i wanted to be an astronaut

When I was little, I wanted to become an astronaut.  I'm sure many guys have wanted to become an astronaut when they were young.  Well, except maybe for the ones that played with dolls...  they wanted to be dancers when they grew up.
So did you watch the Shuttle Discovery launch today?  I watched the webcast on the computer... it was pretty interesting to watch... you got to see the boosters fall off, and then later the shuttle separate from the fuel tank.  There was a camera attached to the fuel tank, and so when the shuttle got high enough, you could see the curved outline of the earth.  It's pretty amazing, sending that huge thing up into space.  There sure are some smart people in this world.