A e-mail from Theresa prompted me to stay up late last night to see if I could spot the rocket LADEE as it took off from Virginia for the moon. I walked out to my street where I had a pretty good view east and there it was! It was so cool! Of course it didn't look rocket-like from where I stood. More like a bright red light. It lasted about two minutes, disappearing once, maybe that was a stage burning away? It was much better than I expected, having watched satellites with Matt that were just distant moving dots.
I'll use my kids favorite word - Awesome!
Oh, COOL! I'm so glad you got to see it. Lucy has been VERY interested in space lately, so if it had been visible here, I might have even woken her up to see it.
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