When we lived in So. Cal the shuttle was coming in to Edwards over a holiday weekend. Memorial Day, I think. It came in over my left shoulder and we could hear them talking over the scanner. There were scads of people in the desert and one large RV had a God Bless America banner. At one end of the desert people started to sing God Bless America and it rolled right across the land. I still get goose bumps when I think about it. Absolutely amazing and I would love to see a launch one of these days.

Here's hoping they fund the program, we've gotten so many benefits from it already.