Countdown-Rush

[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...