Atlantis - last lift off of space shuttle

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 "The space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The 12-day mission, known as STS-135, to the International Space Station is the last mission in the Space Shuttle program."

I watched the first space shuttle lift off some 30 years ago. We ran outside and I saw the fuel tank etc burn up as it hurtled back towards earth after being de-linked from the shuttle.

Brilliant 20 something ...impossibly clueless...immortal...dragons slain before breakfast... 

I had all my life ahead of me...and here we are ... and here I am...  

...makes one think....

...mobile phones....
 ....internet....
....VOIP...
...flash drives....
....blogs....

....working overseas
....successful business
...still time for the dreamz... 


....doors closed
....struggling to fulfil some small part of previous promise
....pushing an old body to compete with brilliant 20 somethings
....all dragons safe at all times of the day...
....existential angst ...