MERRITT ISLAND, UNITED STATES (AFP) - Seeing a rocket blast off to the Moon is 'a once-in-a-lifetime thing to experience,' says Ms Joanne Bostandji. Read more at straitstimes.com.
MERRITT ISLAND, UNITED STATES - Seeing a rocket blast off to the Moon is"a once-in-a-lifetime thing to experience," says Ms Joanne Bostandji.
"I know it's going to be from a far distance, but I still think it's going to be a sight to behold," Ms Bostandji told AFP as the family waited to enter a park dedicated to space exploration.launch of the mission, called Artemis 1,The"historic nature" of Monday's flight, the first of several as the United States returns to the Moon,"certainly has increased public interest," Ms Meagan Happel of Florida's Space Coast Office of Tourism told AFP.
As a child, she could see space shuttles taking off from her backyard, like"an orange ball of smoke" rising into the sky.Ms Morley likes that NASA's Artemis programme aims to land a woman on the Moon for the first time, with a crew to head up in 2025 at the earliest. The return of prestigious space launches is an economic boon for the region. A family of three will spend an average of US$1,300 over four or five days, according to the tourism office.
The last few days have seen an influx of customers, Ms Mulberry, who founded"Space Shirts" in 1984, told AFP.
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