We can not deny it, these are exciting times!
As a NASA and space fan since I was a little kid, I still remember how difficult it was for me to get information about the Space Program. I even went to the US Embassy in Buenos Aires once, asking for the NASA address (yes, the physical one). My mom came with me of course. "I need the NASA address so I can write a letter to them," I said at the reception desk, with security guards looking at me. I wanted pictures, posters, astronaut autographs, everything. They gave me the address and a couple of official NASA pictures of Shuttle Columbia as well. Wow...just imagine my face on my way out of the Embassy...I was in orbit, experiencing free fall.
I followed the Shuttle Program over the years on TV, radio, newspapers, checking for every mission, if crews were okay, if X or Y satellite was successfully deployed or if Galileo was finally on its route to Jupiter. I was also reading books, lots of them, and from time to time receiving an envelope from NASA in the mail with pics, posters, press kits...stuff that I still keep to these days.
