Luck

It's always a good feeling to hear the 'boom' and know the shuttle is home safe. Can't even get mad at the cats with nails that need trimming as they react to the house-shaking noise in the pre-dawn hours. Today was the first time ever that someone I knew reported seeing the shuttle fly over them as it made it's way to KSC. I've spent years watching where it was supposed to be and never saw a thing. Talking free-flying here, not piggyback. Thought this time they might go lower, take a different path - whatever just to share, but not to be. So - lucky was the person that just happened to be out getting the paper and looked up at just the right time.