Well because the new star trek movie promises to be a blockbuster we decided to rush to the theater to beat the crowds of like-minded Brits who know a great movie when they see one! I was urgently urging everyone to get their butts in gear to beat the crowds an get a good spot in the long lines …
Jason’s school had their annual prose and poetry contest again. Jason one third place in his grade (we think he deserved second place ;-).
Many of the Americans in the audience had tears in their eyes …
Due to a camera misconfiguration the last section got cut off. It was the part about how many years ago George Mallory was asked why he climbed Everest and he replied “Because it is there.” Then JFK said, “Well space is there, and we’re going to climb it!”
Awesome speech. Well done by Jason who was one of the few who memorized the whole thing.
Sing it with me: Proud to be an American!
In all seriousness, putting a man on the moon is still one of the greatest accomplishments of man kind, and I really REALLY doubt such a project could be completed today without worrying about one or two of the 400 thousand people involved in the apollo project suing for millions after dropping a wrench on their foot.