The explosion rattled the windows and doors and echoed through the neighborhood. It was sudden and sharp and over in a couple of seconds. It caused an adrenaline surge because it was a surprise in spite of the fact we had been warned hours ahead of time.
It was Shuttle Endeavour returning from the International Space Station to Kennedy Space Center breaking the sound barrier as it descended southwest across the coast before turning north above the Everglades and lining up with the runway somewhere near Fort Lauderdale for the final glide in.
From there it goes to a museum on the west coast. Atlantis goes up next month and when it returns we will have no manned space capacity at all. Which is where we were in 1960. Except then the future was still ahead of us and we were just at the start of our big adventure.
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