Lecture this morning from a shuttle astronaut.

Really excellent presentation as you might expect. 12-13 minutes upbeat video, slides of his two missions (Hubble and ISS), questions and answers. Good crowd in one of our biggest lecture theaters.

But it was a mistake to go. I'd forgotten how easy it is to reawaken the desire to one day venture into space and the frustration that it's so unlikely to ever happen. Left feeling very melancholic. Back the to fantasy of SF books and my Traveller collection, I guess.