superfluous_t

superfluous_t t1_j65a731 wrote

As a kid, I wanted to be an astronaut. I wrote to NASA (from the UK) and told them this and asked if they had any pen pals I could write to.

I heard nothing back for quite a while. Continued following space and the challenger takeoff, as well as the disaster (my first memory of being glued to the news).

A few months later I received a large envelope sent 2nd class from NASA with a letter informing me they didn’t do penpals together with diagrams of the shuttle, photos of the shuttle and other takeoffs, and the various mission badges, but also a photo of the challenger crew (I think the same one as the thumbnail) I can only imagine it was sent before the disaster and due to 2nd class international took a while to get to me. It’s one of my most cherished possessions.

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