Twin Booms <br /> <br />It’s the last time we will hear the twin booms <br />Of the space shuttles returning sounds <br />Breaking the sound barrier in a flash <br />Is the mission’s last. <br /> <br />An end of an era in space <br />Wiith mixed blessings to end the race <br />Between Russiia and the United States <br />Long ago enemies; now with shared fates. <br /> <br />Engraved forever in memory <br />Is the break up of one returning shuttle’s reentry <br />Or the disasterous after launch explosion <br />Which cut short another mission. <br /> <br />But today, Thursday, July 21,2011 <br />At 5: 56 in the morning the shuttle returned from the heavens <br />Marking man’s technological mark in the book <br />To the expanding role that America took. <br /> <br />Each time one uses a “smart phone” <br />Or “space age” materials at home <br />Remember the role of NASA <br />In making it possible to this day.<br /><br />Sidi J. Mahtrow<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/space-shuttle-s-last-flight/
