When I was seven or eight, my family took its first cross country plane ride. Of course, I was terrified and couldn’t imagine that a multi-ton hunk of metal filled with a couple of hundred passengers could actually rise from the ground and stay in the air for hours. Even then, I spent a lot of time wondering who even thought this was possible, and then improbably made it happen?
In the beginning days of space travel everyone was glued to their TVs for a launch, all with the same wonder and awe that I experienced on my first plane ride. As we went from prop planes to SpaceX people stopped racing home to get in front of their TVs to watch. We became desensitized to the absolute wonder of flying.
It was very gratifying to see the renewed wonder and awe for the recent flight of Artemis to the dark side of the moon and the spectacular splash down. Over the years it has taken thousands of people with the dream, courage and dedication to make this space mission happen.
A lot of those people are now retired and could use an Artemis to bring wonder back in their lives. I’m so thankful to have NSP to keep me involved and active in what is going on around me.