At 1 am Saturday morning Mike, Randy and I headed to Vandenberg Air force base to see the launching of the Insight missile launch to Mars. It launched as planned just after 4 am but the view was covered by an unexpected layer of fog. Funny, because I am always talking about the unpredictability of Mother Nature..Ha Ha...it got me. But we had a good time anyway...looking at the displays, getting some giveaway mementos, and catching the excitement of the thousands of people gathered. I was glad we went even though no photos. I took a very long movie of the liftoff where you can see the heat and hear the crowds excitement at the roar but Im sire its too big to put on the blog. Just a few stills taken before...but I think I am hooked for other launches...its only 90 minutes away.
Mike and Randy waiting on the bleachers
We went closer later...to see...not much
But the crowd and the roar we worth it to me.
The displays were good. As the rocket launched
we heard the ground crew say" Goodbye Insight"
So much time and imagination spent on the project.
It will land on Mars on November 26th of this year.
It travels at 13,000 miles per hour..it will land at 5 mph.
It will probe the depths of Mars to gather information
about its formation.
I cannot tell a lie..
this one is from the live feed on a cell phone
of the woman standing next to me.
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