who else cried at this movie?
When he father finally comes to the final rocket launch, that made me cry.
shareI did at the very end, when they show the first launch of the Space Shuttle - I knew it was the first one for two reasons...
It was the only shuttle launch where the external fuel tank was painted white;
And because my Dad and I stood just 4 miles away at the public viewing area inside KSC - a scientist that I worked for at the time had gotten a car pass from NASA, and we went along as his guests...
It required us to be at the main gate at 11:00 p.m. the night before, and once NASA opened the gates, the hundreds and hundreds of vehicles were lead about 12 miles along the dark roads to the public viewing area, where everyone had to remain all night, for the 7:00 a.m. launch...
When STS-1 was high in the morning sky, my Dad told me that he never thought he'd live to see that moment - it was also good for us because it was the first significant thing we did since my Mom passed away, 6 months earlier - my Dad passed on almost 6 years later...
Yes, watching that yesterday did make me cry (for some reason, I never did get a chance to see this movie until just yesterday), but it also made me feel very greatful...
I almost cried (well, I cried inside, I didn't want anybody else in my science class to see!). It was so uplifting when Homer's dad came to watch his rocket fly and it just kept going and going and going...and the teacher saw it through her window...
Expect us.