https://www.amilova.com/en/feed/comments.rss?c=6559.12 Read the latest comics at Amilova.com Tue, 07 May 2024 22:09:46 +0000 https://www.amilova.com/en/comics-manga/6559/abducting-the-aliens/chapter-1/page-12.html?c=453463#RClast Riff 13 I grew up in the 80's. I've known the NASA shuttle program my entire life. I even lived in Houston for quite a while. So to say that I still forget that the shuttle program is done would be a fairly accurate statement. I've always loved sci-fi. Like so many other people my age, I grew up on Star Wars. I loved the idea of space travel. Outer space still gets me excited in ways that most people I'm friends with don't share. When water was discovered on Mars, I thought "This is a BIG DEAL!" Or when methane gas was found on Mars, I was thrilled. My friends and families responses..."Oh, that's nice." So yeah, I've always been excited about space. I even remember an inflatable toy shuttle that I had when i was probably about 6. I don't remember where I got that from, but I had it and I loved it. A couple of years later I was sitting in school watching the Challenger launch... Still, I would still get excited every time there was a shuttle launch. There's just something about space that fuels my imagination, and excites my inner child. So yeah, I miss the shuttle program, and I forget that it's no longer around. P.S. I also think it's a crime that the Johnson Space Center in Houston didn't get one of the decommissioned shuttles. Fri, 15 Jun 2012 04:01:20 +0000