Space Bound

Like most people I admire John F. Kennedy, and you just dont know why. Very charming individual who handled the Bay of Pigs. The only Catholic president in our nations history, and in my opinion one of the greatest orators I have ever heard. He made a promise to the United States that we were going to explore space. Sadly he never got to see his own plans blast off blueprints as he was Assassinated by (Lee Harvey Oswald?). He never got to see Neil touch down on the solid surface surrounded by the Stars, revolving around our earth. The lack of gravity gives me an Idea of a heavenly body, so free and accommodating to brave astronauts with infant like curiosity.  Westsider Richard "Tricky Dicky" Nixon  watched Apollo 11 blast off into infinity.

I would like to take this idea, with every stench of the Armstrong mentality and blast myself off into the unknown and be that first one to do it. Taxpayer financed Voyage to the unmanned Moon. The Nations chosen one with a crew who follow your every footstep. I'm really curious to how strapping up your safety was before they took off. I wonder what my last meal would be before my Father exited the highway and made a left into the Kennedy Space Center. I  It couldnt be In-N-Out because that culture resides in Southern California. I would probably eat Rubios Fish Tacos, probably too many at that with a Vanilla Coke (cuz all Rubio's have Vanilla effin Coke). Concious of the time, I would limit my dwelling around the Salsa Bar. We all can agree that Rubio's, even on its spottiest days, produces the best salsa out of any Mexican restaurant, chain or not.

Bravery. I need to grab my balls and wrap my head around the fact that If I dont make it back to earth from the moon, at least I made it out of my moms house, out of the county, out of the state and into outer space. At least I got to moonwalk and Defy Gravity. My kids who are worried about me, and a wife that will not sleep. I would tell her weeks and days in advance to just Trust in Jesus, and tell her how Beautiful and strong she is under the Moonlight. My children who dont know really what is going on, drive my worry and help navigate all hope to come back in one piece.

I really liken this to the next 9 years of my life, or whatever we have left before the next decade. I think as humans we tend to overestimate what we can do in one year, but underestimate what can happen in 10.  Similar to Neil and Apollo 11,I have an Idea where i going, but i cant imagine it tangibly. I once Googled" How to Become an Astronaut" and wasn't satisfied. Ill do that again shortly. A Journey, a story, risks, and especially uncertainty will keep me out of a classroom coma, so please let this journey involve the fruits of life.

We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon... (interrupted by applause) we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.

My life changed in 17 minutes and exactly 48 seconds.






Well, space is there, and we're going to climb it, and the moon and the planets are there, and new hopes for knowledge and peace are there. And, therefore, as we set sail we ask God's blessing on the most hazardous and dangerous and greatest adventure on which man has ever embarked.

President John F. Kennedy, September 12, 1962, at Rice University, Houston, Texas

Rest in Paradise