Hyper-space

摘要

When America's first female astronaut Sally Ride blasted into space on 18 June 1983,I was a guest of NASA in that grandstand, facing the launchpad. The piercing brightness of the rocket exhaust was like exploding magnesium; and there was no roar, just a tectonic crackling that shook your chest and had the wax neatly removed from everybody's ears. The mission was a stunning success.