"Space Age Love Song" by Flock of Seagulls, Thursday, February 23, 2022 (updated repost)
I'm not a fanatic about space, like many children, I was fascinated with the prospect of traveling to other worlds when I looked out at the sky. From learning about the nine eight planets from The Magic School Bus to watching Hale-Bopp in the late '90s night sky, the universe seemed like such an interesting place. After school it was Star Trek: The Next Generation reruns then to PBS for Bill Nye the Science Guy and Arthur . Fast forward to February 1, 2003 (20 years ago). The space shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon re-entering the Earth's atmosphere. This grounded America's space program for two years. YOU MADE ME CRY. This is my memory of the attitude towards the '80s. I talked a little about this when I covered New Order 's " World (The Price of Love), " but my memories of the views of the '80s in the late '90s and '00s (what a time warp!) were of awkwardness, terrible hair, men in shorty shorts with hairy legs, girls in