Gorgeous view from the tele/tv, but I usually can see the liftoffs, but from where I am, but not today. They must have really aimed towards the Atlantic/Europe. Regardless, it was a straight and upward view from my tv (different channels :)

The best fireworks happened long before night fall!

Sorry to get political on this, but "thousandS of years"???? We got to the moon in TEN years.

"And perhaps in the distant future, thousands of years from now, there would be some ability to go as far as we would have to travel to one of these planets in other solar systems the astronomers are now discovering."

From: "a href="http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0606/13/lkl.01.html">http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0606/13/lkl.01.html

Today, our senator Bill Nelson (D) spoke about the importance of space, science and how 'discovery' is ingrained in human nature.

Ahhh, GO DISCOVERY... enjoy the fireworks, freedom and independance.