Last weekend I went and flew as Flight Director one of three ZERO-G flights from the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The first two were full of teachers as the initial flights in the "Northrop Grumman Weightless Flights of Discovery" program. Over the next few months, hundreds of educators will have the opportunity to fly small experiments to show their students the difference between mass and weight. [HINT: it has something to do with gravity!]
Jen did not participate (she'd been fired on June 15). She was scheduled to be a coach, but was instead asked to come work a 16-hour day on the ground just like she did as a full-time employee. She declined :-) Instead, she prepared for our cookout! Just over 20 people came over to the house and hung out until 2am! We had a great time and enjoyed having so many different people come over: we had college students, little kids, ZERO-G folks, and local friends we hadn't seen in a while. Our one common thread: we all love space!
Next weekend STS-121 is scheduled to liftoff on Saturday afternoonat 3:49 pm. Mom and dad plan to come out to Space View Park with me to see the launch. I'll also be handing out Ad Astra magazines for the National Space Society at the park. If you're interested in seeing the launch, this will be a great place to get a direct line-of-site view to the pad. We'll be arriving no later than 2pm to be sure we have a place to stand. See you on Saturday!
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