And…Splashdown!

I did not think I would be so hyped for this space mission, but I happened upon the launch when I was bored and found it quite exciting and very nostalgic. As a kid we’d watch all the rocket and space shuttle launches, sometimes in school, and it was pretty freaking cool.

Now, as an adult, it just boggles my mind how they can do this sort of thing, and calculate so precisely how to make everything go exactly to plan. I watched the re-entry and splashdown to make sure they did make it back okay, because, again, I was expecting something to go wrong, merely because I couldn’t imagine that everything would possibly work as it was supposed to. 

But it did, and they are safely back home. I’m not sure how practical this kind of space exploration is, considering all the stuff going on on the planet itself, but I did find it gave me some sense of optimism and encouragement that in some things, humanity might actually know what it is doing.