the Space Shuttle

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<p>Tomorrow it is supposed to land. Check this link [SpaceWeather.com</a> – News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids](<a href=“http://spaceweather.com/]SpaceWeather.com”>http://spaceweather.com/) for landing paths. It’s supposed to go right over Chicago if it makes the first landing attempt. Crossing fingers…</p>

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<p>Chicago at 6:10 - 6:15, high in the sky. See map here
<a href=“http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/445784main_KSC%20237_cities.jpg[/url]”>http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/445784main_KSC%20237_cities.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>It’s really nice to see someone get excited over this. Where I live, we hear the sonic boom of the shuttle coming in all the time. When we hear the boom we say, “Oh, there’s the shuttle” like it’s nothing new - which is true. Still, it is an amazing thing, and I regret that we take if for granted around here. Enjoy. It is a really cool thing that astronauts do.</p>

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<p>They showed the landing live on my morning show. Very beautiful and elegant, as it always is. That shuttle, like the Concorde, is a visual argument for putting such grace and beauty into practical designs.</p>

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<p>Love to watch the shuttle launches and landings! I agree - it is amazing stuff that we take for granted. But what are we going to do next?</p>

<p>[The</a> New Galactic Hitchhiker](<a href=“http://www.seattlepi.com/horsey/viewbydate.asp?id=2050]The”>http://www.seattlepi.com/horsey/viewbydate.asp?id=2050)</p>

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<p>AS FAR AS WHAT’S NEXT…
I am a huge fan of space exploration. I am in spitting distance of JPL and just “down the hill” from Mt Wilson Observatory. I hope everyone had the chance to watch last weeks NOVA on PBS—Hunting the Edge of Space.
If you didn’t …you can watch it online
[NOVA</a> | Hunting the Edge of Space | PBS](<a href=“http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/telescope/]NOVA”>Hunting the Edge of Space | NOVA | PBS)</p>