Let's work together and send Sara to space
18.05.12
Generally, I try to steer clear of telling other people how to raise their
kids. Want to home school them? Knock yourself out (and call me if you've
dabbled in home medical schooling). Want to let them get tattoos of Lloyd
Doggett on their foreheads? Ink up.
Want to let them blast off into space in a flying machine some guy made in his
garage from old washing machine parts? Start the countdown.
I bring up that last point because that's sort of what Austinites Robert and
Cheryl Cook, whom I know to be otherwise reasonable people, want to do. And
they need your help to make it happen. Who are we to question this? In fact,
it is our duty to help make it happen. The Cooks' daughter Sara, a young
lady of high accomplishment, is counting on you to help stuff the ballot box
in Space Race 2012.
What we're talking about here is a contest in conjunction with the upcoming
50th anniversary of Seattle's Space Needle, a familiar landmark. Back in
August, the Space Needle folks announced a contest to send somebody on a
short space trip. It will be a half-hour voyage, with about six minutes of
zero gravity, in a pilotless craft that can take two people 62 miles above
Earth. (Sounds like the first time one of my kids drove me to the grocery
store.)
Source: Austin American-Statesman