ...I grew up in the 80's, so the shuttles hold a fond place in my memory. We watched just about every launch in school until Challenger. I was in second grade, and we didn't get it -- we kept waiting for the shuttle to come out on the other side of the smoke. It was only when our teachers turned off the TV but left the lights off and started crying that we understood.<br /><br />I watched Endeavour dock to the space station through my sister's telescope, with my nephews. Both vessels were tiny sparks of light in a lonely sky.<br /><br />The next time I watched a shuttle was one Saturday morning when Columbia was coming in for a landing, and I thought it'd be neat to see one land. I never did.<br /><br />The next launch I watched live after Challenger was Endeavour's final one; I held my breath until it was just a tiny dot. And then I saw it again, as a speck of light just between the trees, during its last flight over Atlanta.<br /><br />So, yes, I would have bawled like a baby if I'd gotten to see it strapped to a plane. I wept when I realized the U.S. can no longer send a person into space. Today's children have been robbed of an experience that unites the memories of people of my generation.Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743674350647517445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3004974476643738026.post-28066528905139789062012-09-24T07:23:59.924-07:002012-09-24T07:23:59.924-07:00Just a tid-bit of trivia. Vandenberg was supposed ...Just a tid-bit of trivia. Vandenberg was supposed to be another launch site for shuttles until the Challenger disaster. <br /><br />On a totally different note, I got to watch the last flight of one of the Concordes which was sent to Seattle. Not even an American plane, but still, it was pretty neat to watch it fly in. I even got a little teary-eyed when the plane landed and they flew American and British flags out the windows. It's kind of sad when a plane makes its last flight. The stories it could tell, but also the end of an era.<br /><br />I wish I could have seen the shuttle's last flight too!<br /><br />-- RyanRyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12243706924573005381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3004974476643738026.post-5692421798566326122012-09-24T06:56:45.193-07:002012-09-24T06:56:45.193-07:00I was in school when it was supposed to fly over u...I was in school when it was supposed to fly over us. It was scheduled at around 8:30. I wish i'd see it rather than do Geometry.<br />The way you described LA reminds me of Hollywood Mummy. I love SF as i used to live in the Bay. :) Yusahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07336152552714339539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3004974476643738026.post-41643669974732010862012-09-23T22:20:25.832-07:002012-09-23T22:20:25.832-07:00Those last words.
Major chills.
xoxoThose last words.<br />Major chills.<br />xoxoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3004974476643738026.post-24367207836918840492012-09-23T21:39:53.907-07:002012-09-23T21:39:53.907-07:00Wow! That would be soo cool to encounter!! I could...Wow! That would be soo cool to encounter!! I could only imagine how cool that must of been! I've never really wanted to move to California,I like small towns,but I've always wanted to visit,just to say I went to California.Gabriellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02471660304961348918noreply@blogger.com