One small step for Jae Goodwin... When Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon in 1969 every child (including me) yearned to know what that really felt like. Today I had my chance to don a contraption that replicated how hard it really was. It was great fun but quite challenging. We were treated to our second guest speaker, my Framingham neighbor, Grace Corrigan. Grace shared Christa's dream for education and I must say it was humbling to listen to her. Many of us remembered exactly where we were on the day the Challenger was lost. Today we began to practice for the first of two space missions which will happen later in the week. I am a payload specialist on the Discovery. I will travel in the space shuttle and once we dock with the space station I will go there to conduct some experiments. Today we had some hands on training about flight when we created hot air balloons in teams. It was great fun. Our balloon is quite beautiful and colorful. I am hopeful that it will launch successfully tomorrow morning. Tonight after yet another meal which was designed for growing, carbohydrate loving children, we were off to see the Star Wars exhibit. How fun to see the models that were used for filming as well as the costumes. 3CPO is MUCH bigger than I thought! I am having a great time but I am exhausted. Long full days, fried food, late nights and those plastic mattresses do not result in a rested camper.
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