YachtForums.Com - View Single Post - STS 120 Discovery "GO" for Tuesday launch!

Loren Schweizer · 10-22-2007, 01:54 PM

Dave, your kids will absolutely be thrilled.
As close as I am geographically, I have never been up for a launch, due mostly to sloth.

Many folks may not know what 'STS' stands for and I certainly didn't until, about ten years ago, I sold a boat to [I'll not mention the name here] the guy who rode Space Transportation Systems # 41 and # 49 up into the heavens.

He was a regular guy and I so asked him what the most exciting part of the ride was. The lift-off isn't too bad, he had said, it's when the boosters kick in that really gets your attention.

10-22-2007, 01:54 PM	#2
Loren Schweizer YF Associate Writer Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Coral Gables/Ft. Laud., FL Posts: 1,000	Dave, your kids will absolutely be thrilled. As close as I am geographically, I have never been up for a launch, due mostly to sloth. Many folks may not know what 'STS' stands for and I certainly didn't until, about ten years ago, I sold a boat to [I'll not mention the name here] the guy who rode Space Transportation Systems # 41 and # 49 up into the heavens. He was a regular guy and I so asked him what the most exciting part of the ride was. The lift-off isn't too bad, he had said, it's when the boosters kick in that really gets your attention.