[00:46.95]Lit up with anticipation
[00:51.02]We arrive at the launching site
[00:53.98]The sky is still dark, nearing dawn
[00:57.77]On the Florida coastline
[01:01.27]Circling choppers slash the night
[01:05.00]With roving searchlight beams
[01:08.14]This magic day when super-science
[01:11.83]Mingles with the bright stuff of dreams
[01:30.62]Floodlit in the hazy distance
[01:33.63]The star of this unearthly show
[01:37.19]Venting vapours, like the breath
[01:40.85]Of a sleeping white dragon
[01:44.43]Crackling speakers, voices tense
[01:48.14]Resume the final count
[01:51.52]All systems check, T minus nine
[01:55.46]As the sun and the drama start to mount
[02:14.00]The air is charged
[02:17.51]A humid, motionless mass
[02:21.17]The crowds and the cameras
[02:24.58]The cars full of spectators pass
[02:28.22]Excitement so thick you could cut it with a knife
[02:35.49]Technology...high, on the leading edge of life
[03:18.42]The earth beneath us starts to tremble
[03:22.08]With the spreading of a low black cloud
[03:25.59]A thunderous roar shakes the air
[03:28.95]Like the whole world exploding
[03:32.84]Scorching blast of golden fire
[03:36.30]As it slowly leaves the ground
[03:40.00]Tears away with a mighty force
[03:43.53]The air is shattered by the awesome sound
[04:01.85]Excitement so thick you could cut it with a knife
[04:09.02]Technology...high, on the leading edge of life
[04:16.39]Like a pillar of cloud
[04:19.76]The smoke lingers high in the air
[04:23.59]In fascination
[04:27.09]With the eyes of the world
[04:28.77]We stare...