<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=573414" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Space-Shuttle Discovery</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">(The July 2005 Mission to the <br>International Space Station) </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Should there be another flight, <br>Or would scrapping it be best? <br>What of the man shuttle—<br>Would it past the test? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And if Discovery launches, <br>Would she return to land? <br>These unsettling questions <br>Plagued every man.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">With the Columbia disaster<br>Freshly in mind, <br>We wondered of the risk: <br>Would the nation pine? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But safely, she made it<br>Into outer-space.<br>And it appears that, for now, <br>We're still in the race.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We watched her fiery lift-off<br>After spoiled attempts; <br>Her brave astronauts<br>Never seemed to flinch.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A daring show of strength<br>In death-defying fear— <br> ‘Twas pleasing to the nation <br>To explore the last frontier.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But what about the gap fillers<br>That needed repair? <br>There in outer space, <br>Steve did the job we'd dare.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">On her mission home again, <br>We reserved our mirth.<br>And things went rather smoothly, <br>Until approaching the earth.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Discovery was so near, <br>And yet so far away; <br>The weather was quite nasty—<br>Keeping her at bay.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We were waiting to exhale, <br>With hope in every chest. <br>But, until touchdown, <br>The nation held its breath.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Upon orbiting the globe<br>To compensate delay, <br>She landed at Edwards; <br>The mission went okay.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">To greet Eileen and the crew, <br>Were the waiting crowds—<br>Praising the accomplishment<br>That did our nation proud.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Discovery made it home again—<br>The crew, and the chief.<br>And at last, we all can breathe <br>A sigh of relief.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Walterrean+Salley">Walterrean Salley</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=573414" data-title="Space-Shuttle Discovery de Walterrean Salley" data-description="(The July 2005 Mission to the International Space Station) Should there be another flight, Or would scrapping it be best? What of the man shuttle— Would it past the test? And if Discovery launches, Would she return to land? These unset..."></div> </div> </div>

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