A few years before, I was at college, my dad called me at six am to ask me something b I said “what’s with the six am wake up?”
He said “you’re not up watching the space shuttle launch?”
He was naval academy. Went to school with the engineers and astronauts. He had an appreciation that I hope to have for all that went into the space program
I watched every one live since then and I saw this one live.
I saw one live launch from Cocoa Beach. it was beyond cool.
My son has a robotics merit badge patch from when he was in Boy Scouts. The patch was one of 100 that was part of a mission payload and is certified as having flown in outer space.