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Before turning in for the night, I walked onto the porch and leaned on the railing. The stars were out, lights danced on the water and laughter floated up from a nearby cottage. Right then, I was ready to defect to Sweden!!
When I joined CAP, I was not quite sure I knew what I was getting into, or what I was going to get out of it. After a while, the program really had put it's hooks into me; I wanted to be a part of it and do well as a member. Now, looking back, I am grateful for the time I was in the Cadet Program. It gave me focus during a period of my life when having focus was crucial. The most important thing I gained from being in the Cadet Program was the ability to develop as a leader.
Or at least, that's the way Sammy Hagar sings it. Every 26 months (give or take a nanosecond here or there), the Earth & Mars approach close enough that a spacecraft journeying between the two planets can do so with a minimal amount of fuel and time. This year happened to be one of those times, and now we're bombarding the Red Planet with all sorts of scientific instruments.