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| I am in a space museum...squee... |
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| The little blurry yellow sign says "Rover Xing." |
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| The latest Mars Rover - Mark your calendars - August 5th!! Is it just me or does the giant eye remind you of Wall-E? |
Our tour guide was fantastic. When a fifth grader asks you about terraforming Mars and you are able to launch into a dynamic explanation of how robots in space may make that a reality AND keep all ten-year-old-ears locked on your every word, then you deserve a giant golden star. She made the tour for me.
Then again, anything short of verbal assaults, would fail to ruin my mood at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. I'm like the bouncy airbag surface of the first two rovers before they landed on Mars. (Note - The latest rover won't use balloons to land. It will have a jet pack. JET PACK!)
Upon entering the Mission Control building (a room that has been inhabited 24/7 since 1964) I could hear the soundtrack to Star Wars playing in my head. Then Captain Picard's voice - and then weirdly Buzz Lightyear (To infinity and beyond). I was unable to sit. Just stood and took pictures over everyone's head of whatever it was they were showing on the screens. I didn't care. IT WAS SPACE!
I wonder if Jake's teacher will let me go every year with him...one can dream.
My very funny space geek daughter! You should have been an astronaut! :)
ReplyDeleteI know. Geez. If I could only talk to my seventeen year old self. "Listen you math loving geek-fantastic. DO IT!" Then again, I'm fairly sure that the trip into space would cause me to hurl. So maybe it's a good thing. :)
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