Picture this. Florida, August, 30th 1984. A soft breeze rustles through the leaves of a nearby maple tree. A seagull can be heard off in the distance as it circles around the local Mc Donalds sometime between 2:45 and 3:00 post-meridian time 28.5241° N, 80.6508° W... Sorry about that, I get carried away. It was on this very generic summer day in Florida that the Discovery Space Shuttle was launched. 6 days, 00 hours, 56 minutes and 04 seconds later it would return, carrying more than just its human passengers. Spores floating around in...more
