L'ULTIMA MAIL DALLO SPAZIO
He had traveled to the bottom of the oceans for years, before joining the NASA to embark on another journey, that space that would become his last. Laurel Clark, a doctor of submarines became an astronaut, was the mother of a child of eight years. This is the e-mail Laurel Clark sent his family a day before he died in the tragic approach to land the Space Shuttle Columbia.
Hello everyone on our beautiful planet Earth. The view from here is truly majestic. A terrible mission and we are very busy doing science until the last minute. The time taken to write an e-mail is precious time, and I will be short, and distributed to those who know and love.
I've seen some amazing things: the light that spreads over the Pacific, the aurora australis that illuminates the entire visible horizon glows on the citizens of Australia below, the crescent moon is placed on a strip of the Earth, the vast plains of 'Africa and the dunes of Cape Horn, rivers that burst of high mountains in the distance, the wounds of humanity, the continuous line of life extending from North America, through Central America and South America, a crescent moon puts on a strip of the blue planet. Mount Fuji looks like a small bump from up here, but it stands as a landmark.
Magically, the very first day we slipped on Lake Michigan and I saw Wind Point (Wisconsin) clearly. I've never been so happy so far. Every orbit we go over a slightly different part of the Earth. Of course, for most of his time working in the Spacelab and I do not see any of this. But every time I look outside, it's beautiful. Even the stars have a special brightness.
"I have seen my 'friend' Orion several times. Take pictures of the Earth is really a business, a steep learning curve. I think I got in the end, some nice pictures in the last 2 days. I keep my fingers crossed for the focus.
My near vision is slightly worse on here, so you have seen my photo / video wearing glasses. I feel blessed to be here to represent our country and to conduct research of scientists around the world. All experiments have achieved many of their aims, despite the inevitable bottlenecks that occur when these companies are made complicated. Some experiments have been done, non-science. Some have been completed and one has just started today.
The food is great and I feel really comfortable in this new, totally different environment. It takes me a while 'to eat because gravity does not help to push food down the esophagus. It 's also a challenge to stay constantly hydrated. While our body fluids are shifted toward the head, our sense of thirst is almost non-existent.
Thanks to many of you who have helped me and my adventures throughout the years. This has beaten them all. I hope that you could feel the positive energy that surrounded the entire planet when we will slide over.
I love you all, Laurel .
Ap-Biscom
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