Felix

We go so far. We never stop looking. An idea, to step yet further, to challenge the boundaries. Not without fear. For stop us it shall not. We must push those walls, test how durable they are. Stronger than the human will? Often not.

Mother is watching, tears dry on her face. The world watches and waits. Death or glory. One way or the other. Either way, your mind, your thoughts, a ticking bomb. On the edge, after you opened the door, (and what must you have considered on seeing that view) you finally throw yourself off and plummet. Over 700 miles an hour at one stage. You break the speed of sound. You defy belief. You are a hero to us. You show what some of us know. Anything is possible. Even more now.

The smiles, the applause, the echo of your madness. Crazy or visionary? Both. Such feats need both in a man, in a woman. You laughed at death, for he will find you as he will us all. Your time. Not your time. beautiful joy on all of the faces. To own the earth for a moment in time.

For making people's dreams real, for showing us how beautiful our earth is from up there.

Thank you, Felix.