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AEROSPACE: The Rebirth Payload Introduction - Trilogy of AEROSPACE Series

Please give me feedback about the introduction: Introduction A child’s crying woke me from a deep slumber.   Sleepily, I thought I was in a dream, but the wailing grew louder and louder.   I turned over to reach for my husband, Dalton, but found only emptiness on his side of the bed.   My heart stopped and then started beating out of control.   The child’s cries turned into heart wrenching screams.   I bolted out of bed following the shrieks of the small child.   I blinked my eyes to see where my husband had gone.   No signs of him anywhere.   A lump formed in my throat.   Where was Dalton and where was the crying child?     This was at Launch STS-114 called the Return To Launch.  Jon and I could see the Columbia break up from our home in Houston.  It is still a memory that I will never forget.  I didn't sleep for four months thinking how I may have missed something in the six On Board Shuttle Flight Software Quality Audits for NASA final signoff on the flight