the astronaut

i have been having 2 very separate conversations with 2 different friends of mine and it got me reflecting on my past aspiration: to become Sri Lanka's first astronaut much in the same vain as Kalpana Chawla was for India ( may she rest in peace). To cut a long story short we both did aerospace engineering to join Nasa at some stage and get on to the astronaut program. anyway she did and i decided to pursue more commercial ventures.

the love of flight and space is still there and thought i would share some pictures i received from yet another friend - simply breathtaking ...