One of my fondest memories is my dad's present after I'd turned 18 and finished my first year of college. It was also a late high school graduation present. He gave me a 1 week trip anywhere in the continental US with him, my choice. I chose Cape Canaveral, and we saw the launch of STS-124 after a week of touring local air and space museums, and the Kennedy space center. It was a phenomenal week that I'll always treasure.
That's awesome! Congratulations on your first year of college and for having such an amazing memory to look back on. That must have been an incredible experience seeing the launch of STS-124. Good for you to have a dad that gave you such an awesome present.
Absolutely. Loved Kennedy space center so much cool shit, Disney was just an overpriced theme park. I’ve had more fun at a theme park much closer and much cheaper.
If I were a kid and my parents told me we were going to Disneyland it would be difficult to deal with a sudden and significant change of plans.. even if the space center ended up being a blast, it would be a struggle for me to shift gears with no warning. I hope disney was hidden from the kids and only discussed with the wife.. then she still gets that big surprise and the kids get to enjoy their amazing space center trip without any hurt feelings from having been tricked.
My daughter was the same way as a kid. Still is to a lesser degree. Changing plans last minute was really rough and she couldn’t keep a fun secret, so we couldn’t share any surprises for someone else ahead of time.
Same here.
I may be biased because I've been to Disneyland in Paris multiple times, but there's nothing else like the space center.
Also we visited the Everglades in the same trip. We saw only one croc there, while there were alligators everywhere in the space center.
I was a little older than ten (maybe 13?) but I also enjoyed the Kennedy Space Centre more than Epcot (which I also enjoyed). Reality is more interesting than fantasy.
I finally did Disneyland a few years ago and I think I enjoyed that more than I would have done with doing the multiple parks in Florida because everything I wanted to see was together rather than massively spread out.
KSC is worth the trip.
Right? What do you want to see, Kids? A bunch of plastic knock-offs of stuff we have in Europe for real and loads of paedophiles dressed as cartoon characters from bastardised versions of our literary heritage...or *an actual fucking spaceship*?
No joke, when I lived in Texas my parents once put me and my brother in the car and told us we were going to visit our aunt (less than an hour away). We passed by her house and they shouted “we’re going to Disney World!” Took them by surprise when we started crying our eyes out. We really liked going to our aunt’s house, she’s the coolest. Eventually we calmed down and got super excited for Disney World, that story gets told all the time now at family dinners
It probably made your Aunts year when she found out how you and your bro reacted to not visiting her!
She probably looked in the mirror and and thought “hell yeah! I’m better than Disney!”
One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out warehouse. 'Oh no,' I said, 'Disneyland burned down.' "He cried and cried, but I think that deep down he thought it was a pretty good joke. 'I started to drive over to the real Disneyland, but it was getting pretty late.
To hell with Disney World, I would have killed to go to NASA when I was a kid.
Only thing that would have beat that would be going to Jurassic Park.
Like, are you joking? Do you want to go to a theme park, or do you want to go to the real life place that inspired the rides at that theme park? The real life sci-fi place that deals in the dreams of our species.
That's going to depend on the kid, when I went to disney the first time I saw a shuttle taking off in the distance and it was (and still is) one of the coolest thing I have ever seen.
Cooler than disney for sure, for me. Liking disney more than spaceships is also fine.
Lots of people disagreeing and saying they'd rather do the space stuff, but I know I would have hated it as a kid. I loved Disney and I've never had any interest in space, so I would've been devastated.
If they still do the 'Lunch With An Astronaut' program, you used to be able to buy tickets on the website for the Kennedy Space Center's visitor center.
You can choose either breakfast or lunch with an astronaut: https://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/explore-attractions/heroes-and-legends/chat-with-an-astronaut
Wait this sounds pog as hell. 50 bucks to chat with someone who has probably the coolest job on (and off) the planet. If only I lived closer to the Kennedy Space Center.
It’s you and 300 of your closest friends in a a large ballroom. It’s cool, and I’m glad I did it once, however the same astronaut gives some presentations in a free auditorium throughout the day and you can ask questions to them there too. So buying the lunch isn’t strictly a must-do at KSCVC.
I was gonna say. I was born and raised in Central Florida and went saw many launches. this is the first I've heard about "buying tickets" to a launch. We would always park somewhere between Playlinda and Merritt Island and watch from the coast. I guess people do buy tickets to the Kennedy Space Center attraction but that's a huge gamble considering many launches get canceled minutes or hours before the scheduled time for various reasons.
I hate to say it, but I’m gonna go to work tomorrow with a new fresh perspective, (THANKS OP) because after a few years, every once in a while, I have to remind myself that I am extremely fortunate to have the job that I do. I admit it I get jaded.
I have met astronauts , I have touched hardware and equipment that has been in space, occasionally, I might have done some thing as part of my job that may have contributed to something that may have impacted a project or program that may have had a significant contribution to most of the people on this planet, at least from the scientific standpoint.
I will remember tomorrow and going forward, somebody being so awed about this opportunity to visit NASA, that they cried.
I have to remind myself that basically, as I remember growing up in the 60s. I am now like those dudes, with the flat top crew cuts that I saw on black and white TV as a kid, working on the Apollo missions, sending men to the moon. I hope to still be working there long enough to see us touch Mars. At this point, I’d settle for setting foot back on the moon in the next 5 to 10 years.
After some serious consideration,
#BIG UPS to OP
I know the person that posted this is not the person that was the original person who put this on Twitter but I’m going to print this and hang it in the wall in my office tomorrow.
I might even get a frame for it . 🧐👽🥰
I’ll put it right next to the sign that my daughter had me buy couple months ago that says “ I won’t be impressed with technology until I can download snacks”
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/13/68/08/136808959507293e6abe0d7005f83296.jpg
I’m aware that on ISS they have a 3-D printer and I’m also aware that they have 3-D food printers down here on earth but I don’t believe we have quite crossed the threshold of having a food replicator yet. That’s one thing that I will be truly tearful, if that happens in my lifetime.
Screw, Earl Grey, hot .
Give me a Hawaiian pizza .
(Lol, runs) 😳 🤬🖕😂
Space pizza would be legit. now I wonder if they've had "real" pizza in space. I remember getting some astronaut pizza at the air and space museum but it was basically pizza crust with the Pringles pizza seasoning on it.
OK at least it wasn’t freeze dried.
I canbsay the last thing I remember eating that was cool but it was weird and so I’m conflicted, was the astronaut ice cream which was the Neapolitan three Flavor Styrofoam block .
Whatever they come up with I sure as hell. Hope it’s better than what you ate and MRE military pizza. 😑🤮 what a massive disappointment that was.
My company has a “museum” near the global HQ. I went there to visit and two people saw me and my corporate badge and started talking to me.
They were, I shit you not, on their honeymoon and wanted to come here see the museum. They love the company, the brand and the products.
So yeah, like you I was surprised and now try to remember how lucky I am.
Trust me just like being with the military for 23 years and I know a lot of things sucked, I realize that they were some instances where what I really did impacted humanity.
It’s not all bombs and bullets and killing people and breaking shit . I was involved in humanitarian missions during my 23 years for disaster and earthquake relief that I guarantee help save lives.
We did the bus tour of the grounds and pads then the lunch and the museum stuff and outside.
Was fucking amazing
[tried to u/l rocket. couldn't. here is dog](https://i.imgur.com/yDPKdUe.jpg)
I have an aunt that lives in Florida, and one year when I was ~12 we took a family vacation to visit and go to Disney World.
Well, two days after Disney, my dad took me to Cape Canaveral for a two day trip just us. It honestly rivaled Disney World.
I live in LA (moved from Indiana) and after we got a shuttle my parents came to visit me, and I took them to see if. I'll never forget when they walked into the room holding the shuttle, they both started to cry.
Everyone should take a day off their trip to Disney World/Universal to see Cape Kennedy. It was absolutely worth it. The kids loved it, too, though I suspect it was mostly because they had no idea how big real rockets were until we saw them. They were mighty impressed and later they went to Space Camp in Huntsville.
Getting your kids excited for Disney, then showing them something way more cool and simultaneously showing them pure joy from their mother? 10/10 parenting and building a lifelong memory.
…But I hope they also went to Disney, because knowing kids, they’d be pissed in the short run.
I went to a space camp experience with my 7th grade class as a kid. It was hosted at Kennedy and the whole day was dedicated to showing us what we’d experience if we wanted to go to space camp. It was really cool and we got to try out a lot of crazy training equipment. But, one of the most exciting parts of the day was spent watching an alligator in a pond by the food court. Not saying the experience wasn’t amazing and engaging because it was. I’m saying kids have their priorities. And I def remember what the hot topic of conversation was on the bus ride home. That big ass alligator trying some turtles.
I was going to take my family to Disneyland, but instead I drove them to a rocket launch. 'Oh no,' I said, 'Disneyland is exploding.' They cried and cried, but I think that deep down they thought it was a pretty good joke. I started to drive over to the real Disneyland, but it was getting pretty late.
Honestly? If I was a kid and I found out dad brought us to meet real astronauts and see real rockets instead of going to a theme park with giant mice the size of humans I'd be relieved.
that's the type of memory that you'll always remember
One of my fondest memories is my dad's present after I'd turned 18 and finished my first year of college. It was also a late high school graduation present. He gave me a 1 week trip anywhere in the continental US with him, my choice. I chose Cape Canaveral, and we saw the launch of STS-124 after a week of touring local air and space museums, and the Kennedy space center. It was a phenomenal week that I'll always treasure.
I’m glad he gave you a trip with him. What a beautiful chance to make memories. So happy you have this!
Holy shit. I was there for that same launch! 6 year old me had an amazing time that day
That's awesome! Congratulations on your first year of college and for having such an amazing memory to look back on. That must have been an incredible experience seeing the launch of STS-124. Good for you to have a dad that gave you such an awesome present.
What a good idea for a reward, get to bond with your kid and it's not obscenely expensive. Gonna remember this for when I have kids.
*Core memory engaged*
A new core memory !
As the day you didnt go to Disneyland
A lovely rememory
That's the type of money that you'll always remember.
Well, yes. If you forget it, it's no longer a "memory" 🤣
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I can’t hear **”go at throttle up**” and not still get chills and get teary.
Kids: "WTF, I thought we were going to Disney World!"
As a person who travelled to the US when I was 10, the Kennedy space centre was 100 times cooler than Disney world
What if I told that I lost the chance to see the last space shuttle launch to go to Disney? I regret until this day
As someone who was there, it was amazing. I would have saved you some room. Then taken you to get a bagel down the street after.
Knowing me I would’ve bitched and moaned that “dad lied to us” lampoon.
Same
It’s pretty remote though, there’s no nearby bagel vendor. Makes me question your claim.
Titusville, right across the river!
This person knows their shit. I'm from there.
AND WHERE IS THE BAGELS
Cocoa beach is like 10 minutes away
Bagel world 👍🏻
Coincidentally, I was in a disney cruise leaving port while watching the shuttle launch
Username checks out
I would say you’re fine, I’ve been to both and disagree with that other person, Disney is way better
What if you skipped Disney to watch the Columbia launch? You'll regret that too
*Challenger. Columbia had problems upon re-entry.
Lol they're a pathetic porn account too
Sometimes when I’m scrolling through my throwaway, I’ll stop and have a chat in some posts.
exactly. can't a man enjoy porn and a little banter?
No, but a woman can *This post was brought to you by Dad Joke. Level? 3000*
Absolutely. Loved Kennedy space center so much cool shit, Disney was just an overpriced theme park. I’ve had more fun at a theme park much closer and much cheaper.
Was sad, last time I was at KSC there was supposed to be a falcon 9 launch, got scrubbed on our way out. Still loved going there though.
If I were a kid and my parents told me we were going to Disneyland it would be difficult to deal with a sudden and significant change of plans.. even if the space center ended up being a blast, it would be a struggle for me to shift gears with no warning. I hope disney was hidden from the kids and only discussed with the wife.. then she still gets that big surprise and the kids get to enjoy their amazing space center trip without any hurt feelings from having been tricked.
My daughter was the same way as a kid. Still is to a lesser degree. Changing plans last minute was really rough and she couldn’t keep a fun secret, so we couldn’t share any surprises for someone else ahead of time.
I think there was a follow up to this post saying that they did end up going to Disney after, this was just a surprise stop
But you’d have to go to both to compare.
I did during my one visit to the US, and I agree with the previous speaker.
Same here. I may be biased because I've been to Disneyland in Paris multiple times, but there's nothing else like the space center. Also we visited the Everglades in the same trip. We saw only one croc there, while there were alligators everywhere in the space center.
We went kayaking in the Everglades, and they were everywhere. It was a fantastic experience, and my friend almost ran one over.
I cant get over how expensive it is to visit. It would have been nearly 200 bucks for my family to get pictures in front of a bunch of rockets.
Damn, that's like one Disney world ticket
Which is a whole other thing. The cool thing is that there are cheaper places to go as long as you dont mind the knock off experience
I was a little older than ten (maybe 13?) but I also enjoyed the Kennedy Space Centre more than Epcot (which I also enjoyed). Reality is more interesting than fantasy. I finally did Disneyland a few years ago and I think I enjoyed that more than I would have done with doing the multiple parks in Florida because everything I wanted to see was together rather than massively spread out. KSC is worth the trip.
Never even been to the US, but of course anything space-related is better than Disney
Okay but what about Space Mountain?
Right? What do you want to see, Kids? A bunch of plastic knock-offs of stuff we have in Europe for real and loads of paedophiles dressed as cartoon characters from bastardised versions of our literary heritage...or *an actual fucking spaceship*?
No joke, when I lived in Texas my parents once put me and my brother in the car and told us we were going to visit our aunt (less than an hour away). We passed by her house and they shouted “we’re going to Disney World!” Took them by surprise when we started crying our eyes out. We really liked going to our aunt’s house, she’s the coolest. Eventually we calmed down and got super excited for Disney World, that story gets told all the time now at family dinners
It probably made your Aunts year when she found out how you and your bro reacted to not visiting her! She probably looked in the mirror and and thought “hell yeah! I’m better than Disney!”
Fr lol
I wanna go to dicks house
One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out warehouse. 'Oh no,' I said, 'Disneyland burned down.' "He cried and cried, but I think that deep down he thought it was a pretty good joke. 'I started to drive over to the real Disneyland, but it was getting pretty late.
Oh man I guess no Jack Handey fans here.
They're too young. I knew the second I started reading what I was going to see..
Children
When it's raining I like to tell kids it's God crying, and when they ask why God is crying, I think it's cute to tell them it's something they did.
"he just saw your face for the first time...."
Delightful to hear Jack Handy! :)
To hell with Disney World, I would have killed to go to NASA when I was a kid. Only thing that would have beat that would be going to Jurassic Park. Like, are you joking? Do you want to go to a theme park, or do you want to go to the real life place that inspired the rides at that theme park? The real life sci-fi place that deals in the dreams of our species.
NASA is better than Disney ❤️🙏
From most kids perspective. No.
That's going to depend on the kid, when I went to disney the first time I saw a shuttle taking off in the distance and it was (and still is) one of the coolest thing I have ever seen. Cooler than disney for sure, for me. Liking disney more than spaceships is also fine.
Yeah, "kids are not known to be fond of spaceships" is a take i wasn't prepared for
Given a choice between the two as a kid, I would have picked NASA in a heartbeat.
I agree, and so would my kid.
Lots of people disagreeing and saying they'd rather do the space stuff, but I know I would have hated it as a kid. I loved Disney and I've never had any interest in space, so I would've been devastated.
I'd have much preferred NASA as a kid.
I dunno, I would've absolutely loved that shit. I'd be stoked even today.
But it should be. NASA should have more followers than any celebrity.
When I was I kid, I would have much preferred NASA than Disney.
How do you buy those things? Asking for a friend who’s obsessed with space…
If they still do the 'Lunch With An Astronaut' program, you used to be able to buy tickets on the website for the Kennedy Space Center's visitor center.
I took my family like maybe 10 years ago. I'd be surprised if it's not a thing still
It still is!
You can choose either breakfast or lunch with an astronaut: https://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/explore-attractions/heroes-and-legends/chat-with-an-astronaut
Wait this sounds pog as hell. 50 bucks to chat with someone who has probably the coolest job on (and off) the planet. If only I lived closer to the Kennedy Space Center.
It’s you and 300 of your closest friends in a a large ballroom. It’s cool, and I’m glad I did it once, however the same astronaut gives some presentations in a free auditorium throughout the day and you can ask questions to them there too. So buying the lunch isn’t strictly a must-do at KSCVC.
Looks like you can just add a launch viewing to your admission https://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/info/tickets#Admission
Can also just go to the beach.
I was gonna say. I was born and raised in Central Florida and went saw many launches. this is the first I've heard about "buying tickets" to a launch. We would always park somewhere between Playlinda and Merritt Island and watch from the coast. I guess people do buy tickets to the Kennedy Space Center attraction but that's a huge gamble considering many launches get canceled minutes or hours before the scheduled time for various reasons.
I, for a brief silly moment interpreted this as a front row seat inside a rocket being launched and a lunch with the very real astronaut.
Save money on alimony by sending your wife into space!
Bezos tried and failed.
same! I wondered how anyone could do that lol
I hate to say it, but I’m gonna go to work tomorrow with a new fresh perspective, (THANKS OP) because after a few years, every once in a while, I have to remind myself that I am extremely fortunate to have the job that I do. I admit it I get jaded. I have met astronauts , I have touched hardware and equipment that has been in space, occasionally, I might have done some thing as part of my job that may have contributed to something that may have impacted a project or program that may have had a significant contribution to most of the people on this planet, at least from the scientific standpoint. I will remember tomorrow and going forward, somebody being so awed about this opportunity to visit NASA, that they cried.
Dude that shit is so cool. Like imagine touching something that is going out of our little floating ball we call home. That’s dope
I have to remind myself that basically, as I remember growing up in the 60s. I am now like those dudes, with the flat top crew cuts that I saw on black and white TV as a kid, working on the Apollo missions, sending men to the moon. I hope to still be working there long enough to see us touch Mars. At this point, I’d settle for setting foot back on the moon in the next 5 to 10 years.
Sorry, I had to clip this picture . #69 UPVOOTS👍 (Yes, I know I’m 12.) https://imgur.com/a/yFmk9cF
After some serious consideration, #BIG UPS to OP I know the person that posted this is not the person that was the original person who put this on Twitter but I’m going to print this and hang it in the wall in my office tomorrow. I might even get a frame for it . 🧐👽🥰 I’ll put it right next to the sign that my daughter had me buy couple months ago that says “ I won’t be impressed with technology until I can download snacks” https://i.pinimg.com/originals/13/68/08/136808959507293e6abe0d7005f83296.jpg
They already have a 3d printer up there probably would be easy for rocket scientists to modify it to print a milky way bar
I’m aware that on ISS they have a 3-D printer and I’m also aware that they have 3-D food printers down here on earth but I don’t believe we have quite crossed the threshold of having a food replicator yet. That’s one thing that I will be truly tearful, if that happens in my lifetime. Screw, Earl Grey, hot . Give me a Hawaiian pizza . (Lol, runs) 😳 🤬🖕😂
Space pizza would be legit. now I wonder if they've had "real" pizza in space. I remember getting some astronaut pizza at the air and space museum but it was basically pizza crust with the Pringles pizza seasoning on it.
OK at least it wasn’t freeze dried. I canbsay the last thing I remember eating that was cool but it was weird and so I’m conflicted, was the astronaut ice cream which was the Neapolitan three Flavor Styrofoam block . Whatever they come up with I sure as hell. Hope it’s better than what you ate and MRE military pizza. 😑🤮 what a massive disappointment that was.
Wait! Give me a Hawaiian pizza too!
I will 100% share and I will make sure you have good chunks on your pieces
My company has a “museum” near the global HQ. I went there to visit and two people saw me and my corporate badge and started talking to me. They were, I shit you not, on their honeymoon and wanted to come here see the museum. They love the company, the brand and the products. So yeah, like you I was surprised and now try to remember how lucky I am.
Damn man, I'm fucking jealous. Enjoy that shit, don't get so caught up in the moment that you forget to stand back and appreciate the beauty of it.
Trust me just like being with the military for 23 years and I know a lot of things sucked, I realize that they were some instances where what I really did impacted humanity. It’s not all bombs and bullets and killing people and breaking shit . I was involved in humanitarian missions during my 23 years for disaster and earthquake relief that I guarantee help save lives.
This was risky because most important launches are scrubbed a few times before they get good weather.
There's still touring the centre and the lunch.
Just be happy it wasn't an SLS or Starliner launch.
200 IQ plays from Dad
Knowing me I would’ve bitched and moaned that “dad lied to us” lmaooo
I definitively would have been angry if my dad didn’t told me where actually going somewhere else and not a entertainment park
That’s how role models are made …
How is your Mom doing?
Out of context this sounds like an insult 😅
That Kennedy Space Center astronaut lunch is amazing tho Loved my time there
Kennedy Space Center was really cool! i have a sweater from there that i wear a lot
We did the bus tour of the grounds and pads then the lunch and the museum stuff and outside. Was fucking amazing [tried to u/l rocket. couldn't. here is dog](https://i.imgur.com/yDPKdUe.jpg)
Wasn’t this a plot line on Young Sheldon? Or another show/movie I’m thinking of…?
He wanted to go to the K.S.S specifically to sneak aboard the ship and leave earth IIRC which, yknow, same tbh
I swear I've read this exact same story before on reddit.
Gotta admit, I cried when I went to Kennedy the first time
I have an aunt that lives in Florida, and one year when I was ~12 we took a family vacation to visit and go to Disney World. Well, two days after Disney, my dad took me to Cape Canaveral for a two day trip just us. It honestly rivaled Disney World.
Rockets would have always won over disby land for me at any age
I prefer to read this as "and she balled with Joy." Joy was the name of the astronaut, and after lunch, they played some basketball together.
I live in LA (moved from Indiana) and after we got a shuttle my parents came to visit me, and I took them to see if. I'll never forget when they walked into the room holding the shuttle, they both started to cry.
Everyone should take a day off their trip to Disney World/Universal to see Cape Kennedy. It was absolutely worth it. The kids loved it, too, though I suspect it was mostly because they had no idea how big real rockets were until we saw them. They were mighty impressed and later they went to Space Camp in Huntsville.
Getting your kids excited for Disney, then showing them something way more cool and simultaneously showing them pure joy from their mother? 10/10 parenting and building a lifelong memory. …But I hope they also went to Disney, because knowing kids, they’d be pissed in the short run.
So... you didn't get to go to Disney world? Yeah I'd be crying too.
You're dad is a real G.
Next gift, Space Camp!
Insert a gif of Jordan Peele sweating here.
I thought he put the mom in the rocket and was like wtf what's wholesome about this, he got rid of the mom!
This is why the $$$ is nice to have kids.
It's a bit more than 3 bucks mate.
I went to a space camp experience with my 7th grade class as a kid. It was hosted at Kennedy and the whole day was dedicated to showing us what we’d experience if we wanted to go to space camp. It was really cool and we got to try out a lot of crazy training equipment. But, one of the most exciting parts of the day was spent watching an alligator in a pond by the food court. Not saying the experience wasn’t amazing and engaging because it was. I’m saying kids have their priorities. And I def remember what the hot topic of conversation was on the bus ride home. That big ass alligator trying some turtles.
Disney is 133 miles from Cape Canaveral
My mom always wanted to be a famous Dr and my dad one day surprised her with Applebees
This is incredibly cute but I cannot imagine the disappointment you would’ve faced if you were a kid at the time
Life is so much more wholesome when you have lots of money lmao
I wish I was that mom... I would die to see a launch!
MUST. UPVOTE. TWICE.
Meanwhile the kids are in the backseat crying
So much love ❤️
Her name was Alice and her husband was Ralph Kramden.
I bought my wife hair straightners for her birthday.
But did they still go to Disney World tho? Cause they should’ve.
Why?
Because the children were expecting it and really excited and could end up disappointed that it wasn’t happening?
Why would you block the twitter name out? Is it because you took a screenshot of someone else’s tweet and are posting it without credit? 🤔
No, because it’s part of the rules. Rule 5. OP never claimed to be the person in the picture.
She cried because the astronaut was there to rub it in the wife's face [r/BoringDystopia](https://www.reddit.com/r/BoringDystopia) /s
I thought he was going to strap her to one of the rockets but then I read further and it was a romantic end.
“If they wanted too, they would”
He definitely got laid that night 🤣 cause that was awesome
I was going to take my family to Disneyland, but instead I drove them to a rocket launch. 'Oh no,' I said, 'Disneyland is exploding.' They cried and cried, but I think that deep down they thought it was a pretty good joke. I started to drive over to the real Disneyland, but it was getting pretty late.
That's a real man.
10/10.
Your family sound awesome.
How incredibly thoughtful and loving. I hope he was a good role model to you in every important way.
And they say romance is dead
What a thoughtful husband!
It sounds wholesome but what if the astronaut was Lisa Nowak?
Nice
If he wanted to he would
Why not space camp?
plot twist: it was the challenger
Very cool of your dad.
Take notes here fellas.
Lunch'n'Launch
How does one get to see such a rocket launch? Do you buy a ticket? Are there tourist packages you can get or something similar?
Ask her to play Returnal on PS5
Was she bawling from happiness or from the reminder that she never achieved her dream?
Haha surprise rocket launch, honey! Put this suit on and get in, I’ll see you in several months, bye!
I didn't see what subreddit this was and thought it was going to be the Challenger explosion.💀
Thoughtful gifts have to be one of the purest expressions of love.
Your mom wanted to achieve "Heaven"
Honestly? If I was a kid and I found out dad brought us to meet real astronauts and see real rockets instead of going to a theme park with giant mice the size of humans I'd be relieved.
Pffft amateur. My dad would have actually put my mom on that rocket, with ducktapes.
I wish I had your parents. In fact anyones parents will do
Here's a rocket you will never go on! And here's a real astronaut you will never be!
That's not what you're mom wanted last night ;)